VC Cafe

AUGUST 21, 2014

Here are a few lessons I learnt from having hundreds of business meetings in Australia, Chile, and the USA. I’m so excited for what happens next” If your meetings aren’t ending like this, then you’ve just wasted everyone’s time. Don’t pitch, listen. Listen to what they have to say.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 17, 2012

Steve Davis packed his laptop and his Spanish phrasebook and moved to Chile. On arrival, a government program called Start-Up Chile handed him $40,000, no equity required. Davis and his partners, Amit Aharoni and Nicolas Meunier, were members of Start-Up Chile's freshman class, arriving in August 2010. What to do? Discuss.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Start-Up Chile: $40k to Live There and Start a Company - Ben Casnocha: The Blog , August 14, 2010 Governments round the world are trying to stimulate entrepreneurship. Every investment so far in this YC batch (and there have been a lot) has been done on a convertible note.”. Have convertible notes really won? equity debate.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

According to Pew, while cell phones are nearly ubiquitous around the world (95% China, 91% Chile, 82% Kenya), penetration of smartphones are still getting there (37% China, 39% Chile, 19% Kenya). You can track mobile websites just fine with your standard web analytics tool.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2015

They include Jen Adrion and Omar Noory , who gave up corporate jobs to sell custom-made maps out of an apartment, James Kirk, who uprooted from Seattle to open an authentic coffee shop in “tea and biscuits” South Carolina, and Kyle Hepp a wedding photographer who travels the world from her home base in Chile.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 13, 2018

The Start-Up Chile accelerator was arguably the spark that ignited Chile’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. The Chilean government, through the development agency CORFO, founded Start-Up Chile in 2010 as a way to bring in foreign entrepreneurs who would galvanize Chile’s transition into an economy built on technology and innovation.

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Steve Blank

JULY 25, 2023

I’ve known Professor Cristobal Garcia since 2010 when he hosted my first visit to Catholic University in Santiago of Chile and to southern Patagonia. He presented to organizations in the Netherlands, Chile, Spain, the UK (Ministry of Defense and the BBC), and aerospace companies. Yet, everyone got the message pretty quickly.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2018

Cornerstone continues to explore its Cascabel copper-gold discovery in Ecuador as well as other properties in Ecuador and Chile. In 1997, Glen co-founded Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc., Recently, Glen McKay spoke to Young Upstarts about how challenging the entrepreneur journey can be and offers some advice to those just getting started.

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David Cohen

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

I’m really looking forward to my upcoming trip to Santiago, Chile where I’ll be speaking about startup communities at Common Pitch Chile along with some incredible people including Al Gore , who is the keynote speaker. I’m very excited to have lunch with him and learn all about the Internet!).

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deal architect

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Innovations from various parts of the world we don’t usually expect innovation from The bookless library – San Antonio, TX Changing global wine map - Georgia, China, Chile Battling remote Oil spills – Arctic Circle Common Core Standards – State. Innovative Business Uses of Technology'

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ConversionXL

APRIL 30, 2019

the idea of going on a holiday to Chile), inspiring photography is the leading first-impression creator. They don’t want to waste mental energy on figuring stuff out (usability), and they want to be sure that the travel provider is legit (credibility). Key takeaway: If you’re selling a dream (e.g.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Among his many investments and acquisitions are Banco de Chile, Enphase Energy, Entel, Australis Seafoods, SQM, PIlmaiquén Electric Company, and Minera Fuego. He currently owns businesses in Chile , Argentina, and Australia. Quiroga is the founder and CEO of Asesorias e Inversiones Benjamin S.A.,

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Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

For example, our Intel Technology To Market Accelerator took 22 teams from 11 countries across 15 time zones, from northern Russia to southern Chile and from Saudi Arabia to the U.S. Berkeley peers got in Steve’s class. Chicago) through the Lean LaunchPad process. Clearly, lean works globally. And we’ve been part of the U.S.

