More than 900 people gathered in the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco for the awarding of the trophies to the best entrepreneurs, investors and startups in the world.
There are now 174 participating members in the social network created around the FGV/Unifacs Startup Competition, which takes place in Salvador at the beginning of December.
This time, the teams are competing for a spot in the finals of the FGV Latin Moot Corp, which is one of the biggest entrepreneur competitions in Brazil (the winner represents Latin America at the Global Moot Corp® Competition in the USA). Read more…
On Wednesday a new issue of the magazine ResultsON - Negócios inteligentes was launched during a corresponding event with an extensive program. This issue has a special focus on Generation Y, and contains a guest column by Startupi. We published the opinions of several readers in the article, but in some cases could only fit in a small excerpt.
Below you can find the full comments of Marcelo Cazado, investor and director of the Floripa Angels. Read more…
I was at the mentoring event put on by Desafio Brasil 2009 (meaning Challenge Brazil), at FGV in São Paulo, September 4 and 5. It brought together investors and entrepreneurs and I noted down a series of tips from the experts. Read more…
Brazilian angel investor associations coordinated with GVCepe and selected 16 businesses as semi-finalists in the 2009 Desafio Brasil (Challenge: Brazil 2009). This Friday and Saturday they will participate in a mentoring event in São Paulo, sponsored by Intel and the law office of Derraik Advogados.
This is one more stage in the competition for new businesses focused on technology and innovation. The interested public is invited to participate in the event (which offers panels and workshops) in order to get to know the projects, the panelists and the investors! The schedule is super interesting; for those who can’t attend, you can follow it on the web. Read more…
At the end of June I was on a panel evaluating pitches at Start-up Lab, hosted by The Hub in São Paulo in partnership with Artemisia. The event gave the representatives of the eight pre-selected projects the 5-minute opportunity to present their business plans to the panel and the approximately 80 attendees. After these “elevator pitches”, there was a discussion period in which everyone could participate. Read more…
There are now 174 participating members in the social network created around the 
On Wednesday a new issue of the magazine 
I was at the mentoring event put on by Desafio Brasil 2009 (meaning Challenge Brazil), at FGV in São Paulo, September 4 and 5. It brought together investors and entrepreneurs and I noted down a series of tips from the experts. 
Brazilian angel investor associations coordinated with GVCepe and selected 16 businesses as semi-finalists in the 2009 Desafio Brasil (Challenge: Brazil 2009). This Friday and Saturday they will participate in a mentoring event in São Paulo, sponsored by Intel and the law office of Derraik Advogados.
At the end of June I was on a panel evaluating pitches at 
