About
Hi! My name is Thiago and I’m just a a 24 years old brazilian kid living in Miami Beach, FL.When I was 14 I started my first company: WebBRHosting.net, it was one of the first web hosting companies in Brazil, we were also the first one to offer accounts with unlimited storage. The company was really small, actually to be honest, I was the whole company but to sound more professional I was always trying to make it look like we had a team of professionals serving our clients. That was a lot of fun. I remember when one of my first clients found out that she was talking to a kid, and that for the last 4 months her whole company website was under a 14 years old kid care. She was laughing so much and I, to be sincere, was almost having a thing. I was always running around with technical problems, billing and sales inquiries. After 2 years the company was pretty big and we had 25 dedicated servers in a data center in San Antonio, TX and I received a good offer to sell it and I decided that was time to try new things.My second startup was a online advertisement provider for brazilian publishers called WebMarketing.net. Back than we didn’t have all the resources and tolls to make online ads efficient like we have today, companies were advertising just because they thought it was something important to do and we couldn’t really measure the results generated by each campaign. It was a little crazy but we used to sell campaigns on monthly basis, you would pay $300 to $2,000 just to have your 468×60 banner on the header of a given site for a month. Publishers and companies like mine were making a lot of money but the advertisers were seeing no results and when the .com bubble exploded I suddenly had no Advertisers for my Publishers and I thought it would be the best to close the company. Unfortunately, I think, I was too young to try to find new ways on the online advertisement business, I just got really scared and ran kkkk.I went for my third startup when I was 18. It was a direct manufacturer of synthetic fiber comforters, pillows and blankets called Conforto (it means comfort in portuguese). Together with two other partners we started this company from scratch. We did everything: from logotype design and product development to sales and logistics. We worked really hard for two years when we received an offer to sell it. One more time I knew it was time to try new things.After selling Conforto I decided that was time to try the corporate world, I wanted to know how it feels to be a employee of a big corporation. Since than I worked as Assistant Manager, Regional Sales Manager, Market Intelligence Supervisor, Strategic Procurement Specialist and Hotel Manager.To be honest, I’m done with it! It is time to go for my forth startup. Right now we are working really hard on it and all I can say is that we are bringing a new concept: “Real Estate social investment”. Through powerful network marketing tools we are going to offer a fresh start toward financial independence. We’ve gone ahead and reconstructed the mold on traditional Real Estate investments making it easier than ever to get started building wealth. The name is Aykall and you can think of it as a full package upgrade to the typical online investment routine. Right now we are developing the platform and looking for seed investors. If you are a VC specialize in funding early stage startups or an Angel Investor don’t hesitate to contact meOk, ok. I’ve told you all about me but what the hack is Monetize Lab??
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Monetize Lab is my lab on the web. As I already told you, I’m working in a new web service and I will be writing about all the difficulties, the solutions and my thoughts over the whole startup scene. I will also use here to talk about new services, products, ideas and everything else that come to my mind or mailbox.
