Brazil Means Business: A 360 View of an Emerging Economy
Amsterdam, March 3, 2010/ Conversion Communications presents the first edition of the Brazil Means Business Symposium in Holland. Brazilian and European entrepreneurs and investors will debate the growing interest in the emerging economy that signifies a huge market for web applications and Internet startups.
Why? Brazil's emerging middle class is pushing demand for consumer goods and services. They are connected to the internet not through their desktops, many are surfing the web for the first time in their mobile phone. For starters: mobile internet and social media adoption rates are the highest in Latin America.
Sonico, Latin America's answer to Facebook, boasts 40 million members. The social media site has become so sticky that Sonico has contracted international payment powerhouse Global Collect to handle their international transactions.
Among the speakers offering a glimpse on what Brazil signifies for the global economy, will be Diego Remus, the editor-in-chief of Startupi.com, of the highly regarded startup news site in Brazil. STARTUPI.COM is funded by the Michael Niklas, the angel investor from New York that is behind two other very successful internet startups in Brazil: Amanaie and Compra3.
Startupi.com has found quickly a place in the minds of Brazilian and foreign entrepreneurs because it provides “inside the industry”, daily, insightful news about the startup culture and landscape in Brazil. And it is translated to English too. A first.
Angel investors, private equity, venture capital, and entrepreneurs reach daily for the site to keep on the loop, to know where is the next next great startup, who is investing in what and when - and how foreign capital and businesses can come to Brazil and expand operations.
Amsterdam, March 3, 2010/ Conversion Communications presents the first edition of the Brazil Means Business Symposium in Holland. Brazilian and European entrepreneurs and investors will debate the growing interest in the emerging economy that signifies a huge market for web applications and Internet startups.
Why? Brazil's emerging middle class is pushing demand for consumer goods and services. They are connected to the internet not through their desktops, many are surfing the web for the first time in their mobile phone. For starters: mobile internet and social media adoption rates are the highest in Latin America.
Sonico, Latin America's answer to Facebook, boasts 40 million members. The social media site has become so sticky that Sonico has contracted international payment powerhouse Global Collect to handle their international transactions.
Among the speakers offering a glimpse on what Brazil signifies for the global economy, will be Diego Remus, the editor-in-chief of Startupi.com, of the highly regarded startup news site in Brazil. STARTUPI.COM is funded by the Michael Niklas, the angel investor from New York that is behind two other very successful internet startups in Brazil: Amanaie and Compra3.
Startupi.com has found quickly a place in the minds of Brazilian and foreign entrepreneurs because it provides “inside the industry”, daily, insightful news about the startup culture and landscape in Brazil. And it is translated to English too. A first.
Angel investors, private equity, venture capital, and entrepreneurs reach daily for the site to keep on the loop, to know where is the next next great startup, who is investing in what and when - and how foreign capital and businesses can come to Brazil and expand operations.
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