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Friday Pearson Education do Brasil Ltda., representing the British group Pearson Education, bought Sistema Educacional Brasileiro SA for R$888 million. Read more…

Several days ago I met Thierry Larose (from Belgium) over a coffee to get more acquainted. Thierry has investment banking experience and spoke at the international Brazil Means Business event in the Netherlands.

These days, Thierry is the moderator of Online M&A Deal Books (international guides to businesses for mergers and acquisitions), is married to a Brazilian and is spending time in Brazil. Read more…

The Brazil Means Business Symposium is scheduled to take place in the Netherlands on March 29th. It brings together investors, entrepreneurs, small businesses and startups with the goal of discussing the facts about the Brazilian economy and attracting business to the region. Read more…

Here at Startupi we have talked about many web startups and their software apps. We often get more excited about their features, usage scenarios and business models than the technology “under the hood” which makes them work, despite it being the advancement of these technologies that makes their development possible.

Among the main tools for developing web applications is Ruby on Rails (RoR), a programming framework that - among other innovations in its design - incorporates principles of agile development methodologies, and which has become the tool of choice for various web projects like Twitter, and (in Brazil) Blogblogs and Brasigo (both belonging to Grupo Abril). Read more…