Talk 2 Brazil

Gabriela Ribeiro is a Cross-cultural Psychologist and has been delivering lectures and Intercultural Trainings through-out Brazil in the last 6 years, especially in multinational companies, such as Siemens, Bosch, HSBC, John Deere, Dow and AGCO. 

Her specialties are Cross cultural support and training for expats and their families. Cross cultural training for multicultural teams of global companies. Cross cultural training for exchange students and their families. Cross cultural training for athletes and soccer players.

Jonathan Boisjolie, Georgia Department of Economic Development Tourism Division

Jonathan Boisjolie is the Senior Manager for International Tourism Business Development for the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s (GDEcD) Tourism Division.  The GDEcD Business Development team actively promotes the State’s tourism assets throughout the U.S., and in several international markets from the UK to Brazil, through a series activities including sales missions, familiarization tours, and trade shows to building relationships with tour operators, travel agents, travel industry professionals, airlines representatives, and media.

 Carlos Garcia, Founder at Launch in Brazil. 

Carlos Garcia was born in Brazil and immigrated to the US in 1997. He earned a Bachelors degree in Finance from the University Of Houston, in Houston, Texas and  has over 10 years of financial management, financial modeling, and business development experience that includes Fortune 500 companies such as Disney and Reliant Energy.

 By Juliana Mello , The Brazil Business

Buying an already established business may be an interesting option for who does not want to start everything from scratch, so here comes a guide that will explain how a company's purchase procedures.

By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter The Rio Times

 RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit says that Brazil is among the worst at coping with the language barrier of the English-speaking world of business, and that deals are being hindered because of it. Experts are warning that, with increased international interest in businesses based in Brazil, the need to break down the barrier has never been more acute.

Juventude Cidadã in 2009 was launched to offer courses in a range of fields with basic English in Bahia, photo by Aristeu Chagas/Agecom Secom Bahia. 

The report says that 74 percent of the Brazilians surveyed admitted their company has suffered “financial losses as a result of failed cross-border transactions” – much higher than the global average of around fifty percent. 

By Luciani Gomes BBC News Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 

In Brazil on average it takes 119 working days to start a business.

Long known as the country of the future, Brazil is now the nation of the moment.

Yet while the country has become the world's sixth-largest economy, reform of the laws and regulations for opening and running businesses don't seem to be improving at the same pace.

Although bureaucracy is obviously not part of Brazil's propaganda, it's a huge part of the country's way of life. And anyone interested in opening a business in the country, Brazilian or outsider, should know this.

According to the World Bank's 2012 annual global report "Doing Business", which evaluates the ease of starting a business, dealing with construction permits, registering property, and paying taxes, Brazil ranked 126th this year out of 183 countries.

On average, it takes 13 procedures and 119 days of work to start a business in Brazil.

And construction permits demand an average 17 procedures and 469 days to finally get authorised.

Tom Reaoch and fellow Amcham Campinas Sustainability Committee members visited the installations of Wet & Wild amusement park in Vinhedo, Brazil. The group toured the water treatment facilities and learned of the Wet & Wild water treatmet and water connservation efforts.

Tom Reaoch spoke on business relationship management and networking to members of The American Chamber of Commerce in Recife, Pernambuco

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RC Invest and Tom Reaoch at the Amcham Business Day, Amcham Campinas.  Launching the   radio program Talk 2 Brazil The Business Connection to Brazil on LA Talk Radio. Photos of business friends, associates and visitors:

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