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…
Colombia Archives Tag archive for LASB
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…
10 LatAm startups with the right stuff
Startups are being formed on an almost daily basis in Latin America. But many LatAm startups, like startups everywhere — as been observed by Harvard Business School – are likely doomed to either outright failure or … Read more…
GiftCode: Death to plastic gift cards!
Gift cards used to be a novel concept. When they first came out, you would get a card and gleefully scratch off the code to reveal the secret number that would allow you to redeem … Read more…
Quick hits: LatAm Technology Edition
Here are a few things happening around the LatAm technology scene today:
at Opinno: Learn about ichamo – a Venezuelan web portal that allows music lovers in that country to buy music legally.
at DineroJoven (en Español): … Read more…
SnappyGo wins PulsoConf startup competition 2012
PulsoSocial’s “PulsoConf” wrapped up a couple of days ago, ending with its startup competition 2012. The competition amongst six startup companies including the winner of the PulsoConf hackathon, Pollbag, was won by Colombian startup SnappyGo, a … 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…
EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Jeff Thelen, founder of Edmond.com.co
This is another in our continuing series of interviews with founders of tech companies in Latin America. Today I’m talking to Jeff Thelen, founder of Edmond.com.co, a Colombia-based company that provides consumer finance information.
LASB: What “pain” … Read more…
SaferTaxi: Disrupting a dirty industry
I’ve traveled a lot, and one thing that seems to be almost universal is that with few exceptions, almost everywhere you go, riding in a taxi is not a pleasant experience. For example, I recently … Read more…
