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Richard Meijer

Richard Meijer

Welcome to MasterclassBrazil

Welcome to MasterclassBrazil, Brazil’s portal for the foreign business community. Setting up and managing a business in a new country can often be a challenging experience so what you’ll need most is knowledge, and lots of it. For many, this lack of knowledge can result in an unpleasant move, or even in worst case a failure of your new venture. Things like, finding a business place, handling the tax administration, importing goods, legal issues, salaries, logistics etc. are all essential to making a smooth transition to your new environment and make your venture a success.

MasterclassBrazil provides a one-stop source of deep-knowledge for the growing foreign business community in Brazil. The internet is of course the ideal medium for our purposes and makes sifting through outdated guidebooks a thing of the past. However, to find good up-to-date knowledge about how to do business in Brazil is not an easy task. I have included as many categories as possible to make your business in Brazil a successful and hassle-free one, but at the same time I try not to dampen the excitement of discovering a new land.

About me:

What I am doing:

Besides running a privately hold real estate business I am blogging om MasterclassBrazil.com. MasterClass Brazil was set up to provide a one-stop source of deep-knowledge for the growing foreign business community in Brazil.

Why I have set up MasterclassBrazil:

Having been in Brazil for around 20 years, I have seen many big companies, expats and individuals failing miserably. I have burned myself once in Brazil, setting up ProgressOil, a company focused on the supply of Brazilian castor oil. I am now running a privately hold real estate business in Brazil.

From all these experiences I have learned a lot. Despite the fact that I speak the language reasonable well, have a strong network and understand the do’s and don’ts better, I am absolutely not saying I am an expert or specialist. Everyday I am learning new things and I believe Brazil is changing in such a rapid pace that the only way to survive in Brazil is to generously absorb and understand the information available to you.

From my experience I have learned that there is a lot of information, facts and data about Brazil. I have set up MasterclassBrazil to structure this information so you can turn it in true knowledge, enabling you to be successful in your endeavors.

There is nothing in the world so rewarding as sharing expertise and knowledge.

Richard Meijer

Credits

I do my best to give credit to text, photographs, graphical or artwork used in this website. Most pictures come from Flickr/Creative Commons and link to the page of their authors. Please alert me in case you spot any inadequacy. I will correct it as soon as possible.
The photos in the home page are a courtesy of: Rob Sinclair/Flickr