Brazil Brazil 2016 Dilma Rousseff 2016 Dilma Rousseff BrazilEverything did appear rosy towards the start of the year, but that is far from the case today. One can argue that the tipping point came when she attempted to promote Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to a cabinet position in a last ditch effort to help him avoid prosecution (for scandals inside Petrobas). From US Today: Rousseff has been terribly unpopular for at least a year. MORE

The arrest warrant says Diego Dzodan repeatedly failed to comply with a judicial order to cooperate with an investigation into drug trafficking and organized crime, and surrender user information from WhatsApp MORE

Just to get one 30 ton-block of stone from a quarry in rural Brazil, an importer may spend $16,000 to purchase it, $4,000 to truck it to a processing plant, and then another $3,500 to get it sliced into shippable slabs. Oil comes from the Middle East; granite comes from Brazil," Tavares says MORE

“Austin is a spectacular city that, after many visits, we grew very […] The post V2COM of Brazil Opens Austin Office with Plans to Create 100 Jobs appeared first on SiliconHills. V2COM, a Brazilian cleantech company, announced the opening of its Austin office with plans to create 100 new jobs in the next three years. The company provides hardware, software and solutions to utility companies to manage their resources and reduce their environmental impact. MORE

LATIN METAL COVER FRIDAY: Painkiller by Angra - Brazil looms large in the metal scene particularly in the death metal and thrash departments. music metal Angra Painkiller Judas Priest Latin metal Brazil Cover FridayAngra on the other hand is definitely more in the mainstream playing more of a classic power metal style. Judas Priest covers are always tough to pull off well because very few can touch Rob Halford’s vocals. MORE

A software maker let its employees spend six weeks working remotely from Brazil. Danny Roberts, a software engineer who had spent part of his childhood in Brazil, recommended it as a destination, and the idea started to gain traction. MORE

Startup Lessons Learned 2011 is just around the corner: May 23, 2011 in SF. You have just under a week to get general admission tickets before prices go up. A lot of people missed the early bird rates and wrote to me about it. Don't be late, buy your ticket now. We've also added a number of extremely discounted tickets for full-time students. New Speakers Our program keeps getting better and better. We're debuting many brand new case studies, and I could not be more excited. MORE

I have been getting emails and tweets all day from people upset that they cannot get into Startup Lessones Learned 2011 - either here in SF, where we're sold out, or in one of the more than 100 simulcast locations around the world, many of which are sold out, too. We struggle with this issue every year, because we strongly encourage everyone who can to participate with their local entrepreneurship community. Strengthening ties between entrepreneurs is one of our most important values. MORE

In my experience, one of the main reasons many entrepreneurs seek the freedom of working for themselves is because they crave variety , stimulation, and the ability to grow organically in their career. MORE

Nate Silver completely blew his prediction for the winner of the Germany vs. Brazil game. It''s time for some data realism MORE

e.g. Brazil. Assuming a firm invests outside the US, you should be able to easily check from their portfolio whether they’ve invested in your country (in this case, Brazil). I don’t know anything about the Brazilian entrepreneur or VC market although a quick Google search for VCs in Brazil turns up some good data about firms both in Brazil as well as US firms that have invested in Brazil. Question: How hard is for USA VCs fund an abroad startup? MORE

If you are a business looking for global expansion, here are ten reasons why you should be paying attention to Brazil MORE

The 7-1 massacre happened in part because Brazil made a few key missteps. It''s too late for Brazil--but your business can still learn from that defeat MORE

But a growing number of American entrepreneurs and VCs are putting down roots in Brazil. If you're an American entrepreneur starting a company in Brazil, chances are you've heard of Kimball Thomas and Davis Smith. Brazil is a notoriously difficult place to start a business. MORE

It has been only two months since iZettle entered Mexico and it seems that our speculations about possible rapid expansion through the Banco Santander partnership might not be far from the truth as they have just announced that they are now in Brazil. MORE

Proctor & Gamble wasn't selling enough diapers in Brazil. But in Brazil, babies often sleep with their parents, and many families are poor. So Procter & Gamble eventually launched a cheap, ultra water-tight nappy in Brazil, without fussy details – and sales soared. So they took a closer look at the cultural dynamics of the market: In America, when parents buy nappies they often demand fussy add-ons (think nappy flaps, subtle scents, biodegradable material and so on). MORE

What about India, or Brazil? If you could pick the top five countries with the most newly created startups, which countries would you choose? The United States? MORE

Brazil has been winning millions of hearts in the last month. Kudos to Germany for that amazing victory. But it was just a game. Like that of my nephew who had a fabulous week there during the FIFA WC. MORE

It's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's UberCOPTER MORE

Just when you thought Brazil was back on the rails - perhaps for the Olympics - they slip off again. From Reuters: Brazil's largest party will decide on Tuesday to break away from President Dilma Rousseff's floundering coalition, party leaders said, sharply raising the odds that the country's first woman president will be impeached amid a corruption scandal. Brazil 2016 Oil Olympics 2016 MORE

