EIA Porto 2022. How to succeed in EIA by Daniel Vila Boa

1. How to succeed at the EIA!
Porto, Portugal 2022
Daniel Vila Boa
Head of Mentors

4. ● Find a group that complements your
skillsets.
● Each task is clearly divided for each team
member.
● CEO is more of a Project Manager.
(Choose the most organized person)
● Each Chief Mentor has different areas of
expertise and we refer each other.
● It’s very likely you will be in different
teams:
“We encourage team diversity -
competence, gender, nationality &
university!”

5. Team Diversity
Different
Universities
Different
Competencies
Gender Diversity
Nationality
diversity
“We encourage team diversity - competence, gender, nationality & university!”

6. A team A idea -> rocket ship
A team B Idea -> start low and
exponential (delayed)
B team with A Idea -> start
medium and grow slow
B team with a B idea ->
valutation -1B (lose money)

19. Getting a movie to watch
requires a lot of work

21. Getting a movie to watch
requires a lot of work

22. WHAT ARE THE REASONS
THAT STARTUPS FAIL?

33. BUT LET’S FINISH ON
A POSITIVE NOTE…
🎵 > 0

34. Instagram was sold for
$1 bn and only had 13 employees
POSITIVE NOTE 1 of 3

35. Steve Jobs / Bill Gates
October 28, 1955
February 24, 1955
POSITIVE NOTE 2 of 3

36. POSITIVE NOTE 3 of 3!