Are we experiencing a startup bubble?
September 24, 2020
In today's episode, we will try to understand how the investment market is doing in Brazil and in the world, and if we are really experiencing a bubble
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Ep. 54 - Are we experiencing a startup bubble?
In today's episode, Pedro Waengertner talks to ACErs Diane Zehil and Felipe Collins, seeking to understand how the investment market is doing in Brazil and worldwide. Are we really experiencing a startup bubble? To follow the full debate, listen to the podcast episode now!
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Are we experiencing a startup bubble?
In today's episode, we will try to understand how the investment market is doing in Brazil and in the world, and whether ......
What are Corporate Venturing's biggest mistakes?
Innovating with startups is a frequent way for companies to innovate, but… what is Corporate Venturing? There is an ambiguity ......
Agribusiness: the future of the sector, innovation and technology
At first, we don't talk much about agribusiness here, although many of our invested startups are in the sector. We know that......
Consulting: why is the traditional model in check?
How did consultancies come about? First of all, the model as we know it emerged after the industrial revolution. In the first decades ......
LGPD, data security and Tik Tok: Everything you need to know.
Much has been said about data security and LGPD in recent months. But first of all, it's important ......
How to improve your client's Digital Journey?
That the world has changed and companies need to adapt to new customer needs is nothing new. Much less......
Does intrapreneurship help companies to innovate?
Today we are going to understand how intra-entrepreneurship can be a crucial tool in fostering innovation in companies. Entrepreneur x Intrapreneur ......
Innovative Leadership: how to create one and what is the importance?
According to our annual survey, ACE Innovation Survey, 77% of respondents believe that the main ingredient to implement the ......
Corporate Innovation: How to implement it in your company?
There is still a lot of noise when it comes to innovation in companies. The word “innovation” became fashionable, and along with it ......
Agile methodologies: how can they transform your company?
Today we are going to talk about a topic that we particularly love: Agile Methodologies. Whoever uses them on a daily basis can tell which ones ......
Venture Capital: new models and trends
First of all, in the last few years, the traditional Venture Capital model has been interested in being more ......
Big Techs: why do they grow so much?
The second quarter was not at all sad for the Big Techs. Still in early August, some of them like Google, ......
How was the ACE Summer Internship: my experience
For three months, I had the chance to intern at ACE during the Summer Internship. I remember the first time ......
What is ACE Cortex?
In recent years, much has been said about the need for businesses to be transformed into a new work reality. Part......
What is Corporate Venturing?
The crisis increased the perception of startups as a faster innovation tool on the part of companies, mainly by ......
Do you know these innovative companies?
When we talk about innovative companies, I believe that they almost always come to mind. We always talk about the cases of ......
Unbundling and Rebundling: what are these movements?
Unbundling is an English term for disaggregation or dissociation. In the business environment, it is a movement of transformation ......
Innovation: everything you need to know so you don't go wrong!
You are likely to associate innovation with big change. And in a way, it is. Increasingly, companies ......
Digital Transformation: why is culture the key to this process?
The first step is to accept that if your company, even being the market leader, does not adopt agile and ......
Elon Musk: what can we learn from him?
Among all entrepreneurs, perhaps, Elon Musk is the most curious. Not only for its controversial content ......
Understanding the valuation of large companies
Recently, I came across Linkedin with this table, and the question of the author of the post: Why the valuation ......
How to offer a digital experience of excellence?
When we talk about digital experience, the first thing that comes to mind is some kind of technology. First, it's ......
Is pivoting a career for anyone?
First of all, whoever never thought of pivoting their career, let them throw the first stone! We all have dreams and ......
Startup ecosystems: how will they look in the future?
As business and work relationships are changing. Startup ecosystems also become ......
Competitive Analysis: how to find space in populated markets?
First of all, any type of company is born and thrives based on meeting the needs of its customers. Normally......
Innovation Committee: does every company need to have?
In recent months, many companies have had to reinvent themselves in many ways. To meet new market demands, it is ......
Mentoring: the impact on the trajectory of a startup
What is a good mentoring and what is its impact on the trajectory of a startup? Being a mentor is giving in ......
Corporate Venture Capital: how to create a successful strategy?
We have been talking a lot here about Corporate Venture Capital, and the benefits of using this strategy when approaching ......
Digital Transformation in Real Life
By Luís Gustavo Lima, Partner ACE Fortune magazine asked the main American CEOs, how they are dealing with the impacts ......
Venture Capital and its mathematics: how do they work?
According to studies by CBInsights and CooleyGo, for a Startup to reach a level of valuation of US$ 1 ......
Startup Early Stage: The main validation rituals
In the era of digital business everything is measurable. Each view, click and purchase brings together a huge amount of information ......
How to do Idea Management efficiently?
