Most founders don't fail because of bad ideas. They fail because they focus on the wrong things at the wrong time.

I've been there. I've spent time optimizing what didn't matter yet — and missed what was obvious in hindsight. After 17+ years building, breaking, and scaling startups, I learned to read the stage before choosing the move.

That's what I bring to mentorship: the ability to cut through the noise and help you focus on what actually moves the needle right now.

Who I work with:
- 🌱 Early-stage founders navigating the 0→1 journey — from idea validation to first traction
- 🚀 Growth-stage founders scaling from 1→10 — fundraising, team, product, and business model decisions

What we can work on together:
- 🏗️ Entrepreneurship — From zero to scale, including turnarounds and mature business reinvention
- 💰 Fundraising — Hands-on experience with Angel rounds and VC — structuring the pitch, the story, and the terms
- 📦 Product Management — Idea validation, MVP scoping, roadmap prioritization, and launch strategy
- 📱 Technology — Software architecture, AI/ML integration, and building lean with modern stacks
- 🧗 Leadership — Helping founders grow as decision-makers and build teams that execute

A bit of context:
- I founded Eskolare, an education fintech serving 1M+ families and 3,000+ schools across Brazil — bootstrapped, fundraised, and built the technology myself.
- I spent nearly 4 years at Gringo — Brazil's #1 driver platform with 20M+ users — as an investor and executive, leading Product, M&A, and two Business Units as General Manager. In 2025, Gringo was acquired by Corpay (US) for US$180M.
- Today I serve as Board Member at 6 companies across travel tech, data tech, legal tech, event tech, fintech, travel tech, and auto tech — bringing strategic and governance perspective to founders at different stages of growth.
- I've been a member of Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) for 9+ years — and spent part of that time helping grow the São Paulo chapter and supporting expansion across Latin America.

My approach:
- I don't give generic advice. I shorten your learning curve by sharing what I've lived — the decisions, the mistakes, and the frameworks that actually worked at each stage.
- If you're building something real and need a thinking partner who's been in the trenches, let's talk.

👉 Book a session and let's get to work.