CIEE HS Summer Abroad: Global Entrepreneurship in São Paulo

Dive into São Paulo’s booming startup scene, where Latin America’s biggest stock exchange fuels high-velocity innovation.

Entrepreneurship is the art of spotting a problem, building a solution, and convincing others to back your vision. In São Paulo—a 22-million-person megacity packed with accelerators, tech campuses, and Latin America’s largest exchange, the B3 Stock Exchange—you’ll watch that process in action, learning directly from successful innovators.

Shape your business skills in a major global hub. Explore sustainable enterprises, analyze the role of business infrastructure in supporting innovation, and explore how São Paulo artists generate economic value. Alongside fellow Global Navigators, you’ll team up to develop a startup concept and pitch it to local mentors for real-world feedback.

When workshops wrap, you’ll have time to feel São Paulo’s energy, exploring its museums, art alleys, and buzzing markets. Beyond the city, you’ll hike through Serra da Cantareira, one of the world’s largest urban forests, to see how conservation and eco-tourism fuel new business ideas, then close the program with a traditional churrasco barbecue that turns reflection into celebration. Your weeks here will show you how culture, environment, and innovation intersect—and give you fresh insight into the ventures you’ll dream up next.