Archive forAugust 2012 - LASB

VentureBeat: ‘Copycats’ in Latin America are killing it

Most of these will be familiar to readers of this blog, but I wanted to share what’s happening in Latin America with a wider audience, so I wrote a little about the startup scene in … Read more…

When the infrastructure isn’t up to Skype: Wormhole IT

This is another post by LeRoy Cole, a recent college graduate currently interning at 21212 Digital Accelerator in Rio de Janeiro (21212.com).  He is also trying his hand at blogging on leroycole.com.  Follow him on twitter (@leroycole).
One … Read more…

LatAm Startup Challenge announced for TechCrunch Disrupt

FnBox, a sort of hybrid accelerator/app company with a healthy footprint in Latin America, has just announced that it will be hosting the LatAm Startup Challenge at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco the week of … Read more…

EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Shopperception co-founder

This is another post in a continuing series where I interview startup founders, co-founders and investors.  Today, I’m talking with Ariel Di Stefano of Shopperception, a platform based on Microsoft’s Kinect designed to provide stores … Read more…

Second Screen Coming to Latin America

This is the first post by LeRoy Cole, a recent college graduate currently interning at 21212 Digital Accelerator in Rio de Janeiro (21212.com).  He is also trying his hand at blogging on leroycole.com.  Follow him on twitter … Read more…

Another important acquisition: Idea.me buys Movere

As we alluded to in a previous post, one of the hallmarks of a developed startup ecosystem is when unambiguous “exits” occur.  In the United States, the main type of “exit” people think of is … Read more…

Eventials: An interactive approach to meetings?

As the topics covered by events are becoming more widely followed, particularly in the technology community, demand seems to be growing for new and more useful ways to bring those events to people that want … Read more…

On ‘reverse innovation’

I admit I had not heard the term “reverse innovation” before, and to some extent it sounds like a misnomer to me.  That said, I am intrigued by what the concept represents, as reported in … Read more…

EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Conekta co-founder Cristina Randall

This is another in an ongoing series of interviews with founders and investors in the Latin American tech community.  Today I’m talking with Cristina Randall, of Conekta, a Mexican startup that allows businesses to create … Read more…

Infographic: How Mexico has changed

I thought it might be useful to make an infographic that illustrated how much things have changed in Mexico, which in turn shows why Mexico is becoming a more attractive market.
I used a service called … Read more…

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