Why no one ever thought about...

That's it. That's how it starts. How many times did you ask this question? Why no one ever thought about (...) ? Yeah. That's something that happens quite often to me as well. I must say this  sensation grew a lot since I left the university. I am all the time looking for business opportunities, good ideas, bad ideas... all the time. Few days ago I was in the downtown of São Paulo to buy some stuff and I saw a very well organized place (with around 20 tables) selling snacks for 1 real. It's hard to explain the concept of a snack (salgado) here in Brazil... but for you to comprehend it better, think about one slice of Pizza. That could be one snack here in Brazil.

So, for around 60 cents of a dollar, you could have one of them. And with 2-4 (more likely to be 4 in my case) you would be satisfied (eating crappy food... it's true, but still, it's cheap as well! :D). That's a very nice business to open in a city like São Paulo - especially in downtown. It was crowded, obviously.

This kind of ideas always fascinated me. So, I started to look for a job here in Brazil in the beginning of the year. I was sure that I would find a website that could aggregate in one single place all the information about those - trainee programs. I didn't find. So... "Why no one ever though about... creating a website with all the information?"

I decided I could be this guy. But after some time doing that... I realized a big part of the Why! hehe... The truth is that... When you're handling a business with little money, few people (2 - me and my partner Ashley) and some restrictions of time... it gets really complicated.

So, something I've learned is: people don't do what they think because it can be or seem to be really complicated.

However, I also learned something else and something very important as well. Yesterday was the third day of our website online. We had already more than 1500 visits and more than 10.000 pageviews. It means that, sometimes, you may be right when you think that someone should do something about it. I mean that, mainly because I also hear all the time "If it doesn't exist there must be a reason." Well, I figured out that the reason is that, all the other people thought it was just too complicated to them.

I am very happy with the results so far and I am also looking forward to keep investing in my ideas for businesses online. I am back on the excitment that I always had with technology and business.

So, if you have thougth about some idea that seems to be very good but you don't feel comfortable going ahead... well... talk to me! :D

ps.: the website is www.mytrainee.com - thanks anonymous for the tip! :D

I am back. For real! (at least for now)

Hello guys!!! Yes. Although I posted something some months ago, only now I am back on writing in this blog. To explain why I was away for such a long time comes from my friend Conrado. I don't know if I mentioned it before, but he once told me that when he was traveling around Brazil doing coaching visits for AIESEC he had subjects to talk about. But when he came back home he didn't have much to talk about. The same happened with me.

When I was in Mexico and in AIESEC, I could write about my adventures and misadventures. But somehow my life became boring when I came back to Brazil. So now, is it exciting enough for me to write? Well, all I can say is that I will try! :)
But what's new?

- I am hunting a job - and I can share the experience with you.
- I am starting a business.


So, this first post I want to talk about hunting a job. It's being a nice experience and something I want to share.

One of the coolest things about hunting a job is to meet people and get to know about them. I always enjoyed that a lot in selection processes in AIESEC and in other opportunities. So far I got to know a guy that traveled to meet his relatives in Jerusalem and after he got a job in Angola. Another one attempted 3 times to go to USA to play tennis... he didn't give back on his dream and did it. I even met a guy in a selection process that traveled through AIESEC Uberlandia... it was nice to see that if it wasn't somehow my dedication to AIESEC it would never have happened... Yeah, I really impacted his life. *

Of course not everything are flowers (Brazilian expression) hehe. I met some weird guys along the way. And I got bored to hear (more than once) "The biggest achievement of my life was to be accepted in the university." or "The hardest moment of my life was to leave my parents". I constantly ask myself if they don't think if they can differentiate of the rest of us with those examples.

But there are other nice things. You get to know about companies. Today I got to know that Procter and Gamble (and its ads about soaps in the past) were the responsible for the creation of the expression: "soap opera". And we get to know about benefits, programs, profile of companies, institutional (and exciting) videos. It's very cool. It's nice to see yourself working with those people in different environments.

Something else that is taking a lot of my time is tests! But hey, I know you're going to be a bit disappointed with me right now but... I like tests. :D I always liked it. When I was applying for universities in Brazil... I really enjoyed it (I was accepted in 6 different programs in 3 different universities... I think I was good at it also hehe). But what I really enjoy about tests is the fact that it always challenges our way of thinking and brings us new information that we have to deal with in a short period of time and take a fast decision. For now I am still enjoying it, although sometimes it's exhausting.

And what am I looking for. Now, more than ever, I am sure that I would like to work either with Consulting or in the Consumer Goods industry. I am applying for some positions now and the good thing is that results are going to come in different dates. So I can get a job sooner than I thought.

It's my first back post. As I was saying above... I hope you enjoy it. In the next I am going to talk about my adventures as entrepreneur. It's being also exciting and challenging... but you will get to know more in my next post. See ya!! (soon)


* I helped to found three committees in Brazil: Ribeirão Preto, Franca and Uberlandia. Everything seems worth now! :)