It's with regret that I've been witnessing a large "downsizing" of executives and a growing unemployment rate at this level (C-Level), some with plans to leave the country, many to Portugal.
Opinion article by Fernando Matos, Partner and Co-founder at Closer.

For me it's not clear that the years of formation we give our children from elementary school to higher education are sufficient for this world to come, nor the math we have today is sufficient.
Opinion article by João Pires da Cruz, Partner and Co-founder at Closer. (click here to read the English version)

Many have compared the speculative bubble around the Bitcoin with the Dutch tulip crisis in the 17th century. The similarities are great, but the tulip bulbs at least served for something.
Opinion article by João Pires da Cruz, Partner and Co-founder at Closer.

We call "intellectuals" to sociologists, artists and thinkers of nothing, and naturally and by contrast, we can only condemn those who decide to leverage their work and become entrepreneurs.
Opinion article by João Pires da Cruz, Partner and Co-founder at Closer.

Democracy has been optimized by the growth of social networks. What each one of us can influence and the probability of generating an avalanche grew. Give a Facebook to everyone!
Opinion article by João Pires da Cruz, Partner and Co-founder at Closer.

Portuguese politicians have to transform 3 days of exuberance into 300 days of intelligence and start to love companies of all sizes as they fall in love with start-ups.
Opinion article by João Pires da Cruz, Partner and Co-founder at Closer.