Why an entrepreneur should be a marketeer

Inspired by the booming startup culture that’s transforming Lisbon’s business setting, the present case study tests the hypothesis that great marketing is the main key to any new business’ success, by analyzing the history and environment of a premature Portuguese tech startup company exploring the market of destination weddings, Wedmint, and its inbound marketing strategy.

Yacht charter in Portugal- developing a business model for a sailing charter company

Given the signals that Portugal can be a great destination for charter sailing, the purpose of this work is to disprove this. Thereby the model of Porter’s five forces has been used to analyze the Portuguese yacht charter market, whereas a SWOT analysis should give an overview and compare the Portuguese market with the well running charter market of Croatia. The research outcome on the supply side as well as on the demand side should then serve as a foundation for establishing a model of a sailing charter company in Portugal, explained with the aid of the Canvas model.