ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY
Odaaro Ventures is looking for 8-12 students to form the founding team of a company that helps Lisbon businesses start accepting Bitcoin payments.
This is not a traditional internship. You won't be placed at a company. You'll build your own.
-Over 12-16 weeks, you'll research the market, design your service, acquire customers, and build a functioning business. You'll make every strategic decision. You'll own the results.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Weeks 1-3: Research & Strategy
- Interview Lisbon business owners to understand their needs
- Research successful approaches (learn from FREE Madeira's 150+ business onboardings)
- Design your business model, pricing strategy, and target customer profile
- Create your go-to-market plan
Weeks 4-8: Build & Validate
- Create your service offering and all marketing materials
- Acquire your first 3-5 customers
- Conduct onboarding sessions via Zoom
- Iterate based on real customer feedback
Weeks 9-14: Scale & Launch
- Grow to 10-15 total businesses onboarded
- Execute public launch with PR and case studies
- Refine and document your methodology
Weeks 15-16: Demo Day & Decision
- Present results to stakeholders and press
- Decide whether to continue as an actual business or conclude the program
WHAT WE PROVIDE
Infrastructure:
- Slack, Notion, Google Sheets - all the tools startups use
- Weekly strategic guidance (questions and frameworks, not task assignments)
- Brand credibility and PR platform
Mentorship:
- FREE Madeira: Proven experts who onboarded 150+ businesses to Bitcoin in Madeira
- Portuguese Institute for Bitcoin: Technical guidance on payments, Lightning Network, and regulations
- Legal Mentor: Portuguese business law and compliance support
- Team formation and mentorship by Odaaro throughout the process
Support:
- Weekly check-ins with Odaaro team
- Demo Day presentation opportunity
- Certificates and recommendations upon completion
REQUIREMENTS
- Ability to commit 10-15 hours per week for 12-16 weeks
- Currently enrolled student or recent graduate
- Self-starter mentality - comfortable making decisions without predetermined instructions
- Strong communication skills
- Willing to handle rejection and learn from failure
- Can work independently and as part of a remote team
WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT?
Traditional internships place you at a company where you shadow, observe, and complete tasks. Valuable for understanding how companies work.
This program teaches you how companies start. You'll face the same challenges every founder faces:
- How do you validate a market need?
- How do you price your service?
- How do you handle customer objections?
- What do you do when your first approach doesn't work?
You'll learn by solving these problems, not by reading about them.
SELECTION PROCESS
1. Submit application at odaaro.com/ventures/bitcoin-lisbon
2. Application review : We evaluate for founder mindset, commitment, and team balance
3. Selection We build a balanced team of 8-12 with diverse skills (technical, business, marketing, operations)
4. Onboarding Accepted founders join 2 weeks before program start for setup and preparation
APPLY NOW
Application: odaaro.com/ventures/bitcoin-lisbon
Questions:
More Information:
Application Deadline : November 3, 2025
Program Start: December 3, 2025
Demo Day: March, 2026
We're looking for builders. If that's you, apply.