Fabio Povoa

Managing Partner

2014 - Current

Infusing money, strategic advice, hands-on experience, networking and growth traction experiments into the brains of the most promising Brazilian entrepreneurs.

Lean Startup & Entrepreneurship professor

2014

Breeding future entrepreneurs by teaching the Lean Startup method. Elective discipline for Computer Engineering & Science graduates on the ins and outs of business model canvas, customer development, agile development, bootstrapping, stealth launch, monetization and go-to-market strategy.

Board Member

2021

Co Founder

2001

Movile is the leader Mobile Internet company in Latin America. Movile portfolio includes M-Entertainment; M-Commerce; M-Payment and M-Marketing.

Head of Mobile Services & Co-Founder

2007 - 2009

Product Manager & Co-founder

2001 - 2006

Board Member

2019 - 2021

Market Intelligence & Strategy Manager

2012 - 2014

Customer development, mkt intelligence, hands-on strategy + execution.

MBA candidate class of 2012

2010 - 2012

Active member of the Haas Technology and Digital Media & Entertainment clubs Haas Merit Scholarship recipient

Biz Dev MBA Intern

2011 - 2011

Conducted strategic analysis on Location Based Services (LBS) identifying market imperatives, monetization efforts, key partnerships, user pain points, and future growth drivers. Proposed a model for relevance determination and context awareness on mobile devices by linking cloud-based information (interests, friends, searches) to real time mobile data (location, proximity).

Head of Biz Dev

2009 - 2010

New business development, product management, online and offline marketing, monetization strategies through collective buying deals, strategic partnerships.

Co-founder

1997 - 2001