How to Build 700+ Startups: The CREATE-X Model for Entrepreneurial Success

Talks

Opening Summit Speech
Linda Pereira (Ambassador, World Talents); Tatiana Teixeira; Ricardo Barroca
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All Your Business on One Platform: Odoo Workshop
Vasco Rodrigues (Corvanis)
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An Overview of Startups in the Algarve
Pedro Gomes (DB Informa)
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Stop Disrupting, Start Transforming: A Playbook for Meaningful Change
Reimar Kosack (Kosack.de)
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A Playbook for Entrepreneurs: Brand Building in a Noisy World
Elana Gold (Former Fortune 100+ Companies)
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Incubators & Accelerators’ Booster
João Moreira Pires (Startup Portugal)
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One Year Later: Startup Showcase 2024 Alumni Reflections
With Wouter Heijnen (COREangels Algarve) moderating, joined by Sonat Duyar (Rat Rig), Tânia Catarina Ferreira (Sea4Us), Francisco Machado (Easy Harvest), Christopher Barrett (Briganti Ocean Systems Ltd), Joana Xavier (expressTEC)
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We Are All Educators
Tim Vieira (Brave Generation Academy)
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Startup Pitch Showcase 2025
STARTUPS: Isabel Carapeta (Simplifyer), Vitaly Rimmer (Svaito AI Solutions), Márcio Moreira (Bio1OneHealth), Marta Lima (NXW: Nutrition from Water), Sérgio Menezes Pina (AuroraMed), Sunamita Borges da Costa (QXote), Francisco Barroca - (SkillYay) | LEADS: Dave Williams & Jens Palsma, MENTORS & JUDGES: Laurent Horowitz, Sven Olof Kulldorf, Damarys Zampini, Isabel Pereira, Dasha Kichuk
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Building Together: 10 Bold Thoughts on Community
Lou Kerner (CryptoMondays)
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Keynote Startups

Location: Main Stage - 11/7/25, 10:05 AM - 11/7/25, 10:25 AM (Europe/Lisbon) (20 minutes)

Rahul Saxena (CREATE-X, Georgia Tech)

What if every student had the confidence to launch a startup? At Georgia Tech, the CREATE-X program has turned that vision into reality, helping students build more than 700 startups through a hands-on model that blends mentorship, funding, and fearless experimentation.

In this keynote, Rahul Saxena reveals how cultivating entrepreneurial confidence can transform education, empower young innovators, and build ventures that truly make an impact.

Rahul Saxena

Director of CREATE-X, empowering students to launch startups and build entrepreneurial skills.