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[Brazil] The Startup Samba: Internet Ventures Boom in “Brasilicon Valley”

YoungUpstarts

Fiercely intelligent, self-starting, and as at home in America as he is in Brazil, Vanossi is typical of a new generation of Brazilian tech innovators that is making Silicon Valley sit up and take notice. Diego Remus , who launched the Brazilian blog startupi in 2008, says the buzz is building.

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12 Questions: Meet Moisés Ferreira (Brazil)

crowdSPRING Blog

In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Moisés lives and works in Brazil. What is the deign industry like in Brazil? Please tell us about yourself.

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How cold calling (properly) works better than AdWords

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Tweet. --> This is a guest post from Robert Graham — a solo bootstrapper who blogs about the experience. He had studied business at Harvard and was an executive in the startup that built the first railroad from Brazil’s agricultural heartland to Sao Paulo. I can then write up the experience and link you up on the blog.”

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Announcing our summer intern class

David Teten

A bit belatedly (due to a backlog of blog postings), I wanted to announce ff Venture Capital ‘s summer intern class. His work at Deloitte has taken him around the world, advising clients from Brazil to China, and given him a global perspective on how integrated global business has become. Franklin Bi.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. Felipe grew up in Brazil. I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story.

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: PagPresente

crowdSPRING Blog

This week, our small business spotlight comes to us all the way from Brazil (quick shout out to our team of Brazilian software engineers, Jonas and Adriano!). Currently, PagPresente only exists in Brazil, but they are looking to expand. It may not be admirable to admit, but it’s pretty universal.

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Why it’s not easy to break into the Brazilian tech market – a chat with Boo-box’s Marco Gomes

The Next Web

Marco Gomes is the founder of social media advertising company Boo-box , which reaches 60 million people in Brazil monthly with ads from clients like Google, Unilever, Volkswagen and Microsoft. He’ll be speaking at our upcoming TNW Conference Latin America , which takes place on 28 and 29 August in São Paulo, Brazil.

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