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Issue No. 01 · 2 November 2026

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Nº 01
Issue No. 01 · 2 November 2026
Three men could not join the company

In 1982, a banker handed 16% of his company to an engineer, with one condition about three men in his own family...

The engineer accepted.

05What this changes in your company
Why you will like it

Stories you already know, seen from the inside.

3 min

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News

You see the news behind it.

The story of yesterday explains what is happening this week.

3 steps

You leave with three actions.

At the end, what to change in your company, ready to do this week.

Who it is for

  • Owners and partners
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  • Investors and people who want to invest

If you make decisions in your business, this was written for you.

Inside an issue

Every issue starts with a sentence that stops halfway...

Then comes the tension, the context and, only at the end, what to do in your company. It is always the same structure, in five pieces.

01

The story

The sentence that stops halfway, the tension and only then the context.

02

The news

What happened this week and why it is the same story.

03

The model

The idea behind it all, in two sentences.

04

The number

The one number that explains it all.

05

What this changes in your company

The value at the end: three actions for you to take this week.

When his turn came, Belmiro did it differently...

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I am co-CEO of Bitalk, the biggest ecosystem of entrepreneurship and business content in Portugal: podcast, roundtable and new content on YouTube, TV and social media. That is over 300 episodes, over 2,9 million plays, over 100 million views a year and 385 thousand followers. According to Bitalk's own figures, 44% of its LinkedIn audience are company owners and C-suite.

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