I started my career as a developer, working at Promon on the Tropico R and RA exchanges, and then shifted completely to Linux and open source development, which is when I founded my first companies. I don't really do a lot of real coding any longer, though.
I see the symptoms you describe, of our startups being less globally impactful [1], as a natural consequence of a smaller, more internally focused [2], and less mature ecosystem, but I don't see all the dysfunction you allude to. I have worked with poor leaders and good ones in Brazil and abroad, and I can't say Brazil tends to any of the extremes of the spectrum. Yeah, there's an oligarchy that has a strong effect on the ability for an entrepreneur (or employee) to "make it", but name a country where there isn't one?
I write this mostly for the benefit of this thread, as I don't think you're really approaching this discussion with useful data or an open mind.
[1] although you have Movile, 99Taxis, iFood to serve as counterpoints to that generalization
I see the symptoms you describe, of our startups being less globally impactful [1], as a natural consequence of a smaller, more internally focused [2], and less mature ecosystem, but I don't see all the dysfunction you allude to. I have worked with poor leaders and good ones in Brazil and abroad, and I can't say Brazil tends to any of the extremes of the spectrum. Yeah, there's an oligarchy that has a strong effect on the ability for an entrepreneur (or employee) to "make it", but name a country where there isn't one?
I write this mostly for the benefit of this thread, as I don't think you're really approaching this discussion with useful data or an open mind.
[1] although you have Movile, 99Taxis, iFood to serve as counterpoints to that generalization
[2] your comment on global reach being an important metric reminded me of Nubank, and this article from earlier in the year: https://epocanegocios.globo.com/Empreendedorismo/noticia/201...