Ten former members of the Word of Faith Fellowship church say they have been contacted by U.S. federal and state authorities investigating allegations of abuse, forced labor and visa fraud after a series of Associated Press stories about the North MORE

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil’s second largest metropolitan city with a population of over 12 million, is probably best known for its boisterous and colorful annual Carnival which attracts more than 500,000 visitors to its wild celebrations. [ Image from Wikipedia ]. MORE

Going to business school and becoming a startup founder are often positioned as conflicting choices by the media and startup bloggers. Some go as far as stating, flat out, that MBAs don’t make for good founders. MORE

(Me on the iconic mosaic promenade next to Copacabana beach on the one rainy day) I recently spent 10 terrific days in Rio de Janiero and Paraty, Brazil. MORE

One of the guys in the group from from Brazil. In my mid-20s I was part of an amazing experience called Birthing of Giants. It was a gathering of 60 entrepreneurs over four days (for three years) who were all under 40 and founders of companies with more than $1m in revenue. It was the first time I discovered my peer group and while I was young (24 years old) and small ($1m in revenue) I felt like I immediately fit in. He had this delicious accent and intense passion whenever he spoke. MORE

operations for Brazil-based Movile , a mobile platform for content and commerce. This is a step forward for the Good Law—which has already helped Brazil a lot—but private business and government need to start doing more to truly help launch Brazil’s mobile potential. MORE

The problems in Brazil's largest city actually make it an intriguing place to do business MORE

Moisés lives and works in Brazil. What is the deign industry like in Brazil? When I was out of crowdSPRING, was performing my art exhibitions: [link] but it was not helping much, as living art in Brazil is very difficult. MORE

It looks like there is a burgeoning baby e-commerce sector in Brazil. Most recently, Baby, a Brazil-based online retailer of baby goods, just secured $16.7 Overall, Brazil’s economic growth forecasts continue to drop, but e-commerce still entices investors. MORE

METAL MONDAY: Thrones In The Sky by Son Of A Witch - Brazil has been getting beat up in the press lately, something about spawning the next pandemic. It made sense then to give some props to Brazil and the debut LP from doom metal band Son of a Witch. Son Of A Witch Thrones In The Sky Metal Monday metal doom metal BrazilThere is no new ground on the album, it’s just really great stoner doom metal in the Sabbath vein. MORE

We are not going to beat YC at attracting the biggest home run hitters (unless maybe they’re from Brazil or India or Russia). MORE

Some years ago Brazil had a major balance of payments deficit. Therefore Brazil made it difficult to import products from abroad. Corporations were encouraged to export from Brazil to generate foreign currency and they were allowed to keep a portion of the foreign currency. MORE

Invested Interests angel investor brazil invest startup I would be unlikely to invest in a Brazilian startup at this time because I have absolutely no background or knowledge of the local market, I don’t speak Portuguese, I would be unlikely to be able to attend board meetings or even visit the company, and finally because there are issues relative to double-taxation under US and local tax codes that make many international investments challenging. MORE

Marketing products into international markets is not a simple task”, says Julio Oliveto, founder of Livre, an innovative wheelchair-tricycle company in Brazil. By Dr. Karen M. Reddington, president, FedEx Express Asia Pacific. MORE

Morgan ran away from Brazil with nothing. Heather R. She made a name for herself and built a company by doing these 5 things MORE

China, Russia, Brazil, India, Indonesia all meet those criteria. Entrepreneurship is everywhere, but everywhere isn’t a level playing field. What’s the playbook for your region or country to make it so? ———-. MORE

More importantly, he knows how to sell his ideas, specifically, a picture recognition application called Clickpic which, while it has yet to be launched, has earned him a guest spot on one of Brazil’s biggest television chat shows, o Progama do Jô, or Jô’s Show. MORE

The most populous city in Brazil counts about 2,700 active startups, and American investors are increasingly hungry for a slice of the city's tech sector MORE

We’ve had just one market since then and it could confuse one into thinking: every deal finds downstream investors, every company good or bad finds a home, you know anything at all about brazil, india, china or even saas sales, ecommerce or analytics (you know all these in a bull market). MORE

Start with a Look at Brazil. According to recent statistics, Brazil is a fast growing ecommerce market. It is good to note that Brazil is embracing online retail but their culture is such that they are more likely to trust retailers than a peer to peer merchant. MORE

At first glance we can see the US contains the majority of new startups, with a significant 60%, but Canada, India, France, and Brazil are closely following and worth to keep an eye on for future startup growth. For example, India has the highest percentage of startups in the Education industry, with almost 10%, while other startup leaders such as Brazil have a greater focus on the Industrial/Energy sector. Gust Startup Map & Trends Analysis – August 2012. MORE

Yet many of the big digital content distribution platforms like Pandora and Netflix are not available in countries like Brazil, Turkey and India (Spotify just. MORE

Brazil has been identified as one of the emerging markets with attractive options for offshore outsourcing. Why outsourcing could save your business. The global market size of the outsourced services industry was worth $82.9 billion in revenue in 2013. MORE