I&#x27;m not Sam, but I&#x27;m a Brazilian enterpreneur. The bad side of Brazil, compared to SV, is we have way less capital available to fund startups, specially earlier and more innovative ones. Our government doesn&#x27;t help either, definitely way harder to be an Enterpreneur here (not only for startups, the same is true for small businesses as well). The good part is you don&#x27;t have as much competition when doing a product that targets the local market. And there are much more unsolved problems and needs to be tackled here.<p>I believe most of YC&#x27;s advice is universal and fits Brazil&#x27;s startups well. Some are even more important here: try to make money from day one and spend as little as you can - you can&#x27;t count on investors money here, no matter how good your KPIs are.