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 Weekend Archives Tag archive for LASB
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…
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…
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…
Startup Weekend Mexico City wrap-up, Part II (including winners)
As described in my last post, I recently attended the final pitch session for Startup Weekend Mexico City (a/k/a #SWDF). The auditorium was packed, and thirteen teams presented the results of their 54 hours worth … Read more…
Startup Weekend Mexico City wrap-up, part I
As was recently noted by our friends at Emprende.la in TechCrunch (read it if you haven’t), Mexico currently has more chapters of Startup Weekend than any country except the United States, which is no small … Read more…
When can a startup be considered abandoned?
It is an article of faith that most startups simply don’t survive. We all know it intellectually, but every person involved in a startup projects that disarming sense of optimism that the world is their … Read more…
#SWDF #GOAP #startupsmx
If you don’t know what those hashtags mean, you must not be in Mexico City today. Or if you are in Mexico City and you don’t know what those hashtags mean, you must think Ruby … Read more…
Startup Weekend, Morelia, Mexico
This is the third article from our newest contributor, Samuel Garrido Daniel. I’m really happy to welcome him and thank him for covering Morelia’s first Startup Weekend. Sam (@samuelgada) is one of the founders of cotiza-t.com and also … Read more…
Startup Weekend Bogota: The winners
Okay, so I’m a bit late to this party but I’ve been covering other things lately and generally pontificating, so I only just got around to looking at how Startup Weekend Bogota went. It appears … Read more…
