Julio Bravo

Yeah, this is real American, right? This is actually United States. If you go to New York, you don't see an American, right? You go to San Francisco, you don't see Americans. You see people from all over the world, but not from United States. And it's insane how expensive those places are, especially for me that it's like six to one exchange rate, right? Like $1,000 for me is 6,000 reais.

It's a lot of money. That's my currency, reais. Yeah. Yeah, so it's 5.8, I think, at these days, close to six for a dollar. So it's really expensive to come to the States. And then you come to Iowa, go to Illinois, go to Nebraska. This is really real America, right? People are nice to you.

It's a lot of money. That's my currency, reais. Yeah. Yeah, so it's 5.8, I think, at these days, close to six for a dollar. So it's really expensive to come to the States. And then you come to Iowa, go to Illinois, go to Nebraska. This is really real America, right? People are nice to you.

It's a lot of money. That's my currency, reais. Yeah. Yeah, so it's 5.8, I think, at these days, close to six for a dollar. So it's really expensive to come to the States. And then you come to Iowa, go to Illinois, go to Nebraska. This is really real America, right? People are nice to you.

Like when I arrived here in Ankeny, my neighbors were offering me help or bringing food to me or like things that, shit, I don't, we don't have that in a big city like Curitiba. People don't say good morning in the elevator to you.

Like when I arrived here in Ankeny, my neighbors were offering me help or bringing food to me or like things that, shit, I don't, we don't have that in a big city like Curitiba. People don't say good morning in the elevator to you.

Like when I arrived here in Ankeny, my neighbors were offering me help or bringing food to me or like things that, shit, I don't, we don't have that in a big city like Curitiba. People don't say good morning in the elevator to you.

And then here people are so nice, right? Yes. And then I got this relationship with Iowa State. Since 2015, I started to building a program with Dr. Kevin Kimley from the Ag Entrepreneurship Initiative. So he started to create programs for Brazilians where we bring Brazilians here to study about successions, study about new business, study about innovation.

And then here people are so nice, right? Yes. And then I got this relationship with Iowa State. Since 2015, I started to building a program with Dr. Kevin Kimley from the Ag Entrepreneurship Initiative. So he started to create programs for Brazilians where we bring Brazilians here to study about successions, study about new business, study about innovation.

And then here people are so nice, right? Yes. And then I got this relationship with Iowa State. Since 2015, I started to building a program with Dr. Kevin Kimley from the Ag Entrepreneurship Initiative. So he started to create programs for Brazilians where we bring Brazilians here to study about successions, study about new business, study about innovation.

So we created programs and start selling to Brazilian companies and farmers to come up here and spend a week at Iowa State. So we would do classes from seven to noon and then do technical visits in the afternoon and visit what you have the best of the best of Iowa, the creme de la creme of Iowa. Definitely at Iowa State.

So we created programs and start selling to Brazilian companies and farmers to come up here and spend a week at Iowa State. So we would do classes from seven to noon and then do technical visits in the afternoon and visit what you have the best of the best of Iowa, the creme de la creme of Iowa. Definitely at Iowa State.

So we created programs and start selling to Brazilian companies and farmers to come up here and spend a week at Iowa State. So we would do classes from seven to noon and then do technical visits in the afternoon and visit what you have the best of the best of Iowa, the creme de la creme of Iowa. Definitely at Iowa State.

Yeah, with the guys with all the connections. After I met the guys at Iowa State, I met just everyone that is related to the Iowa State folks. So, met Harry Stein, met the guys at Summit. Summit is doing lots of investment in Brazil. And so, I met a lot of people. really cool people, really cool entrepreneurs from here that really is shaping the world of ag somehow.

Yeah, with the guys with all the connections. After I met the guys at Iowa State, I met just everyone that is related to the Iowa State folks. So, met Harry Stein, met the guys at Summit. Summit is doing lots of investment in Brazil. And so, I met a lot of people. really cool people, really cool entrepreneurs from here that really is shaping the world of ag somehow.

Yeah, with the guys with all the connections. After I met the guys at Iowa State, I met just everyone that is related to the Iowa State folks. So, met Harry Stein, met the guys at Summit. Summit is doing lots of investment in Brazil. And so, I met a lot of people. really cool people, really cool entrepreneurs from here that really is shaping the world of ag somehow.

So it's kind of nice to go back and see all of that.

So it's kind of nice to go back and see all of that.

So it's kind of nice to go back and see all of that.

Yeah. It's just like this traveling thing gets you to places that sometimes you don't know who you're sitting and having lunch with. That's what happened when I came for the first time and I came and I visit those guys. I have heard about those guys, but I didn't know they were there. Right. It's like it's just like really cool people like like you have this ethanol business since early 2000s.