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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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2011

Let “Mother” do the hiring. Bad hires are not only disruptive to businesses — they’re also expensive. How can you stack the deck in your favor when making a new hire? By getting the hard stuff out of the way early, you don’t have to work with a sense of dread and you’re freed up to enjoy the rest of the day.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 2, 2014

and abroad, and the company has hired experts in every country where it operates to help figure out how best to wean itself off energy. Adidas has even undertaken a project in Brazil that encourages people to donate their old athletic shoes, which are made into sustainable energy sources.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 9, 2017

I grew up in Minas Gerais, Brazil and my mother was a cleaner in my home town. Before I knew it, I had a solid client base and too much business to handle on my own – I incorporated, made my first hire, and became an accidental business owner. Thanks to Mark and Tori Baird, Hire Patriots ! #14 Image Credit: Maany Silva.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Completion of a software project by the remote workers in (Philippines, Brazil, Armenia, fill in the blank… Just name a country whose daytime is our nighttime.) As a member of the board, I’ve received calls on weekends, at night and texts at hours I didn’t even think existed – from CEOs who couldn’t control the euphoria. A successful test.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 29, 2010

In the last 6 months, we have advised clients and investors, in no particular order, from Kenya, India, Italy, South Africa, Germany, China, Brazil, Mexico, Switzerland, the U.A.E., and the rest of the world has allowed for phenomena like an Indian manufacturing company hiring U.S. Canada, England, South Korea, Japan, and Uruguay.

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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. HR rules are local.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 26, 2020

And, if I told you that by the beginning of May, you’d make every hire remotely, you might have laughed in my face. …suddenly, nearly all technical jobs are remote-jobs, all dev-teams are distributed teams, and virtually all hiring is remote hiring. A Quick Word About Hiring in the Time of COVID-19.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Brazil: Experimental. You want to draw people in and entice them (whether they are potential hiring managers, business partners or clients), so they click through to read the whole story – in this case, your complete LinkedIn profile. Here’s a quick look at what the 2012 No. Canada: Creative. Egypt: Multinational.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

You can travel abroad to countries like Brazil, Switzerland, and Australia; you can hope for admission to a selective and prestigious business school in the U.S.; Fortunately, an entrepreneur doesn’t need to worry about hiring managers. Thus, an MBA provides you with essentially every tool to help your business succeed.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

It is incumbent on management to create and sustain an environment that leads to hiring, encourages quality work, rewards effort and accomplishment, treats workers fairly, pays an equitable wage, provides for basic welfare, respects families, supplies adequate work flexibility, and, importantly, celebrates the work itself. Thanks, Adriano!

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

If you work in travel, this could be a particular destination such as Brazil or Mexico. Or maybe hire a live band for the evening or an electrifying magician. This could be a country hotel, an intimate art gallery or a luxury restaurant with a private dining area. Consider fire performers as a main act that will set sparks flying.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Brazil hasn’t fully adopted Facebook yet (they are still on Orkut), there is a huge opportunity there. Zynga has acknowledged the fact they were spending several millions of dollars per month to promote their games.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Brazil hasn’t fully adopted Facebook yet (they are still on Orkut), there is a huge opportunity there. Zynga has acknowledged the fact they were spending several millions of dollars per month to promote their games.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Brazil hasn’t fully adopted Facebook yet (they are still on Orkut), there is a huge opportunity there. Zynga has acknowledged the fact they were spending several millions of dollars per month to promote their games.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

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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 Initially your job is to understand each of the parts of your business model before you hire someone to do it.

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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). You hire too quickly. Your CAC stinks.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 14, 2019

A 20-year veteran of the global pharmaceutical industry, he now resides in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he is General Manager of Allergan PLC. The secret is knowing how to hire to create it. Therefore, I’ve developed a multi-step process that minimizes the chance of a bad hire.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

I had hired the VP of marketing from a potential software partner who was responsible to get all this 3 rd party software on our computer. In reality we hadn’t gotten any closer to our goal than the day we hired him. In fact, we would have been better off if we hadn’t hired him as we wouldn’t have confused a warm body with progress.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

No-code and low-code platforms are making it easier to develop an app, build a platform, or build digital businesses that were once saved for people with in-depth technical knowledge or deep enough pockets to hire them. Thanks to Greg Barnett, Brazil Counsel ! #23- Thanks to Sharon Tahar, Papaya Global ! #12-

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 8, 2010

Microsoft will be making scholarships available to companies in their BizSpark program; stay tuned for details. Microsoft will be making scholarships available to companies in their BizSpark program; stay tuned for details.

