The tech black holes of LatAm?
I heard years ago from a friend who lived in Africa and traveled quite a bit around the continent that there was a space over part of West Africa that had absolutely no radar whatsoever. … Read more…
Archive forOctober 2012 - LASB
Quick hits LatAm: 30 October 2012
Here are a few items that caught my eye over the past week or so:
21212 Demo Day: Just before Entrepreneur Week, the accelerator 21212.com held a demo day. Looks like it was well attended and … Read more…
An afternoon in the shark tank, Part II
As I described in yesterday’s post, I was invited last Friday to sit in with Investomex founders Sergio Romo and Jonathan Lewy, along with several colleagues, including Startup Weekend co-founder Clint Nelsen of Startup Labs, Ulrick Noel of Rocket Internet Mexico and Ulises Vazquez of Matomy, as they … Read more…
An afternoon in the shark tank, Part I
It’s the part of the job that entrepreneurs look forward to with equal parts excitement and dread. They know they have to do it, and it may help them in the long run, but they … Read more…
EXCLUSIVE: Interview with mortgage startup Hipos.com founders
This is yet another in a series of interviews I’ve done with startup founders in Latin America. Today I’m talking with Juan Carlos Estrada-Torrescano and his brother, Ramon, who are co-founders of Hipos.com, which is … Read more…
Five things that could derail a LatAm technology boom
I’ve talked a lot, on this blog and elsewhere (including VentureBeat, All Things D, and peHub) about the coming LatAm technology boom. I still believe that great things are in store for the region, and … Read more…
What I look for in a LatAm technology story
Coming up on one year ago, I assigned myself the task of writing about LatAm technology, i.e. about technology startups in Latin America. I was seriously considering moving to Mexico (which I subsequently did) and … Read more…
Preview of Entrepreneur Week Rio
As more and more foreign investors and entrepreneurs “discover” Latin America, interest has grown in the concept of entrepreneurship within the region. Never a traditional career path in Latin America, entrepreneurship has become virtually its … Read more…
Lenddo: Doing microfinance differently
When was the last time you heard of someone getting a loan from an institution that they had never visited, whose employees they never met, with which they had no credit history … and recieved … Read more…
Recap of Startup Weekend Barranquilla
In many ways, Colombia has been the stealth story of the Latin America startup scene. The country has gotten its economic house largely in order, the threat of terrorism has been massively reduced, and technology … Read more…
