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Female Founder Interview – Claudia Freed, CEO of Non-Profit EALgreen

The Startup Magazine

As an immigrant student from Argentina, Ms. Freed is a global thinker and living proof that purpose-driven businesses transform lives. As an immigrant from Argentina, I took a career path based on opportunities presented to me by mentors and professors followed by my complete determination and arduous work.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

ISRAEL TO TRADE FREELY WITH MERCOSUR; ARGENTINA – ISRAEL SIGN FTA. Argentina became the last of the South American Mercosur trade block of four to sign a free trade agreement with Israel. Trade with Argentina, on the other hand, only reached $130 million due to high tariffs on Israeli goods there.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

ReadWriteStart

Since 1M/1M is a global program, we have many entrepreneurs in various parts of the world who are building interesting businesses, and trying to determine how best to interface with the ecosystem that exists in Silicon Valley. Malaysia, India, China, Italy, Argentina, wherever), you are better off raising money locally.

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Four Things To Consider When Taking Your Startup Global

YoungUpstarts

If you’re wondering how to take your startup global, here’s some advice: 1. Of course, this is not a definitive guide when it comes to taking your startup global – there’s certainly a lot more things to learn along the way and mistakes to make. But going international will be an entirely new ball game.

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One Startup’s Story: The Evolution Of An Outsourcing Strategy

ReadWriteStart

So far so good, but soon my lead technologist decided to go back to Argentina for family reasons. See also The Pros And Cons Of IT Outsourcing: Globally, Nationally And Locally.). At this stage of the business we needed top talent, no low cost workers, so I ended the contract with the Indian team to focus on the local team.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, is acquiring Provigent, an Israeli company which develops system-on-a-chip products that enable wireless system vendors to deliver broadband wireless backhaul systems to network operators.

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The four waves of crypto disruption: where are they today? 

Version One Ventures

But you only have to talk to people from high inflation countries like Argentina or Venezuela to understand the appeal of a globally-accessible and permissionless digital currency. Given the stability of the US dollar, Bitcoin’s value proposition as a store of value may not be easy to grasp for the mainstream user in the U.S.