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1 Entrepreneurship in Brazil perspectives from the ground

2 ENDEAVOR MULTIPLIES THE GROWTH POTENTIAL OF ENTREPRENEURS IN BRAZIL

3 ENDEAVOR GLOBAL NETWORK 28 COUNTRIES

4 GOVERNANCE Our Board FÁBIO BARBOSA BETO SICUPIRA JORGE PAULO LEMANN LAÉRCIO COSENTINO NELSON SIROTSKY PAULO CÉZAR ARAGÃO MARIA SILVIA BASTOS MARQUES PEDRO PASSOS RODRIGO GALINDO ROMERO RODRIGUES SONIA HESS TIAGO MENDONÇA

5 OUR IMPACT MODEL STARTING FROM A HANDFUL OF SELECTED ENTREPRENEURS, WE OUTREACH LEARNINGS AND INSIGHTS THAT CAN IMPACT THE BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM AS A HOLE 1. A FEW HIGH POTENTIAL ENTREPRENEURS ARE SELECTED AND SUPPORTED TO BECOME ROLE MODELS 3. THE MAIN BARRIERS FOR GROWTH ARE MAPPED SO WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR A BETTER BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 2. LEARNINGS AND INSPIRING STORIES FROM OUR NETWORK ARE DISSEMINATED ONLINE TO THOUSANDS

6 ENDEAVOR ENTREPRENEURS GROWTH Our portfolio of 61 companies from different sectors and regions of the country is performing well above the average of the Brazilian Economy over the last 5 years

7 ADVOCACY JORNAL DA GLOBO VEJA EXAME VEJA ÉPOCA EXAME GLOBO DEBATES 2016 EXAME

8 ADVOCACY FOR WHAT?

9 LACK OF MIDDLE-SIZED FIRMS Active firms in Brazil, 2015 # of firms (k) CAGR (%) +10 employees 476 (10%) 1 # of firms with 10+ employees US & Germany 1-9 employees 2,000 (44%) 2 US: 1.2 MM (out of 5.6 MM) No employees 2,077 (46%) -3 Germany: 450 K firms (out of 2.5 MM) Total 4,552 0 Source: IBGE

10 LACK OF PERFORMANCE Concept: high growth firms (HGF) Growth: >20% in number of employees for 3 years in a row 10+ employees HGF Evolution Only 26k HGFs 0,6% of total Less than 10% of HGF s keep growing for 6 years # high growth firms (k) Continuous High Growth (# de HGF s for 6 years in a row) % % 97% 6% (2) 3% (1) % 9% (3) % 8% (3) % 6% (2) 2012 % total 0,8% 0,7% 0,7% 0,8% 0,8% 0,7% 0,7% 0,6% Continuous HGF One-time only HGF s Source: IBGE

11 MAIN CHALLENGES ~30-50% of Brazilian entrepreneurs start a business necessity driven with a higher level of necessity based entrepreneurship than other countries Entrepreneurs motivation, selected countries (2016, %) Entrepreneurs motivation in Brazil, Necessity-driven Crisis 40% 40% 34% 33% 33% 47% 50% Necessity based 16% 14% 14% 28% 26% 40% 50% 45% 59% 56% 56% Opportunity-driven 60% 60% 66% 67% 67% 53% 50% Opportunity based 84% 86% 86% 72% 74% 60% 50% 55% 41% 44% 44% Ranking Brazil # # of countries: Jamaica Brasil China Chile USA Georgia Cazaquistão India Israel Peru França

12 LACK OF AMBITION ~4-10% of brazilian entrepreneurs have growth aspirations % of new entrepreneurs with plans to hire more than 5 employees over the next 5 years demonstrating a lower level of ambition compared to most of the countries Growth aspiration in selected countries, % 34% 15% 25% 27% 11% 11% 8% 10% 7% Crisis 4% 1% 2% 4% 5% 10% 21% 22% Ranking Brasil # Do total: Jamaica Brasil Grecia Israel China USA Indonesia India França Peru Chile

13 LACK OF INNOVATION Brazil ranks low in all Innovation Leverages At Global Competitiveness Index with an overall lower level of innovation compared to the majorityof countries Global Competitiveness Index, selected indicators Global Competitiveness Index, selected countries (1 to 7, 2017) Innovation Pillar Government acquisitions of high end innovation goods Availability of scientists and engineers Quality of Cientific Research Institutions Capacity for innovation 73 University Industry Cooperation for R&D 70 Private spending on R&D 62 # of patents / population 53 Yemen Peru Brasil Chile India China França Israel USA

14 AN AGENDA FOR GROWTH Subject Regulatory environment Main objectives Radically simplify process for opening, licensing and closing of firms To aprove a tax reform that reduces the amount of time and the number of processes that the entrepreneur must comply with Access to capital To simplify and guarantee transparency of the approval criteria for credit in public agencies such as BNDES Increase the amount of resources available for credit to middle-sized companies Innovation Review process and legislation to reduce the time needed to register and protect intellectual property

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