This morning the Endeavor Institute transmitted a live talk from the founder and president of the Brazilian Competitive Movement and steel industrialist Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter, and the Endeavor advisor, serial-entrepreneur and investor Beto Sicupira. The talk opened the 8th Congresso Internacional Brasil Competitivo, which had the theme Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Read more…
Ten years ago Rafael Siqueira did some innovating with the business where he worked. He got some perspective, left, put together a team, built a prototype, got funding and now has a diverse portfolio of products and clients, including big ones like Google. This week, his company, Apontador, has come forth as one of the best private companies in the world in the area of geolocalization. Read more…
The Endeavor Institute and Sebrae Nacional are offering the Prêmio Educação Empreendedora Brasil, an award for professors teaching entrepreneurship. From among the professors who are nominated, evaluators will select three finalists to present themselves during the REE meeting, one of whom will then win a study grant to Babson College. Read more…
Friday Pearson Education do Brasil Ltda., representing the British group Pearson Education, bought Sistema Educacional Brasileiro SA for R$888 million. Read more…
The business plan is an important tool for entrepreneurs to get their startup business in front of investors. In some cases the startup has become known in the marketplace, and comes to the attention of investors that way. Either way, a business plan is always part of the process: it’s the document where entrepreneurs show they’ve thought through how their business will succeed in the upcoming months or years. Read more…
FGV is once again offering the Latin American component (in its third edition) of I2P, Idea to Product.
The competition seeks to recognize entrepreneurs in the earliest stages of their projects. Latin American finalists will go to Austin, Texas, USA for the finals. Read more…
