startupi

Yesterday was our launch party here at Startupi. There were entrepreneurs, tech bloggers, representatives from social media agencies, and various journalists here, as well as friends we’ve made in recent years.

Alexandre Fugita, photo by Larissa Herbst, at Flickr.

The party was great, the theme was Brazil, with traditional foods (manioc cakes, couscous, manioc fries, roasted corn) and drinks (caipirinhas!). The idea was to convey the importance of the Brazilian market. About 50 people attended and the impression I got from both the quantity of Twitter messages and comments from attendees was that the Startupi initiative is a great idea.

Read more about the launch at these links:

• Um blog só para as startups brasileiras, posted on e-Code
• Infopod 14 - Fugita e o nascimento da Startupi, podcast on Infopod
• Startupi: para falar de startups no Brasil, post on Infowester’s blog
• O nascimento do Startupi: a central de startups do Brasil, post on Ladybug Brazil
• startupi.com.br - O programa de índio do Fugita, on Contraditorium
• Photos on Flickr, by various people
• Twitter messages, by various people

After the break, some photos, with credits, found on Flickr:

Michael Nicklas, photo by Larissa Herbst, on Flickr.

Networking, photo by Alexandre Fugita, on Flickr.

My presentation, photo by Cardoso, via Flickr.