Today, we're launching Upside 🔥 After hosting a couple of private lunches with founders, André Oliveira and I decided to take this to the next level. → We're turning into a real private community for entrepreneurs. The goal is to connect founders and make it easier to

It's a special day today: announcing the Upside 🤩 An invite-only community for Entrepreneurs. No, it's NOT one more fucking networking event, it’s a private community where relationships start and opportunities arise. 🔥 It all started with several conversations with

Yesterday was special.

We are onto something special with Upside 😍 ​ Last week, we had our 3rd intimate lunch with an incredible group of founders new to our concept. ​ Everyone opened up and talked about things that are so deep I bet they never told their families about it. ​ Success,

We're live at joinupside.club

One more killer Upside event in the books 🔥 In total, 15 founders were kind enough to trust myself and André Oliveira with their time and openness. Here's some of the stuff we talked about: 1) Crypto as a backend technology 2) The loneliness of solo founders 3)

+$100m in annual revenue. Yes — it's the combined ARR of the Founders who sat at this table last Friday in Lisbon. 🇵🇹 What's shared at an Upside lunch stays there, so no details are to be shared but I can say that, more often than not, big numbers come from unexpected

The power of a small & intimate gathering never ceases to amaze me. 🔥 2024 ended with one more outstanding Upside lunch. Over 4+ hours, we talked about: 🎾 Owning a padel club in Bali 🛩️ Moving to Dubai with 3 under-18 kids 🤖 M&A, growth buyouts, and AI. A LOT of

Having an incredible time at the first Upside retreat! Props to André Oliveira and Francisco Raio for organizing such a cool experience 🤌

This. Is. The. Upside 🔥 🔥🔥 Last Friday, myself and Francisco Raio successfully hosted the Upside Club 1st ever Founders Retreat @ Porto. 🇵🇹 70 Founders, 1 room, 4 fireside chats. I'm still digesting, but this day was probably one of the most rewarding ones of my

The expression "I'm still buzzing" is what best describes how I feel after the Upside Founders Retreat 🔥 I don't remember being this proud about something I've done in a very long time. Thank you to all the speakers and busy founders who managed to find time in their

We're still buzzing from our 1st Founders Retreat 🔥 Here's a recap video for those who were there to remember it and for those who weren't to get a feeling for it. We're already thinking about the next one. Where should we host it? 🤔

New website for Upside Built in 2h on a Sunday morning because I was tired of paying $10/month for hosting a crappy notion page on a notion website tool need to polish it now with André Oliveira's help p.s. there's an easter egg in it for 2026 :)

Years from now, I think those who were at the 2nd Upside Founders Retreat will look back and think about last Friday as a memorable day. An unconventional mix of (very) intense fun and learning. All together. In the same day, in the same room. 🤯 I really don't know

We do these things because of this. The genuine smiles and the deep sense of belonging.

We just hosted the first Upside lunch in collaboration with an external brand. It was an experiment, and we made it happen in a non-commercial way as intended. Simple recipe: Cuatrecasas Law firm paid the bill, Joana took a seat at the table as one of the guests.