Last week, we talked about how the pandemic changed our lives, and accelerated some processes. In addition to changes in habit, it made ......
How to choose the right investor for your startup?
Good entrepreneurs choose their next partners, whether they are VC funds, angel investors, accelerators or corporate ventures. Learn how to ...
Digitization of companies: has the crisis accelerated?
First, we need to understand what, in fact, the crisis has caused us. Many things come to our minds, but ......
What is Pitch Deck and how to impress investors?
A good investor wants to see a simple, visually pleasing and true pitch. The Deck is an important element for the ......
Corporate Venture Capital: what is it and what are the benefits?
Currently, Corporate Venture Capital is considered the most evolved form of the relationship between startups and large companies, where the corporation ......
Mental and emotional health: the importance of taking care of ourselves.
At first glance, quarantine seemed harmless to us. After all, what's wrong with staying at home? Days turned into weeks. Weeks, ......
What is the ideal sales process for each stage of my startup?
Selling can be more science than art. There are a number of tools and processes to bring more effectiveness, productivity ......
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: How do they work?
* This episode of the podcast was recorded on 03/04/20, before the worsening of the COVID-19 crisis ....
The Venture Capital scenario in Brazil - What to expect in 2020?
Happy to debut on the ACE blog to talk about Venture Capital and help entrepreneurs understand how to navigate better ......
The seed stage fundraising process
In the startup fundraising journey, one of the first stages of maturity and investment is what we call ......
Series Special: The New Normal - The Role of the Board in Business
This month we are talking about the New Normal here at ACE. It was a way we found in stimulating thinking ......
Is your company ready for the New Normal?
The crisis generated by the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated a process that many executives thought impossible, or that would take years to ......
The profile of the CEO in Novo Normal - and everything he needs to know
In the past three months, the traditional corporate world has gained more agility than in the past three years. And that calls for a ......
Series Special: The New Normal - How to face the crisis?
First of all, I think it’s worth starting this post with a question. After all, what defines a crisis? If we seek your ......
How to maintain creativity in a data-driven environment?
First of all, whoever heard here that we Brazilians are known for being a warm, intuitive and ......
ACE and StartSe launch a complete innovation program for companies
FIX - Full Innovation Experience will bring immersion to the board of directors and management of companies, connected to projects developed via corporate squads ......
Framework 5T: how does an investor evaluate a startup?
When a startup decides to raise a round of foreign investment. it is natural that she seeks to put together a good narrative ......
Complete market analysis for startups: size, timing and competition
The potential for exponential growth of a startup investment is one of the factors by which an investor decides to contribute it ......
What are your entrepreneurial heroes?
Today we are going to talk about heroes. However, not to those children of Greek gods. Or much less, those who wear capes and ......
ACE Portfolio: NoAlvo's trajectory told by CEO Heitor Estrela
“NoAlvo is a technology startup that helps advertisers and agencies extract the best results with OOH media ......
Rafael Coelho, CEO of Agronow, tells what it is like to be part of the ACE portfolio
“My relationship with ACE goes back to before Agronow, when I was still working in a Venture Capital fund .......
Marcelo Furtado, co-founder of Convenia, tells the story of the startup
“Convenia came about with the mission of helping small and medium-sized companies to manage people, routines and department processes ......
How ACE reduced 80% in Caloi's shipping time
Skinny girls are taking on the world of mobility. Between 2015 and 2017, there was an increase of 15.9% in the number of ......
Covid-19 Special - Agile Leadership: How to lead remote teams?
Overnight our life changed radically. We started working from home, and this has a great impact on ......
Special Covid-19- CEO's Handbook: Leading the Crisis
"Calm sea never made a good sailor". The saying goes that we have heard it countless times throughout our lives. With......
Fundraising Process: How does ACE's investment analysis process work?
At some point in a startup's journey, the decision or need to attract foreign investment will arise, for ......
What are the new leadership roles?
We have gone through - and are still going through - strong changes and evolutions worldwide. At all times we have to readapt ......
Distance projects: how to do interactive workshops online
In less than a month, distance relationships took on a new meaning. And one of the biggest challenges at ACE ......
Runway and fundraising strategy: how long does my round need to last?
When a startup thinks about growth and scale, attracting foreign investment is a way to conquer more market, increase ......
When should a large corporation buy a startup?
The term open innovation is increasingly common within companies. Seeing large corporations wanting to get closer to the ecosystem ......
Corporate Squads: distance leadership and engagement
The home office is a challenge that startups have long since overcome. To contain expenses and access resources of the ......
How to face crisis and recession as a startup founder?
Moments of economic crisis and tend to be great trials for entrepreneurs. Historically, times of recession or volatility are one ......
What metrics should I analyze at my startup?
We know that entrepreneurship is not easy and requires much more than opening a business. An entrepreneur's journey ......
