As a child, Patrick Muggler loved taking objects apart to discover how they worked. His curiosity and drive to create new things brought him to his most recent project: Amby Gear, a smartwatch for kids with GPS and educational games based on physical movement. Raised in Brazil and Switzerland, Patrick is one of the BayBrazilians who…
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When: Friday, March 27, 6pm-9pm Location: LinkedIn headquarters, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View Exceptionally, the language in this event will be Portuguese. Non-Portuguese speakers interested to listen to the language are welcome to attend. The event is part of BayBrazil’s goals to bring the Brazilian tech community in the region together. A BayBrazil visa aproximar…
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Global Women’s Journey – a series on female business leaders from around the world When: Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 6pm-8:30pm Location: Cisco Systems, 3600 Cisco Way, San Jose Coding Around the World BayBrazil launched the Global Women’s Journey series in March of 2011 in celebration of the International Women’s Day. Since then, we’ve hosted several inspiring…
DetailsBayBrazil & Apigee present: Entrepreneurship in Brazil When: Thursday, Feb 19, 6pm-9pm Location: Apigee, 10 South Almaden Boulevard, San Jose. Free parking available. If you plan to attend the event make sure you pre-register. Price at the door will be: $25 Members, $45 Non-Members According to Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, Brazil is one of the most…
DetailsSuelen Vale The devaluation of the real, the political crisis, and inflation of 6.4% in 2014 are some aspects that do not count in favor of Brazil. However, when it comes to consumption and development of new opportunities, representatives of Evernote, Netflix, EBANX, and Silicon Valley Bank all agree that the current economic turbulence in…
DetailsBayBrazil & Evernote present: Brazil in 2015 When: Jan 21st, 2015, 6pm-9pm Location: Evernote headquarters, 305 Walnut Street, Redwood City CA Brazil is entering a challenging year. The real has been hit hard by falling commodity prices and the corruption scandal at state oil giant Petrobras is shaking up political parties, including the Worker’s…
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TruckPad was accelerated by Abril Plug and Play and won competition against 30 local and international startups Suelen Vale “Truckers are the taxi drivers of cargo and there is no other professional who needs more technology to move than these road workers,” says Carlos Mira, founder of TruckPad. The startup offers a platform that…
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Suelen Vale OneTwo helps stores that are not online connect with customers OneTwo is an app that allows consumers to find the desired clothing at nearby stores, query the available sizes and even book the product for 48 hours. The system is possible through partnerships with retailers that allow the installation of a tablet…
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The Brazilian-American initiative accelerated four Brazilian startups, one of them winner of the Winter Expo Suélen Vale The first four Brazilian startups selected by the acceleration program April Plug and Play, created to unite Brazil to Silicon Valley, ended its activities last week, at Plug and Play headquarters. From here, the driven entrepreneurs of…
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As you know, during our annual conference Brazil in the 21st Century, at Stanford, we launched a campaign for the direct flight between San Francisco and Sao Paulo. The initiative has had a strong support from our tech community, the Consulate of Brazil in SF and our partner organizations LatinSF and TravelSF. In the last…
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Leonardo Fleck works in Palo Alto but his ideals have taken him as far as the Pantanal woods and a floating house in the Amazon. He is an environmental economist and scientist at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, where he’s been doing a remarkable work on sustainability and the conservation of natural ecosystems of…
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Many businesses in the BayBrazil community have inquired about the impact of the globalized market on Brazilian professionals. Our member Belisa Amaro, a Brazilian journalist living in the Bay Area, spoke with some experts about the topic and wrote this special report. The appetite for Brazilian businesses professionals in the U.S. has grown exponentially in…
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