As far as I’m concerned, Rio couldn’t have been a more opportune location for the SEWF2012 given that I got to reconnect with various folks I had the pleasure of working with during my Frontier Market Scouts placement in Brazil and its successor in Colombia and now Central American beauty of Belize. A big Thank […]
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Done, am I?
September 5th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
MIA for some time now, I write to report that a month ago, I wrapped up my 6 month assignment with QMágico – recently named São Paulo winners of Startup World Brasil! I want to (semi-)close with an update with what’s been happening in my much-praised impact investing ecosystem in Brazil.. VilCap peer-selection process winners […]
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More on Artemisia’s Aceleradora
June 6th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Last week, we at QMágico participated in the last-to-final work session with the 2011 Artemisia Accelerator class. The topic in question was Human Capital and Governance, something that is of both of vital importance to startups at an early stage of development and often overlooked. Facilitated by HR guru with impressive qualifications Sandra Betti and […]
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Brazil socent map
June 3rd, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Typing socent in this title made me realize that just as grad school in the U.S. acronymized my language, twitter is teaching me to communicate in a different type of incoherent syllabus combinations for words.. Sorry guys! I’d like to dedicate this post to a study and recently released iconographic mapping the social enterprise sector […]
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On social enterprise careers
April 6th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
As I rummaged my Easter-vacation bound-brain for inspiration on this week’s blog entry, I chanced upon a webinar by Edge – a globally oriented talent-building group for the impact investing space. Do keep them in mind if you share my quest for landing a job in this young and exciting field. The webinar was facilitated, […]
Tags:Accelerators·Development Jobs·Edgetalents·social enterprise·Social Impact
VilCap goes QMagico
March 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
For my benefit as much as your own, let’s briefly revisit my role in Brazil. More on this in my first post. As a Village Capital (VilCap) representative here in Sao Paulo, I am working directly with its portfolio company QMagico. This edtech startup is one of 10 social businesses accelerated by Artemisia Negocios Sociais […]
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The things Artemisia does
March 6th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Artemisia, a plant mostly known for its medicinal qualities, and its use as the original stock in vermouth, is also thought to uncover psychic powers. Pioneer in social enterprise field-building in Brazil, Artemisia Negocios Sociais couldn’t be better named. Launched in 2004 by the social business clairvoyant Kelly Michel, the non-profit has for almost a […]
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Intro and some thoughts on development
February 27th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
To crown my MA studies in International Development at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS), I am taking part in the Frontier Market Scouts (FMS) program, developed in partnership with Village Capital. VilCap’s partner in Brazil – Artemisia Negocios Sociais – IS the field of impact investing in Brazil.. More about this fascinating organization […]
Tags:impact investing·International Development·NGO·Public Policy