This was to be the latest in my series of travels for my book-in-progress about entrepreneurship in emerging markets. Brazil was the one place that no one in the Valley was pushing me to visit. In fact, it was the one place my husband had asked me not to visit, having heard many reports of kidnapping and violence. But I was resolutely convinced there was a world of exciting companies and stories and had been looking forward to the trip for months. In fact, I’d spent about four months studying Portuguese and planning the trip.

I’m not on getting on that plane today though. Entrepreneurs who’d hoped to be written up on TechCrunch: Blame your government.

Oh não! Um país me exige visto de turista? E eu não consigo tirar em 1 semana? Mimimimi. Eu sou uma importante mulher de negócios e não aceitarei este tratamento. Vou blogar sobre isso, agora eles vão ver só.

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