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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. With the tools now freely available online, you don’t necessarily need to hire a team of advertising professionals to reach audiences overseas. Attracting Overseas Customers.

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

They offer free trainings, mentorship from Googlers, workshops (on fundraising, hiring, internationalisation, etc), a diverse range of events and international exchange programs between the hubs. OKR setting, best practices for hiring, etc). Regional Google for startups accelerators (Africa, Brazil, India, etc.)

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Lastly, when we hire our first employees, we should always do it with the appropriate documentation, in which there should not lack the specification that everything they create while working for us, on the level of intellectual property, belongs to the company.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Through trial and error, hiring and firing, successful startups all invented a parallel process to product development. I am currently down in Brazil and no matter how much I search, I can’t seem to find your book down here. In particular, the winners invent and live by a process of customer learning and discovery.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Many people think you have to have to hire someone or use a service to file for your Employer Identification Number (EIN) otherwise known as your TAX ID. We also do this type of work in our retreats—we had two recent retreats to Cuba and Costa Rica, and one upcoming to Brazil! Are you happy you just found a way to save some money?

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ConversionXL

JUNE 22, 2016

I often have conversations with people where they express something like “I’ve always wanted to travel to Brazil” or “I would like to have my own business and control my hours” Well – if you know what you want, go do it. It’s one of the key hiring criteria for me.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 13, 2017

A strong example of that is a translation company in Brazil that started providing free website translation for NGOs looking for international support. 2 – Think about the details and set limits: Will you just deploy Roy and Megan (the interns) to do it, or hire someone new? Or even do it yourself? Is there going to be a Q.A.?

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Hiring enough staff to keep up with 400% growth has been the main challenge. We saw a big gap in the market and went for it. Now you can say Flash Pack is no longer a startup, it is a “scaleup”. What have been the primary challenges in your scaleup journey?

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

The deal went through, I bought the website, and eventually hired a team of writers. What you can do with a blog that’s got a little bit of traction and a little bit of traffic is hire a team of volunteers. I’d hired the volunteer authors and I had hired Rob to look after them, so this website was passive.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

Be sure that you´ve already helped me and some friends a lot (down here in Brazil) to become better entrepreuneurs. As you said, though you didn´t catch any of those really big waves, you ended up learning a lot. Luckily for us you´re committed to sharing it. Congrats on 10 years and thanks for the wisdom you generously share.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

Best wishes, Miguel Cavalcanti, from Brazil @mcavalcanti August 19, 2009 3:08 PM Andykiteman said. Apple also hired away key engineers from Pixo, who I believe still work there. I'm reading "Inside Steve's Brain" book, and I highly reccommend to understand Jobs approach on launching new products.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

I originally came from Argentina, and lived in Brazil and Venezuela before moving to the US. As I watched the new CEO hire and fire 3 regional VP’s I finally sat him down. Although I had worked for many years before, had a degree and now a post-graduate certificate no one was hiring me. 12) We Wanted to Help.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 9, 2009

It hasn't been that long since I started reading your blog (and finally got to read Steven's book), but I've already started trying to put these ideas to work in my company and sharing them with some other entrepreneurs here in Brazil. BR, Eric April 11, 2009 12:42 PM Jared Goralnick said. Both informative and inspiring!

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

We hired three guys from that batch and paid them in iPhones. Treat everyone you hire like a co-founder. It builds trust and earns buy-in from the people you hire. When you’re hiring folks, don’t promise equity upfront. You’ll be the only startup there. This is a corollary to the previous point.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Barclays Capital is opening a financial technology research and development center in Israel and plans to hire up to 200 people. Israel signed a co-production agreement with Brazil last year and is in talks for the same with Argentina and Spain, which, when signed will greatly facilitate cooperation with the Israeli film industry.

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