Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2011

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. Local laws prevail.

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Steve Blank

MAY 5, 2016

Founders will always encounter naysayers, shut out the voices and listen to the customers instead. The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. It gets you to a business faster. Guido Kovalskys. Doris Korda.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2014

China, Russia, Brazil, India, Indonesia all meet those criteria. However, in meeting some of the sports startups one of the things that struck me is that most of the founders who said they wanted to grow big hadn’t given much thought about how they would go about building size and scale. Outside the U.S.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 2, 2018

We had been in and out of coffee shops, and we were getting really good work done,” co-founder Ace Callwood told the New York Times. One of the other co-founders noticed that when he came back to his quiet workspace, his productivity plummeted. ” There is also a Mac app available for offline access.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Native Indians of Brazil use urucum seeds to make red pigment. From Prototype to Community: Forrst Founder Kyle Bragger Shares His Startup Journey – [link]. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! – [link].

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Steve Blank

MAY 5, 2016

Founders will always encounter naysayers, shut out the voices and listen to the customers instead. The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. It gets you to a business faster. Guido Kovalskys. Doris Korda.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

He is also the co-founder of Idea.me, Sauber Energy, and the LAB Miami. and Canada, while the “South” is Latin America including Mexico and Brazil. If this diaspora of Latin consumers were considered a “country,” it would represent the third most populous country in Latin America after Brazil and Mexico. trillion economy. $15

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 31, 2018

Then, when I was running MTV in Latin America but my parents were in London, it was the Volleyball World Championship Final, Poland vs Brazil. Our third co-founder, Aron Yechezkel, joined us at the end of 2015 and we have been working together since then, and now as Sceenic. How long has the Sceenic team been together?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 2, 2018

We had been in and out of coffee shops, and we were getting really good work done,” co-founder Ace Callwood told the New York Times. One of the other co-founders noticed that when he came back to his quiet workspace, his productivity plummeted. ” There is also a Mac app available for offline access.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2018

A special shout out to my pal, Mauricio Mota , on the left below who is also an immigrant from Brazil. He is the co-founder of Wise Entertainment and co-producer of East Los High, a widely popular Hulu show that depicts many stories of young American Latinos. It was widely discussed at the Upfront Summit for a reason.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2010

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. Local laws prevail.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

He has held senior management positions at Procter and Gamble and PepsiCo; served as CEO of The Lighting Science Group; has lived and worked in Sweden, England, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil and the United States; and took 16 months to sail around the world with his family.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

Best, Miguel Cavalcanti, from Brazil Reply Colin Rae , on September 22, 2010 at 2:20 pm Said: Steve, in many of your posts I’ve noticed you say certain things can not be delegated/outsourced (e.g Hopefully you and your co-founders are experts in one or two parts (agile development, SEO/SEM, etc.) demand creation strategy).

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

At the Clinton Global Initiative last September, Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay, announced a commitment from his philanthrocapitalist firm to invest millions of dollars in mobile applications and services, with a focus on developing markets globally. Now, the present. I have just started a new job with the Omidyar Network.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 23, 2012

To Laurel Delaney, founder and president of Chicago-based GlobeTrade.com and creator of T he Global Small Business Blog that’s like asking, “Are you really going to turn down the opportunity to go skydiving because you don’t know what precautions to take when diving out of a plane?”. What Language Barrier? 8 Common Mistakes.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2018

As part of The Startup Magazine founders interviews, we sat down with Lee Thompson and Radha Vyas, the co-founders of Flash Pack , a lifestyle travel company specialising in adventure trips for solo travelers in their 30’s – 40’s. . Flash Pack’s co-founders and husband and wife team, Radha Vyas & Lee Thompson.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

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). It forces innovation. Some will get out.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

In layman's terms, it's why when you're two minutes late in New York City, you're late, but in Brazil, you'd be a half hour early. I was thinking about this when I went to go to breakfast with one of the founders of our portfolio companies. That's when I noticed that I really didn't care at all.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you?

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 23, 2012

To Laurel Delaney, founder and president of Chicago-based GlobeTrade.com and creator of T he Global Small Business Blog that’s like asking, “Are you really going to turn down the opportunity to go skydiving because you don’t know what precautions to take when diving out of a plane?” What Language Barrier?

