Latin American startups I WISH existed
I’ve written a lot on this blog about all the great (and not so great) startups that are being created almost every day in Latin America. There is all sorts of creativity, even when the … Read more…
Archive forSeptember 2012 - LASB
Welcome, VentureBeat readers.
Chances are if you find yourself here, you probably saw my piece in VentureBeat on 500Startups’ recent new investments in Mexico. Turns out, there’s a lot going on here in Mexico and throughout Latin America. … Read more…
If you need a demo video, make a Wideoo instead.
These days, if you are starting a Web 2.0 business, or really any kind of online business, chances are you would benefit from having some sort of explanatory demo video as one of the first … Read more…
Sojabook: Social networking for farmers
It seems at times that technology entrepreneurs have a blind spot. They see their prospective consumers as only people like them: young, educated, urban, wired, worldly. When you stop to think about it, that’s actually … Read more…
Even Pepsi has an incubator now (in Brazil)
Perhaps, one day in the not too distant future, we will look back on late 2012 as the beginning of another tech bubble — perhaps a Latin America tech bubble. We will fondly recall how … Read more…
It had to happen: F#!% Yeah T-shirts
There’s a post I’ve been thinking about writing for a while: startups I wish existed in Latin America. Part of the problem is that in order to do a decent job with that kind of … Read more…
#TSN6: Crossing the enthusiasm gap
In any new endeavor or community, one of the keys to moving forward is getting people excited. It’s called the Enthusiasm Gap: it’s the chasm that has to be bridged in order to build a … Read more…
Startup Weekend Mexico City wrap-up, Part II (including winners)
As described in my last post, I recently attended the final pitch session for Startup Weekend Mexico City (a/k/a #SWDF). The auditorium was packed, and thirteen teams presented the results of their 54 hours worth … Read more…
WSJ articulo sobre emprendimiento en America Latina traducido a Español
Recien el Wall Street Journal me dijo que han traducido mi articulo sobre emprendimiento en America Latina a Español. Me agradece tambien que han usado un screengrab de Startup Weekend DF (#SWDF). Aqui es el … Read more…
Select excerpts from the annual WEF global competitiveness report about LatAm
Earlier this month, the World Economic Forum released its annual Competitiveness survey. The report analyzes 144 countries according to their economic conditions and how they affect the assessed countries’ relative competitiveness in the world market. … Read more…
