Entrepreneurship Built Through Practice
My relationship with entrepreneurship began long before I became familiar with the concept academically. Since childhood, electronics, building, experimentation, and the desire to turn ideas into projects have been part of my journey.
Over the years, these experiences have led to products, businesses, courses, digital content, and a variety of entrepreneurial initiatives.
Curiosity, Electronics and Initiative from an Early Age
My relationship with entrepreneurship, technology and building began at a very early age. Even before I formally knew these concepts, I was already taking equipment apart, experimenting with circuits and turning ideas into projects.
My First Commercialized Projects
Using knowledge acquired from electronics magazines, I began building projects and selling some of them.
Among them was a Styrofoam cutter developed with simple materials, demonstrating from an early age the combination of technical curiosity, building and initiative.
Clube Eléctron: Organization, Community and Leadership
At the age of 13, I created Clube Eléctron, an initiative focused on exchanging knowledge about electronics.
The club had membership cards, its own rules and correspondence with people from different regions of Brazil. In addition to technical experimentation, this experience already involved organization, relationships and community building.
A Laboratory to Keep Experimenting
With the support of my grandparents, I transformed a space in their home into a small electronics laboratory.
There, I continued studying, building circuits and developing projects. The physical space changed over time, but the workbench and experimentation remained part of my journey.
From the Workbench to the Market
Over the years, technical experimentation began to combine with management, product development, education and customer service.
Water Nomad
I developed a business focused on producing freshwater kits for boats.
The initiative participated in the Rio Boat Show, one of Brazil’s leading marine industry events.
Curso Baroni
I created a physical space to teach electronics classes for musicians, combining theoretical explanations with hands-on experimentation.
My Studio
I also ran a rehearsal and recording studio, an environment where technology, music and product development came together.
Physical Store
My wife and I also ran a store focused on photography, video and product customization, giving us direct experience in managing a physical business.
Teaching Also Became a Way to Build a Business
An important part of my journey involved transforming technical knowledge into educational materials, courses, publications and digital products.
From Printed Materials and DVDs to Online Content
I produced my own materials on electronics and equipment building, including printed course materials and DVDs.
One of these materials presented, in almost two hours, the entire process of building a guitar amplifier.
As the internet evolved, the same principle of sharing knowledge moved to YouTube and, later, to online courses.
The Workbench Has Changed. The Curiosity Remains.
Decades after that first laboratory, electronics, building and experimentation continue to be part of my daily life.
The equipment has changed, new technologies have emerged and projects have taken on new forms, but the principle remains the same: learning by doing, testing ideas and turning knowledge into something tangible.
For Me, Entrepreneurship Has Always Been About Doing
Looking back on this journey, I realize that technology, creativity, learning and entrepreneurship have always been connected. Many initiatives began simply with the curiosity to build something and find out whether the idea would work.
Some became products, others became businesses, courses, publications or content. The common element has always been turning knowledge into action.