startupi

The startup competition Desafio Brasil is reporting the regional finalists. Read more…

Anprotec, the Associação Nacional de Entidades Promotoras de Empreendimentos Inovadores (National Association for Entities Promoting Innovative Entrepreneurship) is holding the 20th Seminário Nacional de Parques Tecnológicos e Incubadoras de Empresas (National Seminar for Tech Parks and Business Incubators) together with the 18th Anprotec Workshop. It will take place the 20th-24th of September in Campo Grande, Minas Gerais. Read more…

Startupi has brought together a group of advisors (lawyers, accountants, engineers, administrators) who are interested in supporting tech businesses in creating projects to compete for the SELEÇÃO PÚBLICA MCT/FINEP/FNDCT - Subvenção Econômica à Inovação – 01/2010, a FINEP fund designed to support economic innovation. (Click the link to download the information about the fund).

The fund is designed to support Brazilian business via non-reimbursable grants, with a focus on product development, innovative processes and services, and development in areas considered strategic at the federal level.

We are seeking businesses who want to participate in a consortium. Our team’s role will be that of consultants, assisting in the process of documentation and organization required at all steps of the project, through execution. Read more…

As we previously mentioned the Prêmio Finep de Inovação is going to be awarding prizes from R$120,000 to R$ 2 million to small businesses, NGOs, and individuals involved with social technologies and innovation. The deadline was originally July 30th, but has been extended until the end of August. Read more…

Danilo Fernandes asked a while back: “what’s the craziest way you’ve come across to monetize a business?” Playing along, I suggested, as an example, “I get more expensive with every question I answer, so ask soon, before the price goes up!”

Moments later Marcelo Cazado asked me if I’d seen the Twitter profile for sale. [Image above left: "Selling twitter with more than 40,000 followers. Price R$250. Interested?"] Read more…

Roberto Fermino, an engineering student with an entrepreneurial spirit, sent me a very cool note about his observations from the recent Fórum Brasil Competitivo, which took place on the 27th in São Paulo. The theme was Innovation and Entrepreneurship. His comments follow: Read more…