Grit Daily Fifth Annual Speaker's and Media Dinner

Grit Daily News

An "oasis" during Web Summit, this sit-down benefits startups, with a combo of FastCo, Hackernoon, BlockTelegraph &amp; Grit Daily &amp; investors.

IBO Restaurante

TICKETED ONLYWhen: 7-9:30PM WET (Lisbon PT time), November 2 2022Where: Ibo Restaurante, the waterfront venue serving Portuguese seafood dishes &amp; Mozambican food in a stylish, modern setting. This is a proper sit-down dinner that does not disappoint. The desserts are tops.Who: Grit Daily News, with special guest, Dr. Abdalla Kablan: Serial entrepreneur, fintech-expert, and TEDx speaker London 2022, and Hayley Darden and Suzanne Rabicoff (Invisible Technologies). What: Multi-course, sit-down meal with good Portuguese food, wine, a welcome drink, and speakers, VIPs, and moderator-media from Web Summit. Expect good flow -- not chained to your seats, and an opportunity to meet all 40 -45 VIPs in the room. Full description:Are you in Lisbon for Web Summit? Want to kick back among top names in town -- both notable and good people -- for the 5th annual Grit Daily series of speaker's dinners? Are you in to really good food? (Really, they take care of us at Ibo.)Look no further. And this particular dinner features investor and start-up judge from Web Summit, Dr. Abdalla Kablan, 50+ startup investor and Grit Daily Founder and Executive Editor Jordan French, Dataconomy's Elena Poughia and Hackernoon's Stewart Rogers, David Meltzer, Maha Abouelenein, John Biggs (fmr Gizmodo &amp; TechCrunch and now Grit Daily), videographer extraordinaire Ali Powell (fmr. TechCrunch and CoinDesk), John Koetsier (Forbes), Jager McConnell (Crunchbase), Alisa Cohn, Nenad Marovac (DN Capital), Jon Soberg (MS&AD Ventures, Sitar Teli (Connect Ventures), Stephan Maurais (Indico Capital) and others. You’ll also hear from Invisible Technologies’ Suzanne Rabicoff and Hayley Darden, with a sneak peak into the future of virtual super-assistants and what The New Yorker distinguished from “Siri (a known moron), Alexa (a known snoop), or that officious paper clip from the nineties…”You'll likely be drinking throughout, since there's much to celebrate. In this year's dinner, you'll hear from serial entrepreneur Dr. Abdalla Kablan, investor at Web Summit, who also is a judge on past Web Summit startup pitch competition stages. Welcome drink and toast with Grit Daily Founder &amp; Executive Editor, Jordan French. Start with Duoro region blanco and tinto wine pours, along with different types of bread and balsamic with olive oil.Mix de EntradasCogumelos recheados com queijo de cabra e presunto “bellota”“Bellota” smoked fine ham and goat cheese stuffed mushroomsCamarões panados ao alho e gengibre Prawns with garlic and gingerPrato PrincipalCaril de camarão e quiabos com arroz basmatiAromatic prawn curry with okra served with basmati riceCaril de galinha com amendoimAromatic chicken curry with peanut sauceMix de SobremesasFine desserts Bolo de chocolate com pralinê de avelã e sorbet de laranja ecardamomoChocolate cake with hazelnut praline and orange and cardamom sorbetCarpaccio de ananás com mel e limaPineapple carpaccio with honey and limeCafé ou cháCoffee, decaf, or teas, along with wine served throughout. Please do stay hydrated. Feel free to meet and talk with everyone. Chef Jaoa takes care of us in the Portuguese social-food tradition.

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