Archive forNovember 2012 - LASB

This week’s must-read posts: KIOs and external markets

There is a lot of noise out there in the blogosphere, particularly in the tech business press.  A lot of it is, frankly, re-hashing conventional wisdom and talking about minor, incremental changes that don’t have … Read more…

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LatAm entries in #gsb2012

We’ve written quite a bit over the last year or so about Startup Weekend, a phenomenon that’s helped raise interest worldwide in the concept of entrepreneurship.  Last year, they took it global and called it … Read more…

Startup Genome comments on Sao Paulo & Santiago

You may have heard recently that Startup Compass, which manages the “Startup Genome” project, released its findings about the worldwide startup ecosystem.
The full report is 125 pages in PDF format and uses Silicon Valley as … Read more…

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Not ready for primetime, LatAm edition

I was looking around at a bunch of different startups throughout Latin America, trying to decide what to write about.  I have this list of companies that I’m planning to write about but haven’t had … Read more…

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Startup Weekend Video Games (Mexico DF)

Startup Weekend seems to have evolved from a “merely” good idea to a genuine phenomenon developing the entrepreneurial ecosystem worldwide.  In the runup to Global Entrepreneurship Week (12-18 November), I’m told that there were something … Read more…

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Welcome to LatAm Startups, eHip readers.

Welcome, Ehip News readers!  Like you, we’re passionate about the startup ecosystem everywhere, but we’re focused on Latin America.  Chances are, you have come here from our recent story on Poliglota.
Take a few minutes and … Read more…

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On the “celebritization” of entrepreneurship

A recent article on the Harvard Business Review’s blog network warned of the “danger of celebritizing entrepreneurship.”  Featuring a contrived graph of socioeconomic value creation (a HBR term if ever there was one), the article … Read more…

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LatAm Startup Blog: Happy first birthday!

I’m a few days late to my own celebration, but just about one year ago, on 6 November 2011, I started writing blog posts about the tech startup industry in Latin America.  I was still … Read more…

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Lessons from Capital Emprendedor

On Wednesday of this week, I had the great pleasure of attending Capital Emprendedor, a conference that, as its name suggests, was devoted to discussions of venture capital in Mexico.  The conference took place at … Read more…

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50/50 Coffee: Challenging Fair Trade with tech

One thing that is sadly lacking in a lot of development and “sustainability” projects is, frankly, competition.  It’s hard to argue against sustainability, or development — they seem so self-evidently good that their seemingly honest and … Read more…

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