Semiconductor giant Qualcomm recently hosted financial analysts at its headquarters to tell them about its plans for the future and key performance areas. The full (150+ slide!) presentation can be seen here, and it contains … Read more…
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…
Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, is apparently joining the list of American entrepreneurs interested in Latin America. His early stage venture firm, Valar Ventures, announced today that they are co-investing (along with Brazil-based Monashees Capital, … Read more…
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…
I recently wrote a piece on the implications of 500Startups’ purchase of Mexican.vc. It was published yesterday in VentureBeat. Here’s an excerpt:
…the McClure/Mexican.vc deal suggests that a shift in thinking regarding distance is underway on … Read more…
Apparently one way to succeed in the startup game is to take a successful business model, tweak it, and then apply it to another market. Rocket Internet has done this numerous times, with great success, … Read more…
Some of you may have seen my tweet earlier this week regarding the Startup Stock Exchange. They are doing a survey of startup businesses to better understand what companies need in terms of funding. Ordinarily … Read more…
This is another in a series of posts where I interview founders of Internet businesses in Latin America. This one is kind of interesting because (a) it’s both an Internet-based business in Latin America (the … Read more…
Colombia’s Startbull was another recent participant in Startup Chile and Red Innova. Although I generally try to resist the temptation to say that a particular company is “X for Y,” obvious comparisons to Stockpickr or … Read more…
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