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Argentina Entrepreneurship, Endeavor, and Global Lessons

Reid Hoffman

I’ve come down to Argentina with my friend and portfolio company CEO, Wences Casares , the founder of Xapo. But, just as every strength has a weakness, diverse entrepreneurial ecosystems like Argentina can teach Silicon Valley (and others) important lessons about global entrepreneurship. My quintessential teacher here is Wences.

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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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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

The Israeli government launched a plan to attract financial services sector firms to Israel in 2010 and is in talks with other international financial services companies that are considering opening financial research centers in Israel.

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Does College Really Make Sense?

YoungUpstarts

Maybe even more than school, they love what they’ve been doing outside of school: acting, filming, writing music, painting, selling things, organizing protests, running for student government, volunteering. Four companies later, he was taking a vacation in Argentina and saw a child without shoes. It will be okay. The rest is history.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

ReadWriteStart

One thing Vin said that I liked a lot is that the Malaysian government is spending heavily on tourism development campaigns, and Qyzzy may be able to become a part of that campaign. Malaysia, India, China, Italy, Argentina, wherever), you are better off raising money locally. Google Adwords advertising. That sounds great.

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Will Bitcoin adoption be driven outside the US?

Lightspeed Venture Partners

There is a good documentary about Bitcoin in Argentina that highlights similar concerns, in that case driven by the economy and inflation. So there is existence proof that high inflation can drive a whole country to adopt another currency, one that is completely disassociated from the central government.

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Bitcoin: Resilience in Crisis

thebarefootvc

Those in countries that have previously experienced massive inflation (Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Argentina) or capital controls (China, India) have long seen relative value in an asset that is independent of government financial manipulation.