Brazil has been struggling with the worst outbreak of yellow fever, resulting in 300 deaths so far this year. Last Tuesday, the government announced it’ll vaccinate its entire population. We wonder what else has to be done to avoid future outbreaks. So, we spoke with Jair Siqueira-Neto, a Brazilian Researcher and Professor at University of California,…
As part of International Women’s day celebration, we interviewed Ann Ravel, Professor at University of California, Berkeley – School of Law, and Fellow at New America, where she works on Civic Engagement. She is also former Federal Election Commission chair and talked to BayBrazil about her experience at the Federal Administration, political campaign financing, social media…
Grupo SEB (Educational Brazilian System) is the largest K-12 private group in Brazil with over 80.000 students. It was founded 50 years ago by Chaim Zaher, son of Lebanese immigrants who moved to Brazil looking for new opportunities. This year, Chaim Zaher initiated the group’s international expansion with the 95% acquisition of Canada’s Maple Bear operations in…
Brazilian entrepreneur Carlos Pereira, CEO and Founder of Livox, is among the laureates of The Tech for Global Good. The program recognizes innovators solving the world’s biggest problems. This year’s focus is Technology & Health and Livox was included for being a software platform that enables non-verbal disabled people to communicate and learn. Carlos’s work has received…
Ricardo leads theTechnology, New Ventures & Innovation team at PwC Brasil. He’s been working with clients on large scale tech implementation and strategy in Latin America, U.S. and Europe. In our interview, he talks about the changes in consumer behavior, the tech and social media influence on purchases and the Brazilian political scenario impact on…
We are inviting speakers to our 2017 annual conference and, among them, we will host one of the pioneers of Fintech in Brazil. Before joining Accenture in 2014, Guilherme Horn was an entrepreneur for more than 20 years. He founded 6 startups and among them two of the most successful cases in fintech space in…
Technology has enabled a growing community of makers in Brazil. A fierce advocate of this movement is Manoel Lemos, Managing Director at Redpoint e.ventures, who created a small maker lab at home to encourage his daughters to learn and build new things! Before RPEV, Manoel was the Chief Digital Officer of Abril Media. An entrepreneur,…
Margarise Correa moved to the Bay Area in the late nineties and founded BayBrazil in 2010. This week she was named 2017 Women of Influence by the Silicon Valley Business Journal, the only Brazilian woman ever nominated. She has a B.A. in Journalism and worked several years as news reporter in Brazil. BayBrazil: Why…
San Francisco has been a hub for immigrants from all over the world. When President Trump first issued the executive order on immigration, the city became the first in the nation to sue the Federal administration. Mayor Ed Lee has been a leading voice in this debate so, we had a conversation on his views…
As we get closer to the end of 2016, we wonder what is the perspective of recovery for the Brazilian economy and how the change in the U.S. Government may impact the country. To help us understand it, we had a conversation with Daniel Motta, CEO of BMI, PhD in Economics, professor, author and leader…
Michelle Messina pioneered the Silicon Valley best practices training of startups in 2004 and has worked in more than 35 countries, including Brazil. In our interview, she talks about her new book and how she helps entrepreneurs to understand the what and how of building, scaling great companies and ways to successfully leverage the resources, capital and…
For the past two years Flavio Feferman has led an initiative to bring the Berkeley-Haas Lean Launchpad entrepreneurship training program to Brazil. In this interview, he discusses the program, how BayBrazil members can participate, as well as his new book on broadband internet in Brazil. BayBrazil: What is the vision for Berkeley’s…