Posts with tag ‘entrepreneurs’

Last chance to sign up for TechValley - check out the panelists

Diego Remus on August 17, 2010

wwwtechvalleycom_TechValley - an event being co-promoted by Startupi and Galeria de Projetos - is tomorrow! It will be held in the afternoon, at Unicamp in Campinas. Registration is free, and there is still space available.

Besides speaker Jorge Zavala, director of the tech business accelerator TechBA, in San Francisco (USA), the event includes a variety of Brazilian panelists. Read more…

Professors teaching entrepreneurship to win awards

Diego Remus on July 24, 2010

captura-de-tela-2010-07-22-as-144743The 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…

Prize offers BR $100,000 for clean tech projects

Diego Remus on July 16, 2010

edp-2020-premio-de-inovacao-300x64The 2020 EDP Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has the backing of FGV and is taking applications until August 13th. Those who pass the first round of selection will receive classes on entrepreneurship and make presentations to a panel for evaluation. Read more…

HiT Barcelona: World Innovation Summit

Diego Remus on June 21, 2010

channel-banner“Shake your ideas, shake your business” is the slogan of HiT Barcelona which took place recently in Spain. The World Innovation Summit brought together many well-known entrepreneurs (from Google, FourSquare, PayPal and more) to talk about their experiences. Read more…

Event in capital of Pará promotes entrepreneurs and digital inclusion

Diego Remus on May 27, 2010

This week the largest metropolitan area in the north of Brazil is bringing together professionals involved with entrepreneurship and digital inclusion. Entrepreneurs in particular are being featured. It’s all part of the Festival of the Entrepreneur (Feira do Empreendedor), put on every two years in each Brazilian state by Sebrae.

During the Festival, there will be the State LAN House Meetup (Encontro Estadual de LAN Houses), which is organized by the Committee for the Democratization of the Internet (CDI) and the Brazilian Association of Centers for Digital Inclusion (ABCID), with the participation of the Brazilian Institute for Excellence in Leadership and Management (IBELG) and Startupi. Read more…

Aliança Empreendedora and Artemisia announce new selection program

Diego Remus on May 25, 2010

captura-de-tela-2010-05-19-as-073718You might be surprised that we are featuring a program that is about social businesses revolving around low-income populations, rather than technology businesses revolving around state of the art, sophisticated systems. But happily it’s getting easier each day to find the one merging with the other.

Besides offering more access, agility and mobility to professionals who come from a background of opportunity, the best information and communications technologies make a big difference to those who have been less fortunate. Read more…