This Foreigner Can
It’s been a while since we last spoke, how is ‘Room in the Moon’ progressing?
Room in the Moon has been placed on hold. Even though we grew our membership to 12,000 members in one year, it was difficult to get the next round of funding to continue the devel- opment. Instead of sulking and getting depressed I decided to use my knowledge to help migrants start their own business.
Do you still miss the hustle and bustle of Sao Paulo? Sometimes. São Paulo is an amazing city. It’s three times bigger than London and I it love there. Culturally speaking, London has much more to offer, however, I do miss the sun- shine and the super friendliness of my Brazilian friends.
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Award-winning Brazilian entrepreneur, Rafael Dos Santos, moved from Brazil to Lon- don in 2001 to improve his English. He has learnt first hand the challenges migrants face when they arrive in this country. His mission is to improve the lives of migrants by training them to become successful entrepreneurs.
To help achieve this, Rafael has created ‘This Foreigner Can’, the organisation be- hind an exciting new ‘Migrant Business Accelerator’ program. It will provide budding entrepreneurs with mentorship, business workshops and funding opportunities to help them start their small businesses in London.
You have built and sold successful businesses, what are the secrets of developing a scalable business? Vision and a team. You don’t go anywhere if you don’t have a vision that attracts people to work with you. The clearer you are, the more you attract talent. Having experts in your team that know their stuff much better than you is vital, but as the founder you must keep driving the business to the ultimate goal and vision!
Your business journey can only be described as inspira- tional… Having worked your way through manual labour jobs, you became a successful entrepreneur, what kept you motivated?
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