Mentor of Mavericks • Investor • Builder

Let's build businesses that work without you.
And that are worth a lot when you exit.

14 failures before leadlovers, exit to Nuvini group, IPO on Nasdaq. Today I take technical founders trapped in operations and install what it takes to turn the company into a sellable asset.

80k+leadlovers
1exit to Nuvini
1Nasdaq IPO
21+portfolio companies
How I show up
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Builder.

Took leadlovers from zero to 80k customers. Sold to the Nuvini group and participated in the Nasdaq IPO. I speak from inside the arena, not from the stage.

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Mentor of Mavericks.

Maverick here is a compliment: courageous founder, with a strong thesis and big vision. I don't teach from the bleachers. I get in the game with you.

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Investor & Advisor.

Capital, time and hands-on work in 21+ startups via Autobots Ventures. SaaS and AI venture builder for early-stage founders who want to go far.

The story in 1 map

30 years of hands-on work in 10 turning points.

Each hexagon is a turning point. The filled ones changed the game. Drag to see up to today.

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age 15

First line of code

thought I knew everything

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age 17

Dinfo

tech alone doesn't scale

2008 – 2013

14 startups

none of them scaled

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2014 – the turn

Conrado's Mastermind

selling is emotion. I was pure logic.

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2015

leadlovers is born

vision first. code second.

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2017 – the book

Visionarios

160 pages. the turn in writing.

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2021

Sold to Nuvini

every sleepless night was worth it.

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2023 – ipo

Nasdaq Opening

the bell rang for Nuvini group.

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2024

Autobots Ventures

SaaS & AI venture builder

?
now

Let's play together?

dozens impacted. just the beginning.

this is where it clicked
the bell rang
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The thesis

The problem was never the product.
It was me.

Knowing how to build is not knowing how to sell.

The technical founder fights fires all day. Grows disorganized. Operations drain strategy, disorganization blocks scale, and lack of scale keeps you hostage to your own business.

After 14 attempts, I found what was missing: commercial clarity. Positioning, offer, and a revenue engine running, with AI doing the execution and you freed up to think.

A business that needs you 80h a week
is not an asset. It's a luxury prison.

Diego no IPO da Nasdaq - 2023
Diego brindando o IPO
EXIT SOLD 2021
FROM leadlovers -> NUVINI -> NASDAQ
How we play

Four steps.
From diagnosis to asset.

Not a course. Not a retainer. A sequenced path: starts with what unlocks cash now and ends with what makes the business worth a fortune without you.

01 - 1-2 WEEKS
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Commercial Clarity Diagnosis.

Fixed-scope sprint. Repositioning, revenue thesis, and activation map. You leave with a plan and priorities, not an 80-page PDF.

Sprint1:1Fixed deliverable
02 - 90 DAYS+
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Revenue Engine.

Positioning + acquisition system + operations running, with AI doing the execution. I take ownership of the result, not just the task. Hybrid model: base + per-outcome.

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03 - 6-MONTH CYCLE
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Visionarios Mentorship.

Closed cohort of founders. Not 1:1. It's a board of advisors. Single promise: turn a business into something worth selling.

Group of 10-15High-ticketPeer-to-peer
04 - LONG-TERM
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Autobots Ventures.

For the founder who becomes a real partner. Equity, venture building and M&A for those who want to play in the big league. Capital, time and operations together.

EquityLong-termCo-build
The philosophy

Every business needs
to be L.I.V.R.E. It means being free in Portuguese

If your SaaS or agency lacks these 5 pillars, you are building a job, not a business.

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Lucrative

Margin that sustains the game. Without margin, any plan becomes survival.

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Innovative

Proprietary stack, not commodity execution. Where taste and mastery become a moat.

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Vendable

Designed to be sold one day. Documented, without dependency on the founder.

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Recurring

Revenue that comes back on its own. Predictable base first, upside later.

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Expandable

Grows without consuming you. Proprietary data and systems that remove you from the bottleneck.

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The book

Visionarios.
The technical founder who learned to sell.

Everything I learned by failing, in 160 pages.

Written in 2017, in the middle of the journey. Not a recipe book. It's a record of the identity I had to build to turn the page. Today it serves as a map for any technical entrepreneur who looks around and realizes that selling is a different language.

"The technician looks at the present. The visionary looks at the future
and goes back to build it."
Where they hear me

In the press, on stage
and talking straight on YouTube.

Good talk about business, exits and the path of the technical founder. No stage, no suit.

The next step

Let's play
together?

The next step is not to think more. It's to open a conversation. Tell me what you're building, where you got stuck, and we'll see if it makes sense.

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