Oct 08
HP and MEA-I produced two new videos about the GET-IT programme to help different audiences better understand what GET-IT is about.
In the videos, GET-IT trainees, trainers and partners like MEA-I and UNIDO talk about their experiences with the programme.
Check here
May 12
Do you feel like you missed the first dotcom wave because you didn’t have enough money at the time start an online business? Don’t worry, it’s not too late. You don’t have to be rich to be an entrepreneur in this new age of free online tools and Web 2.0 applications that get the job done.
I’ve whipped up 10 bizs you can start with as little as $100 in your pocket. The great part is being able to work from home with just your laptop and can of Red Bull.
Continue reading »
May 04
Do you have a great idea and wonder what it takes to turn it into a business? Do you think you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Are you committed to starting a business and just do not know where to start?
Here you can find a nice Entrepreneur’s Checklist to evaluate your idea.
Mar 27

HP GET-IT (Graduate Entrepreneurship Training through Information Technologies) empowers under- or unemployed young people with business and IT skills – helping them find a job or start their own businesses.
In this picture you can see me and Claudio (my italian friend and colleague) in a training in Switzerland.
Jan 27
A necessidade de reduzir os gastos energéticos e flexibilizar a produção resultante da crise económica dos anos 70, levou à adopção de um padrão de acumulação (baseado numa nova estrutura organizacional e tecnológica), que concede prioridade a serviços e produtos baseados em recursos não esgotáveis, como informação e conhecimento.
Falar, hoje, de Sociedade do Conhecimento é falar de pontes entre a Ciência, as Novas Tecnologias e a Sociedade como um todo, incluindo a introdução das tecnologias de informação e comunicação em todos os sectores, destacando-se a Administração Pública. Continue reading »
Jan 27
K’CIDADE Program, an initiative of Aga Khan Foundation in partnership with HP and other entities, opened in the past January’s 18th its second Digital Inclusion Center, in Mira Sintra.
The Mira Sintra Digital has the main objective to provide Mira Sintra residents and workers with the ideal conditions to obtain certified training in IT in order to optimize its own business, realize school or personal work as well as community activities.
This project includes three Digital Centers in Portugal. The first center inaugurated in March 2006 in Alta de Lisbon counted with 3900 hours of training during all year.
The 3 centers will develop the MAP (Microenterprise Acceleration Program) training and 60 persons are expected to participate in this training in 2007. The HP MAP is a program developed by HP to offer to micro enterprises the access to technology and training to optimize its own business. Through MAP, HP helps the communities to create and increase business given them access to the necessary IT tools.