ricardo parro-from-research-to-entrepreneurship
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From research to entrepreneurship
Ricardo Parro@ricardoparro
Hackney House - 7th of September 2012
Who am I?
Ricardo Parro
• Graduated in Computer Science Engineering 2007 - Lisbon• Founding team dev Wonga.com in 2007-2009• Co-founded TechQ (Lead generator) in 2010• Co-founded topdealslondon.com (deal aggregator) in 2011• Helped several startups as a freelancer (2009 – 2012)• Launched printi.com.br in Aug 2012 (online printing – Brazil)
My top 10 findings
from research to entrepreneurship
#1 Fail. Learn. Improve. Fail again.
#2 Less talk. More action
#3 Stay Positive.
#4 Maybe you don't even need money to start
#5 Always look for problems to solve
#6 Find your business partners
#7 Exposure. Exposure. Exposure
#8 Your ideas are welcome in a startup
#9 You will become a valuable resource
#10 It is not only about a startup. It is about what you become when
you are on a startup!
Printi – printi.com.br
• Launched in Aug 2012• Aims to disrupt the Brazilian online printing industry• Seed funding 1.2 million :
• Greenoaks Capital investment ( Coupang – Korean eccomerce)• Joe Lonsdale, cofounder Palantir, team founding dev at paypal• Constantin Bisanz, Angel Investor• Brazilian Angels : Fabrice Grinda, Jose Marin, Florian Otto, Kai Schoppen, and Google executive Peter
Fernandez.
• Featured in Techcrunch, Forbes and Inc• Started in a living room in central London
15th of September – São Paulo
Questions?
