Got startups? Guatemala does.
I’m almost embarrassed to say I got this from the New York Times, but I did. Turns out in Guatemala City is an innocuous brick building that houses a nascent startup hub. I … Read more…
Archive forNovember 2011 - LASB
Checking out some of the Startup Chile participants
Startup Chile is now over, and I’m hoping to have some additional details on how it turned out soon (since I’m not in Chile, unfortunately, this is something of a challenge).
In the meantime, I thought … Read more…
Mexican Kickstarter project goes crazy
It’s hard to say whether this could properly be called a startup business, or just a project that’s gone viral, but it’s safe to say that these guys have a hit on their hands. Plai … Read more…
Quora on Latin American Startups
I just found the following Quora thread on Startups in Latin America that may be of interest to readers of this blog. Enjoy!http://www.quora.com/Startups-in-Latin-America
Startup Chile Covered by TechCrunch Europe
TechCrunch Europe Thursday featured a guest post from Raj Uttamchandani, of Incubatrix, one of the participants in last year’s pilot of Startup Chile. Money quote plus a link to the full article after the jump.
Uttamchandani … Read more…
Vint Cerf in Buenos Aires
“Father of the Internet,” Vint Cerf (also Chief Internet Evangelist at Google), will be speaking at the Catholic University of Argentina today, in case you happen to be in Buenos Aires (and if you are, lucky … Read more…
Mexico: Not ready for prime time?
A few days ago I wrote a post in which I mused that Mexico might be The Next Big Thing in terms of tech startups in Latin America. Well, a post by Mexican entrepreneur Julio … Read more…
Unintended consequences of globalization
A little bit off-topic, I saw an interesting article in The Economist that suggests the globalization — and indeed to some extent as a result of technology — is changing the way people marry. Here’s … Read more…
Social Food, Mexican style
Mexico’s Kiwilimon is a great example of net entrepreneurs taking a proven concept and adapting it to local tastes. Not unlike the Food Network, Epicurious or Allrecipes.com, Kiwilimon has put together a clean, clever website … Read more…
More on supply chain management?
I wouldn’t have thought I could write about this topic two days in a row, but I just came across another relatively new company (formed in 2009) that is trying to revolutionize how things are … Read more…
