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Build Up Labs learned to ask: who will pay?
The Lisbon venture studio sells its own software businesses and sells guidance to other founders. Its most useful lessons concern customers, small experiments, and knowing when an idea has had enough chances.
Aticco sells desks. The real bet is who sits nearby.
From a Barcelona attic to offices, shared homes and startup investment, Aticco is betting that proximity can become a business advantage. The interesting part is how it puts a price on belonging.
Lisbon Is a City Built to Be Rebuilt - Now It Must Survive Its Own Success
Lisbon turned earthquake rubble, abandoned docks and steep streets into a global calling card. The next trick is harder: keeping the city useful to residents while the world keeps arriving.
Dois Corvos
Dois Corvos is Lisbon's landmark independent craft brewery, founded in 2013 by Scott Steffens and Susana Cascais in the Marvila district. What started with a homebrew kit brought from Seattle has grown into one of Portugal's most recognised beer makers — producing roughly 550,000 litres a year, maintaining ~350 oak barrels, exporting to eight-plus countries, and operating two taprooms — all while remaining 100% family-owned with zero corporate backing.