Ana Martins on Clubhouse

Bio

Managing partner @ SABOR BIO

🧽 Professional learner
👩🏻‍🎓 Leader-in-training
♾ Expert @ efficiency
🧑🏻‍💼 Pro @ management & organization
💡 Natural-born creative
✨ Very good @ marketing & branding
🏛 Experienced architect
👩🏻‍🎨 Soul of a designer
👩🏻‍💻 Excellent computer skills - currently becoming a pro @ database architecture & design

— about SABOR BIO —

🍐 Processes organic fruit
🥃 Produces fruit liqueurs, fruit brandies, fruit snacks, fruit juices, condiments & seasonings
💯 % organic
🇵🇹 Located in Portugal
👨‍👧 Family owned company
▫️ Small-sized enterprise
📅 Established in 2011

Find out more @ saborbio.com

— professional experience —

As an architect @
🇫🇷 Ateliers Jean Nouvel | Paris, France
🇳🇱 OMA | Rotterdam, Netherlands
🇯🇵 Arata Isozaki & Associates | Tokyo, Japan
🏟 Especialized in cultural buildings - museums, concert halls, theaters, opera houses & conference centers - urban planning & skyscrapers

📉 Became long-term unemployed due to the financial crisis of 2008
🏗 Decided to start my own architectural office
😍 Loved the idea of starting a business
🤔 Though twice about starting a business in a sector highly affected by financial crises
💡 Saw an opportunity and decided to start a different sort of business
🎆 The business idea was a success
💶 The company became profitable within 5 years
🐪 SABOR BIO is going to have its 10th year anniversary this year
👩🏻‍⚕️ Currently struggling with company’s growth pains

— topics of interest —

🤔 How to make the transition from entrepreneur to businesswoman?
🤔 How to grow a company without compromising product quality?
🤔 How do you come up on top when wages are rising, purchasing power is decreasing, and you work in a sector of low margins?
🤔 How to hire for manual labour in a world where everyone wants to be [ and is trying to be ] an influencer?

— personal motto —

“I prefer to learn with other people’s mistakes than with my own, but sometimes you can’t help it! When that happens, make it count!”