Learn about the actions of the startups of the ACE portfolio in the fight against Coronavirus
The impacts of COVID-19 on society, be it on health, economy, routine of life and in several other spheres, contribute to ......
How to preserve small and medium-sized businesses in Brazil
Dozens of booklets are circulating in Whatsapp groups and emails for companies to deal with the crisis. The tips ......
How agile methods help remote work
Agile methodologies, born from software development, have been widely disseminated in the corporate environment, given their ability to embrace ......
Google for Startups Summit: what I learned at the global accelerator conference
Google has a number of global relationship programs with entities in the startup ecosystem. Until recently, ......
How to create business in an innovative way?
We are constantly exposed to market changes and new challenges. The point is that many companies still don't ......
[Open Letter] Coronavirus: reflections for the innovation ecosystem
How can we respond to the coronavirus pandemic, mitigate risks and damage, and still transform it into growth? The innovation ......
How to become an Angel Investor?
In a scenario of low interest rates in Brazil, which encourages investors to diversify their portfolio and seek ......
What is the best route for my startup?
Have you ever wondered how the future of a startup is decided? Whether or not it should be sold, and if ......
How to encourage female entrepreneurship?
How many entrepreneurial women do you know? Some time ago, little was heard about their stories. Today, we still hear little, mainly ......
What do investors analyze at startups?
When we talk about investing in a startup, almost always comes to mind the resounding values raised during the rounds ......
What professionals are missing from the market?
Many companies follow open positions, those that are difficult to close and find the candidate with the necessary skills. This, especially, ......
What do innovative companies have in common?
You may have already stopped to think about innovative companies. But what do they have in common? Ball pool? ......
Will fintechs dominate the banking sector?
In the ecosystem of startups, the term fintech has gained the spotlight, especially in Brazil. But why does it happen and, ......
Is Digital Transformation a passing phenomenon?
Digital Transformation is a debate that is at the top of the agenda of Brazilian executives - especially those who ......
Do Amazon principles work?
Amazon serves as a benchmark in many aspects of business, innovation and the market. But not only. Your leadership principles ......
BoostLAB, in partnership with ACE, seeks startups for its 5th Batch
Registrations are now open for the fifth edition of boostLAB, a program for empowering startups at an advanced level, called ......
I want to undertake, what are my options?
Entrepreneurship is something that instigates or haunts many people. For many, understanding the term is still complex, or even ......
Retrospective: the most striking news of 2019
2019 was a very intense year, perhaps the best so far for Brazilian startups. Let's go to the list of subjects ......
What are the Brazilian unicorns?
2019 was a very fruitful year for Brazilian startups. In addition to gaining new unicorns, investments in Brazil ......
Do we need to be afraid of the competition?
In a letter to investors, Reed Hastings, Netflix CEO, said he was more frightened by Fortnite competition than by ......
Can any company use OKRs?
You may have heard of the concept of OKRs on account of Google, which popularized the tracking method ......
Programs with startups work?
According to data from the ACE Innovation Survey 2019, about 70% of companies are suffering some kind of disruption in their ......
What is the profile of a good entrepreneur?
With the expertise of having already accelerated 300 startups and invested in 114 of them, we have gained over time (and after ......
Is working on Squads for everyone?
Good Portuguese: the squads are multidisciplinary teams that work with a lot of autonomy to come up with an answer for ......
Startup Decorati is ACE's 15th Exit
Decorati, a startup specialized in the renovation and decoration of apartments, was bought by Loft, a digital platform that uses technology ......
What books should every entrepreneur read?
At ACE, learning is a serious thing - and also one of the most talked about subjects in the corridors. We love to share knowledge ......
Agile pricing and methodologies: techniques to take off your business
At the third meeting of Google Elevator, Google's program for invited partner agencies developed in partnership with ACE, the ......
Is it possible to measure innovation?
Controversial issue in high corporate circles. What are the KPIs of innovation projects? And the goals? And, the worst: ......
ACE Manifesto and the origin of the Innovation for doers signature
In June this year, we launched a new ACE to the market (you can check the articles that came out in the press ......
Do I need to sell my startup?
The scenario for business with startups is quite heated. Not only talking about exits, but also other formats, like M&A .......
People management and leadership: 4 lessons from experts
At the second meeting of the Google Elevator program, conducted in partnership with ACE, the subject that engaged digital agencies ......
How ACE became an innovation company
In June this year, we launched a new ACE to the market (you can check the articles that came out in the press ......
Does physical space help innovate?
Today we live a cult of beautiful workspace, with game tables, beer, decompression areas and, why not, ......
Why do startups die?
A practical view: the likelihood is that startups will die. As an experiment, if validated, it has a chance to go on ......
What is the difference between ACE and an accelerator?
ACE was created as an accelerator for startups in 2012, still as Aceleratech. Main reference of Brazil with ......
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