The Next MVP
@ Claranet Portugal
Turn innovative ideas into reality
Claranet Portugal’s innovation programme is organised as a 3-step contest to identify MVPs
(Minimum Viable Products* or Most Valuable Projects).
We are looking for MVPs in five main market areas (according to our Practices):
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Cloud & Infra
Workplace
Applications
Data & AI
Security
Turn innovative ideas into reality
Claranet Portugal’s innovation programme is organised as a 3-step contest to identify MVPs (Minimum Viable Products* or Most Valuable Projects).
We are looking for MVPs in five main market areas (according to our Practices):
* "According to the OECD, a product innovation is a new or improved good or service that differs significantly from the firm’s previous goods or services and that has been introduced on the market.”
Cloud & Infra
Security
Data & AI
Applications
Workplace
How does it work?
Anyone (from Portugal and from other countries) can participate, either individually or as part of a team (extra points for team applications though). This is a 3-step process: Memo / Demo / MVP.
How will the submitted MVPs be evaluated?
Problem Statement of The MVP
Market for the MVP
- Which customer segments might be interested in this MVP?
- Is this something we can try to sell to existing customers and customer contacts?
- Key Competitors (existing/potential)?
- Does it fit existing market trends?
- Potential for cross sell with existing offerings?
Expected return (and business model) of the MVP
- Key benefits of the MVP for the customers and/or Claranet (try to translate in Euros but also include intangible benefits)?
- Key addressed pains and gains?
Presentation of the MVP
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STEP 2
DemoDetailed presentation and Q&A, including a live demo where possible
Timescale: June 2025 (at least 4 weeks preparation)
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STEP 3
MVP Claranet PortugalDevelop the MVP of the selected project with the relevant resources
Timing to be decided: [to start after] September 2025
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STEP 1: Memo
Submit an idea on a memo (three pages max);
Deadline: April 18th 2025If you need help or guidance, then please contact a member of the MVP panel, but they cannot help you write the memo or be part of a team.
All projects selected for Step 2 will be given some time (around one month) to work and prepare a demo. Pre-selection of top ideas/projects to occur around the 1st week of May.
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STEP 2: Demo
Clear instructions and guidelines will be given to each team selected to present their project for step 2.
• Detailed presentation and Q&A, including a live demo where possible
Timescale: June 2025 (at least 4 weeks preparation);
• Presentations can be in Portuguese or English;
• All demos will get full feedback from the MVP panel.
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STEP 3: MVP Claranet Portugal
• From concept to MVP;
• Develop the MVP of the selected project with the relevant resources;
• You will get a panel member allocated to you as a mentor & sponsor;Timing to be decided: [to start after] September 2025
Who's on the Jury panel?
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António Maia
Applications & Workplace Senior Director
António Miranda
Resource & Reporting Manager
David Antunes Soares
Senior Portfolio Manager
Hélder Pinheiro
Data & AI Director
Nuno Almeida e Silva
Executive Director
Rita Santos
Quality & Data Protection Director
Sérgio Silvestre
Innovation Labs & Portfolio Director
We are keen to understand your idea or project with your own words and your own flow. Tell us how you got this idea, was it a customer project? A discussion with a colleague or partner? An event you attended? A book you’ve read? Just a light bulb moment?
Tell us why you think it might be a good idea/project, describe the problem it solves (the “jobs to be done”), or the usage it creates. Tell us a story, this is much more powerful than a long list of bullet points.
Beware! For a 3-page memo to be catchy and relevant, you will probably write a much longer version in the first place, then improve it regularly by making it sharper, clearer, shorter. You don’t want to wait for the last minute to start writing up.
At this stage, we do not expect a full market survey or a comprehensive competitive landscape. It is OK not to know or even understand the potential market of your idea/project. At this stage, it is what it is: just an idea/project. If the panel sees interest in this idea/project, you will get time to deep dive and better understand everything you don’t know yet about your project.
Don’t be shy to put forward an idea that is not fully thought through yet.
Good luck!
If you need help or guidance, please contact a member of the MVP panel - but they cannot help you write the memo or be part of a team.
All projects selected for Step 2 will be given some time (around one month) to work and prepare a demo. Pre-selection of top ideas/projects to occur around the 1st week of May. Clear instructions and guidelines will be given to each team selected. Presentations can be in Portuguese or English and all demos will get full feedback from the MVP panel.
On Step 3, you will develop the concept to a real MVP. You will get a panel member allocated to you as a mentor & sponsor to help you develop the project.