16 Mar 2026

Set.Up Guimarães attends event marking 100 days of the new Rectorate Team of the University of Minho

  Set.Up Guimarães took part in the session marking 100 days since the inauguration of the current Rectorate Team of the Universidade do Minho. The event took place this afternoon at the Azurém Campus, in Guimarães, bringing together dozens of members of the academic community who have contributed to the joint work developed during this period.   The meeting provided an opportunity to reflect on the first months of activity of the new university leadership,

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11 Mar 2026

Technology, talent and industry: startups showcased the future at the Demo Day

    Yesterday, March 10, the Demo Day of the Set.Up Guimarães IN(dustry) program took place at the Plataforma das Artes e da Criatividade, at the Centro Internacional das Artes José de Guimarães (CIAJG). The initiative aims to bring technology startups closer to industry.   The event brought together nine startups presenting innovative solutions with applications across different industrial and technological sectors. On stage were Axios Care, with a real-time monitoring solution for residents in

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9 Mar 2026

OrganoStemTech, incubated at Set.Up Guimarães wins 3rd place at the Woman Summit Pitch Competition

  The Pitch Competition was part of the programme of the Woman Summit, an event dedicated to female empowerment that brought together entrepreneurs, leaders and women-led startups. The initiative created a stage for presenting innovative projects and solutions with strong growth and market impact potential.   During the competition, several founders presented their solutions to a jury and an audience composed of investors, experts and members of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The moment provided visibility to

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4 Mar 2026

Coworking: a smart way to work, grow and create opportunities

  The coworking model has been establishing itself as an effective solution for independent professionals, startups and growing teams. More than an alternative to the traditional office or remote work, it represents a new way of approaching work, centered on collaboration, flexibility and efficiency.   1. Cost reduction and greater predictability Working in a coworking space eliminates fixed costs associated with rent, maintenance, internet, cleaning and equipment. Costs become predictable and adjustable to the size

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2 Mar 2026

Startups Showcase Their Potential at the Set.Up IN(dustry) Demo Day | March 10 at CIAJG

    Get ready to feel the energy of innovation at the Set.Up Guimarães Demo Day! A stage where bold startups showcase solutions that are redefining industry and transforming markets.   Over the past 4 months, 10 startups from the Set.Up In(dustry) program have pushed boundaries, tested ideas, and refined scalable business models. Now, it’s your turn to discover what is revolutionizing the industrial future.   📅 March 10 🕘 3:00 PM 📍 CIAJG –

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2 Mar 2026

Entrepreneuring Emotions: Art exhibition reveals the cycles of encounter, rupture and human reinvention

Collective exhibition explores the cycles of human experience through watercolor The exhibition “Encounters, Disencounters and Reencounters” presents a collective showcase of free watercolor painting, inviting the public to reflect on the natural cycles of human experience. Emerging from an authorial training and development process carried out at the Grafiart studio, incubated within the creative incubator LabPac, the initiative brings together three artists and three distinct conceptual nuclei, establishing a visual dialogue shaped by emotion and

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24 Feb 2026

Industry Bootcamp promotes collaborative innovation with startups in Guimarães

Municipality of Guimarães hosted the first edition of the Industry Bootcamps, an initiative designed to support industrial companies in adopting collaborative innovation models in partnership with startups and research and technology organizations. The session featured experts Nuno Vasco Lopes and Filipe Soutinho, who led two practical sessions focused on Collaborative Industrial Innovation and Open Innovation. Throughout the bootcamp, participants were introduced to methodologies and tools enabling companies to integrate external solutions, accelerate transformation processes, and

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23 Feb 2026

From Italy to Guimarães: Future Innovators Dive into the Set.Up Guimaães Startup Ecosystem

Set.Up Guimarães Creative Incubator welcomed today a group of 21 Italian secondary school students participating in the international EUROMEDI PCTO project, a transnational mobility initiative promoted by the IISS «Enrico Medi» school from Galatone (Italy), in cooperation with Euvillages and DESINCOOP, under the European Union’s Next Generation EU programme. During the visit, students took part in a short workshop focused on entrepreneurship and startups, where they had the opportunity to learn about the local entrepreneurial

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20 Feb 2026

Most Common Mistakes in Startup Early Stages | Blog

Launching a startup is a moment marked by ambition, innovation, and the pursuit of accelerated growth. However, a significant number of new ventures fail to overcome their first years of activity. In most cases, failure does not result from a lack of talent or ideas, but rather from avoidable strategic mistakes made during the early stages.   1. Building solutions without validating the problem One of the most frequent mistakes is investing time and resources

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19 Feb 2026

Set.Up Guimarães and Espaço Empresa promote entrepreneurship workshop at Francisco de Holanda School

  The Set.Up Guimarães, in partnership with the Espaço Empresa de Guimarães, held today an entrepreneurship workshop for students from the Agrupamento de Escolas Francisco de Holanda. The initiative aimed to promote an entrepreneurial mindset, foster creativity, and raise students’ awareness of business idea development, while introducing essential tools and skills for their future professional paths. During the session, the importance of business plan development was also addressed as a key instrument to structure entrepreneurial

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