This picture was taken on March in Omaha. I was in this event where we had a Q&A with him. Most of the questions were related to the U.S. and China economies. Also, there were some other interesting topics about his story as a successful … Read More →
Tag Archives: Food for thoughts
Canada at 11th in Quality of Life Index 2009
I found out a quality of life index of over 100 countries. Canada is positioned at 11th together with other 8 countries. Read more here.
Google Nexus One – the PC of smartphones?
The smartphone industry is moving to follow the same path of the personal computer (PC). Both industries have a lot of manufacturers. For example, Dell for computers and Motorola for smartphone. PC and smartphones have operating systems. For PC, the major OS is Windows and … Read More →
History Visualized @ biggerpicture.dk
Very very interesting way to see history, politics and graphics. These guys are great in doing info visual stuff. http://www.blog.biggerpicture.dk/our-history-visualized/
Google AdWords – Search Ads Management
There is an amazing article about Google AdWords from the New York Times. It illustrates the management of an online campaign in AdWords for a company called Tiny Prints. This company advertisers on Google and gets a substantial part of its revenue and customers from … Read More →
Zynga gets another $180 million, expect more game addicts on Facebook
Zynga is the company responsible for all those spam like games, such as FarmVille or MafiaWars. All these games are targeted to Facebook and they make money by showing advertisements. All these social type of games target the very basic human emotion of achievement. Most … Read More →
Square up – micro-payment in mobile devices
Square is a startup based in San Francisco and promised to revolutionize the payment for small and medium size companies. It provides an almost free add-on to your iPhone, so you can slide your customers’ credit cards and the iPhone will take care of the … Read More →
Should Google censor information on behalf of governments?
I was reading this news Google Faces A Different World in Italy from the New York Times and it is about Google’s criminal charges related to privacy in Italy. A senior executive in Italy may get to jail because of an outcry over an online video … Read More →
Stribe fast response to my previous post about its product
I am very impressed and glad by the speed that Stribe has replied to my post. A good entrepreneur should be able to react to the current dynamics of how people comment and make opinions about his product. A fast reply like that is a … Read More →
Stribe – the top startup from Le Web 2009?
People from the Le Web 2009 in France was making such a fuss for Stribe. Stribe is a company puts a social network bar in your website. Basically, people who are signed in to the Stribe network will be able to have social network experience … Read More →
Make Your Own Shirt, Mug and Many Other Things Companies
It is hard to make money on the Internet. Currently, there are two famous ways to monetize on the Internet: advertising and e-commerce. In the advertising side, we have Google AdWords, Yahoo Marketing or Microsoft Advertising. These companies make money by having big audience that … Read More →
Intermezzo, my life in Canada and Ivey – December 2009
I’m currently taking the MBA course at Ivey business school here in Canada. I started on August and it is impressive how many things we learned until now. I am very sure that I do not see business, organizations, finance, accounting and career management in … Read More →
Book Review: Vault Career Guide to Venture Capital, 3rd Edition
This is a very interesting and basic book about Venture Capital industry. It does inform you some tips about what kind of skills and career path that you should take before joining in. Also, it provides and introductory level of terms and vocabulary for you … Read More →
More Resources to People Who Want to Start Business
MaRS Entrepreneurship 101 Stanford University Entrepreneurship Corner Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students (BASES) Stanford Technology Ventures Program Carnegie Mellon University Entrepreneurship and Business Planning MaRS Entrepreneurship 101 Stanford University Entrepreneurship Corner Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students (BASES) Stanford Technology Ventures Program Carnegie Mellon … Read More →
Resources to support Entrepreneurs
MIT Open Course Ware Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship Managing Innovation: Emerging Trends Early Stage Capital Designing and Leading the Entrepreneurial Organization Law for the Entrepreneur and Manager Entrepreneurial Marketing Entrepreneurial Finance Listening to the Customer Pricing The Nuts and Bolts of … Read More →
Book Review: The Back of the Napkin
The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures I read this book and it is really great to show a new way of structure problem solving framework. It provides a a good introduction about the benefits of the visual thinking. Then, … Read More →
My three incredible years
Last Friday (July 17th) was my last at Google as a AdWords Product Specialist in Brazil. It was a fun, growing, interesting, deep, challenging and awesome experience. As a Google fan, I was lucky enough to work in the product development, engineering, marketing, project management, … Read More →
Twitter’s founder: Evan Williams
I became aware of Evan Williams from Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days. He had a great and very interesting story about how he founded Blogger and all the hardship he had with it. I think one of the most interesting point is … Read More →
Kauffman Foundation says “U.S. Venture Capital Industry Must Shrink”
A new study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Right-Sizing the U.S. Venture Capital Industry, states that venture capital industry’s return is under performing because of the current size of the industry. It says that by reducing the it, this industry may increase its return. … Read More →
Negotiation
Last weekend, I had an introductory training about Negotiation at Dale Carnegie. It was a very interesting experience to know other people, different negotiation techniques and negotiation styles. Starting today, I will post a lot of little posts about what I’ve learned during … Read More →
Goldman Sachs’ DreamingWith BRICs: The Path to 2050
BRIC is an acronym which means the fast growing developing economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China. The BRIC concept was developed by Goldman Sachs’ Dreaming with BRICs: The Path to 2050 article. The article states that if these countries follow some of the … Read More →
Sadia and Perdigão became the biggest food company in Brazil
I’m posting this news because it is very impressive this merger of two most important food company in Brazil. It is going to create some market concentration concern. At the same time, it shows the M&A market potential of this country. Sadia and Perdigão are … Read More →
Differences Between Venture Capital and Private Equity
In a academic view, we could define venture capital as those firms that invest in early stage startups and private equity are firms that invest in later stage companies or public companies. However, both have the same investment style. They invest in companies in exchange … Read More →
Stages in Venture Capital Funding
Venture Capital Investment Stages (Click the image to see the big version) This is a rough view of the venture capital investment stages. These stages are for guidance only. In the real world, there is no standard in the classification of the investment stage. Sometimes, … Read More →
Link: ResultsON – Brazil Startup Magazine
This is a free online and offline magazine about Brazilian startups. Portuguese only! http://www.resultson.com.br/
DailyDinner.TV – Practical Dinner in the Right Time
I met with Peter from DailyDinner.tv and I was delighted to hear about his entrepreneurial story. He did not have any previous experience in programming, video editing nor starting up a business, but he is an example of a true entrepreneur who is self-reliant and … Read More →