Categoria: Community
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Preparing Brazil’s next generation of women leaders
What happens when 100 public school girls are trained in business and leadership skills for six months? Empowerment, says a new program in Brazil sponsored by the State Department. Power4Girls aims “to demonstrate our continued commitment to the government of Brazil’s secondary education reform efforts,” said Todd Miyahira, one of the program’s developers at the…
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Why are Airline tickets to Brazil so high right now?
Let us explain. First there is a shortage of pilots, many took early retirement while others were let go. Because they don’t have enough pilots, dozens of flights to Brazil have been cancelled. So now there is less availability of flights and a large demand. This is also causing many delays and flight cancellations. Plus…
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IlanaWIP Encourage Women to Unleash their Talents
Hello, my name is Simone Goldstein. I am a Mar-keting Consultant, a social media expert, CEO at Entendeu Media, and Ilana’s partner at the social media agency The Wip Factory. In this edition of The Brazilians Newspaper, I am chan-ging places with my business partner Ilana to share with you some of the incredible work…
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Thinking on Starting a Business?
Maria Ines runs an art gallery and event space out of her apartment, is launching a business networking group, and runs a Facebook page for empty nesters. Simone is an author, mindset mentor, and a co-leader at the entrepreneurship committee in the group Mulheres do Brasil. Priscilla is an architect specialized in interior design that…
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American Tupiniquim
Some of those reading the English version may not be familiar with the Portuguese term Tupiniquim, an endearing phrase that Brazilians used to refer to themselves in a somewhat self-deprecating matter. Technically, a Tupiniquim refers to a member of the indigenous Tupi Indian tribe, but in everyday speech, Brazilians use the term to refer to…