Yaxi: A review
NOTE: I tried Yaxi for a second time, with less success than the first time. See my update at the end of this article.
I love it when I hear about entrepreneurs attacking a huge problem. … Read more…
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EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Boletia co-founder
This is another in an ongoing series where LASB talks with entrepreneurs and investors in the Latin America startup community. Today we’re talking with Joshua Francia Torres, of Boletia. Boletia is not unlike Eventbrite but … Read more…
EXCLUSIVE: Interview with rubberit.co co-founder May Alba
Below is another in our ongoing series of interviews with co-founders of Latin America startup companies. Today we’re talking with May Alba, co-founder of rubberit.co, a condom subscription service. rubberit recently received funding from Mexican.vc.
LASB: Where … Read more…
Is this Yahoo’s $2.7 billion dollar book?
Late last week Yahoo! quietly announced in a press release that it had been fined $2.7 billion by a Mexican court for breach of trust and damages in a court case filed in Mexico by … Read more…
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…
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…
The mobile moment in Mexico
Mexico is the second largest market in Latin America, after Brazil. It’s the largest Spanish-speaking market in Latin America. It’s arguably the center of wealth and has the fastest growing, most statistically significant middle class … 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…
