{
  "name": "E2M Minimum Viable Brazil Framework 2026",
  "version": "2026.08",
  "url": "https://e2massociates.com/minimum-viable-brazil/",
  "purpose": "Design the smallest Brazil operating structure capable of generating commercial evidence and accountable execution without premature permanent infrastructure.",
  "principles": [
    "Evidence before permanence",
    "Accountability before headcount",
    "Flexibility before footprint",
    "Commitment gates before scale"
  ],
  "decision_dimensions": [
    "commercial evidence",
    "12-month mandate",
    "headcount",
    "local accountability",
    "customer control",
    "local invoicing/contracting",
    "regulatory/import dependency",
    "physical presence",
    "go-to-market capacity",
    "reversibility"
  ],
  "archetypes": [
    {
      "id": "partner",
      "name": "Partner-led Market Access",
      "commitment": "low fixed infrastructure"
    },
    {
      "id": "validation",
      "name": "Brazil Validation Pod",
      "commitment": "highly reversible"
    },
    {
      "id": "launch",
      "name": "Lean Commercial Launch Pod",
      "commitment": "controlled"
    },
    {
      "id": "platform",
      "name": "Lean Brazil Operating Platform",
      "commitment": "structural but lean"
    },
    {
      "id": "core",
      "name": "Permanent Brazil Operating Core",
      "commitment": "durable"
    }
  ],
  "output_layers": [
    "people",
    "local leadership",
    "employment",
    "entity/compliance",
    "workspace",
    "go-to-market/demand generation",
    "validation horizon",
    "fixed-cost posture",
    "commitment gates",
    "layers to defer"
  ],
  "disclaimer": "Planning framework only. Legal, tax, regulatory, employment, import, entity and investment requirements require qualified specialist confirmation."
}