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2017

Marketing products into international markets is not a simple task”, says Julio Oliveto, founder of Livre, an innovative wheelchair-tricycle company in Brazil. I’d never thought an investment at the start would make such a difference”, said Jessica Krauter, co-founder of Buah. Attracting Overseas Customers.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Our winner in Rwanda Zilencio Creativo is a Kickstarter clone; When asked why the founders built a clone they told us they were unable to put a project on Kickstarter as the legalities state it’s for USA users only. In Rio we stayed with the founders of Resolveai, an Uber clone. But startups are also solving local problems.

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

If you’re a startup founder, you’re probably looking at Google in some way, maybe in terms of partnership or acquisition, but maybe some level of suspicion and fear. A relationship with Google can take many forms, which I will detail in this post as a guide for founders exploring their relationship with big tech.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 23, 2012

To Laurel Delaney, founder and president of Chicago-based GlobeTrade.com and creator of T he Global Small Business Blog that’s like asking, “Are you really going to turn down the opportunity to go skydiving because you don’t know what precautions to take when diving out of a plane?”. What Language Barrier? 8 Common Mistakes.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

MARCH 24, 2011

Its clear from the piece that the founders arrived at HBS planning to launching ventures, one stating he was prepared to drop out of Harvard if the right opportunity came up. From the article : The founders say their HBS experience influenced many of the ideas for the company and supplied them with a basis for strategic thinking.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 8, 2010

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Microsoft will be making scholarships available to companies in their BizSpark program; stay tuned for details.

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Home About Contact Home About Contact The Metamorphosis Becoming an Entrepreneur, by Matt Mireles Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder I started SpeakerText in October 2008 during the financial apocalypse. You need a Co-Founder, not an Engineering Bitch. Treat everyone you hire like a co-founder. No one funded us.

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www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Travis, thanks for the post (reading it and learning down here in Brazil – will do the same). . I don’t have a technical co-founder on my team but am apt in graphics design and have a lot of ideas bursting out of my head. Thanks and best of luck with your company. Gustavo Vale.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2015

by Cristian Rennella, founder of Mejor Trato. For me, each new business venture should have between 2 (two) and a maximum of 4 (four) founders for optimal operation. The division of the shares, meaning, what ownership each founder has in the company, should be equal (or as close to equal as possible). Participation.

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entrepreMusings

OCTOBER 27, 2010

I was excited they used VolunteerSpot because a friend of mine, Karen Bantuveris , is the founder of the company. I signed up to bring paper plates and volunteered my time at one of the booths (mask making for the Brazil booth). I had lunch with Karen last week and told her how I liked using the tool.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

I am currently down in Brazil and no matter how much I search, I can’t seem to find your book down here. Reply founders, beware « Adisababa’s Weblog , on January 20, 2010 at 10:05 am Said: [.] great book on a related matter is 4 steps to the epiphany, by steve blank, founder of… E.piphany, once a big [.]

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

PS1- I run a small software startup in Brazil and just found out about Customer Development and your blog (I’ve been reading and listening to everything I can get my hands on online, like Venturehacks and Ries’ blog). I couldn’t find it anywhere here in Brazil and International shipping takes weeks to get here.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2014

The remaining two are in Brazil and on the International Space Station. Him and his team of technically-minded co-founders began with just a grant and the advisory help of the MBA faculty at American University. At present the company has cameras in 6 locations, with more on the way. Thomas U.S. And, there are more on the way.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

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. In fact, there are over 250 founders from the HBS classes between 2008 and 2014. Combined, they’ve raised over $2.5

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

At today's roundtable, we had entrepreneurs presenting from Brazil, Israel and India. Up last, Leandro Telles from Brazil, pitched ledface , a knowledge management technology company that still needs a business strategy. In fact, I was pleased to even see an entrepreneur from Kolkata, India, the city in which I was born and raised.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 3, 2013

“Many VCs don’t understand which founders to fund, and they don’t really understand consumer-facing ecommerce.” 12 Questions: Meet Moisés Ferreira (Brazil) – [link]. Meet 31 year old Ashish Thakkar – Africa’s Youngest Billionaire – [link]. Hunger Beats Complacency. Almost Every Time. ” – [link].

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Did you know founders in Silicon Valley work longer hours than founders anywhere else? Here’s some other eye-opening info from the report, highlighted by Startup Genome founder Bjoern Lasse Herrmann. Sao Paulo, Brazil. (See the end of the story for the complete list.) Boston Is Sinking in the East. London, England.

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