Brazil is preparing for the Summer Olympics in the midst of a political crisis, economic meltdown and an epidemic of birth defects linked to Zika virus. In face of this gloomy scenario, we decided to check the spirits of BayBrazil members who are planning to travel to Rio de Janeiro. We spoke with Olympic Games…
A few BayBrazilians will be part of Rio Olympics, both as staff or fans who plan to attend the Games. Our very own Adriana Garcia, journalist and co-founder of Orbital Midia, is the Rio 2016 Director of Communications. In our interview, she talks about the concerns around Zica virus, the tech innovations available to sports…
As most companies around the world embrace a digital culture, we wonder what is the role of UX in this process. For that, we spoke with Daniela Jorge who manages a team of 500 designers at AT&T, the 2nd largest cell phone provider in the U.S. She talks about leadership, AT&T’s presence in Latin America…
The New Year comes with a lot of challenges for Brazilians. Are the challenges an opportunity for the investment community? Learn the perspective of Anderson Thees, Managing Director and co-founder of Redpoint e.ventures, the first Brazilian VC fund sponsored by Silicon Valley firms. BayBrazil: The Brazilian economy contracted for 3 straight quarters and inflation is accelerating.…
As crisis in Brazil deepens in these last weeks of 2015 with another ratings agency downgrade, our members wonder what are the prospects for 2016. So, we had a conversation with Pedro Sirotsky Melzer, Managing Director of e.Bricks Ventures, a Sao Paulo-based independent offshore VC firm with a focus on early stage internet and mobile technology companies.…
After under graduating with honors in Business and having a successful career being promoted as the youngest VP at JP Morgan’s Brazilian office, Renata Velloso decided to pursue a more meaningful path. She went back to college and got her M.D. from Unicamp, Campinas State University. In 2011, she moved with her family to Silicon…
In the process of building the Brazilian-American tech hub, BayBrazil has had the privilege to include prominent leaders from various regions, especially Silicon Valley. It’s our pleasure to publish this interview with our very first member: Steve Ciesinski, President, Global Partnerships, SRI International, Professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business. He talks about hosting Brazil’s…
In this August 5th, we are pleased to interview three Brazilians who embarked on a road to change the way people record and share their memories. Meet Bruno Gregory, Marcelo do Rio e Marcio Saito, co-founders of Graava. BayBrazil: How did you come up with the concept for Graava? Bruno: In 2012, a friend and I…
Born in Rio de Janeiro and educated as a journalist, Ambassador Eduardo Prisco Paraiso Ramos was appointed Consul General of Brazil in SF in June of 2011, after serving as Ambassador of Brazil in Panamá and El Salvador. He has had a distinguished career in the Brazilian Foreign Service and has been an advocate for…
Reinaldo Normand is an accomplished entrepreneur with extensive experience in founding and running bootstrapped and venture-backed tech startups. We are pleased that he is part of BayBrazil Mentor team and recently spoke with him about his e-book Innovation Squared and the steps leaders can take to adapt their businesses in a rapidly changing tech landscape.…
A visionary who’s been inspiring engineers and entrepreneurs from around the world. The Brazilian scientist Dr. Jean Paul Jacob has more than 50 years of work at IBM and calls himself a futurist. He believes that innovation is born from collaboration and predicts that in 10 years most of us will have a Watson computer…
Investments in online education technologies in the U.S. hit a record $1.36 billion, up from $1.2 billion in 2013, aimed largely at Silicon Valley companies such as Coursera. The company just launched a series of new courses in Brazil, its third largest market outside the U.S. In a conversation with BayBrazil, Stéphanie Durand, Coursera’s Market…