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?

THANK YOU!

Ricardo Parro   

ricardo.parro@gmail.comricardo@printi.com.br

@ricardoparro

www.printi.com.br