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          It is always important to understand history so that you can forecast better the future. Plus, it helps you to know why some things are the way they are. To understand why The Silicon Valley is the wonderland for the entrepreneurs is no different, we must lea...

I already had an idea of the benefits of having good networking, but I have to admit that living here made me see that moment with different eyes. One of the things that add value to Silicon Valley for me is the connection between people. The most important thing I lea...

Much is said about what makes the Silicon Valley a special place. In a general way, it’s a different place, because it offers the best resources and the best networking in the world. There are High-Risk Investment Funds all over the place, and experienced and intellige...

Muito se discute sobre o que torna o Vale do Silício um lugar especial. De uma forma geral, aqui é um lugar no mínimo diferente, por oferecer os melhores recursos e o melhor networking do mundo. Existem Fundos de Investimento de Risco para todo lado, e além disso, pess...

Coincidências da vida: li Deborah Perry falar sobre O lugar do investimento de risco no Vale do Silício numa noite, na manhã seguinte me marcaram uma reunião lá. Assim começou minha primeira reunião com um VC, em Sand Hill Rd. Foi um dia de muito aprendizado, a começar...

Coincidences of life: I read Deborah Perry talk about the place of the investment of risk in the Silicon Valley in one night, the next morning I have a meeting scheduled there. That's how my first meeting with a VC started, in Sand Hill Rd. It was a day full of learnin...

     Após algum tempo no Vale do Silício, estou acostumado a ouvir ideias mirabolantes:

• Carro que dirige sozinho;

• Bactérias híbridas retiradas da camada de ozônio;

• Tele-transporte. 

     De fato, viajar para a lua já é praticamente uma realidad...

     After some time in Silicon Valley, I’ve become used to hearing ideas that seem crazy at first glance:

• Self-driving cars

• Hybrid bacteria extracted from the ozone layer

• Teleportation

     In fact, traveling to the moon is practically rea...

           In the Silicon Valley, people talk a lot about how important a Pitch is. There are many YouTube videos about that, classes about that. But I’m not here to talk about the skills you need to have a good Pitch.

Be always prepared!

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This week I started using all the knowledge I got from my classes. Working for a startup, now I see how things really happen. Yesterday was my first meeting to practice how to introduce the company. We went to a (speeder) from the Silicon Valley, a company specialized...