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David Cohen

DECEMBER 2, 2012

I spent the past few days in Santiago, Chile, playing tennis with an ex-pro, having lunch with Al Gore…you know, the usual grind. I was there to take part as a speaker at Common Pitch Chile , where I met a bunch of interesting entrepreneurs who are doing really exciting things.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2013

Summary: I’ve lived in Silicon Valley for 35 years, I’ve taught in entrepreneurial clusters in New York, Boston, Helsinki, Santiago Chile, St. Thanks to Kai-Fu Lee of Innovation Works, David Lin of Microsoft Accelerator, and my publisher China Machine Press. Each of these clusters has wondered how to become the next Silicon Valley.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Many entrepreneurs cannot get to Silicon Valley because of Visa or immigration issues and many startups who don’t get onto prestigious programs like Ycombinator or Techstars are choosing Startup Chile as an alternative. ’ And Startup Chile also brings hope to entrepreneurs who can’t get to Silicon Valley.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 25, 2019

by Ines Temple , president of LHH Peru and Chile, and author of “ YOU, Incorporated: Your Career is Your Business “ As a child, my mother was a stickler about table manners. It’s the hallmark of the people we admire most – those who always act with integrity and live the same values in their personal and professional lives.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

I have been a part of both Startup Chile and now TechStars in Boston. However, we made sure to stay focused on building our business and not get distracted by all of the other activities we could partake in every day as part of the program. – Stephanie Kaplan , Her Campus Media. Be Proactive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2010

The BP oil spill in the Gulf, the volcanic eruption in Iceland, and recent earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, all suggest that real opportunities for change are needed in pollution control, just-in-time manufacturing, and building materials. Some kind of natural or man-made disaster.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 28, 2010

The fact that Singapore, Brazil, India, China, Chile, the U.K., If they did, there would be no higher legislative priority than promoting regulatory and tax reform to stimulate new capital formation and venture capital in the U.S. warned a technology forum this week that without a change in U.S.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 24, 2012

Babelverse is a start-up founded by Mayel de Borniol and Josef Dunne that was part of the government-backed accelerator program, Start-Up Chile. Now that’s a lot of tongues.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Santiago de Chile is an understatedly cool city. Sure, it doesn’t have the classical buildings of Buenos Aires or the ageless allure of Rio, but what’s lacking in historic charm is made up for with a modernity that achieves being progressive yet unpretentious.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

So they began signing up Spanish-language content producers in Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico and so forth. They realized that many Spanish speaking content producers weren’t being properly represented in online media and that many advertisers in the US trying to reach younger Latino audiences didn’t have the right opportunities.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 6, 2018

At the time that I was leading the company, Cornerstone Capital Resources was looking to expand outside of Newfoundland & Labrador and we were fortunate enough to find prospective mineral properties in Ecuador and Chile.

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Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Adolfo , Head, Audit Analytics and Innovation, Smart Communications Inc.

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Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Chile’s Shantytowns Are a Last Resort — and Growing Fast [Eduardo Thomson/Bloomberg] – Historically sitting here in the US we’d expect to read stories like this about places distant from our own country. These tomas are growing at a dizzying rate all around Chile.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2013

Summary: I’ve lived in Silicon Valley for 35 years, I’ve taught in entrepreneurial clusters in New York, Boston, Helsinki, Santiago Chile, St. Thanks to Kai-Fu Lee of Innovation Works, David Lin of Microsoft Accelerator, Frank Hawke of the Stanford Center in Beijing , and my publisher China Machine Press.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Surprisingly we have a lot of people outside of the US, like in Chile actually, will tweet and say, ‘God, I wish I had Chext here,’ and we would just have to day, ‘Sorry right now,’ but very soon we’re looking at doing that and alliances with those types of businesses.

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The Next Web

JULY 21, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Güimar Vaca Sittic , a two time Internet entrepreneur currently working at Quasar Ventures based in Buenos Aires, and a Startup Chile Judge. He is a graduate from The University of Chicago and former Director of TEDxUChicago. . Being an entrepreneur is all about enthusiasm and energy.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

AUGUST 31, 2010

Take a look to our south at Chile. Ortmans' writes a post at Policy Forum Blog in which he examines the fact that, while an economic success story in South America, Chile has not been able to unleash entrepreneurial growth in its economy. Unfortunately, Chile is not yet a startup culture, and innovation still plays a.

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The Next Web

MARCH 3, 2016

It’s hard to get the exact data on how many startup acceleration programs are being launched every year, but it’s definitely a lot. If you search Google News for something like “new startup accelerator,” it will return hundreds of headlines from all over the world.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Based out of San Francisco with offices in Santiago (Chile) and Munich (Germany), YouNoodle showcases startup competitions and programs from around the world since 2010. With hundreds of incubation and acceleration programs listed on the site, a startup founder can easily find the best program to apply for.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 5, 2023

Josh Bernoff (23:17): I, I bought it from like a third cousin of mine in Chile , but that was in, that was a long time ago. And you can tell how long somebody's been online by the fact that they have their last name come as a website.

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The Next Web

APRIL 27, 2013

Just as the first California wine to win a blind-tasting in France in 1976 created legitimacy for all wine producers in Northern California and created hope for producers in places such as Chile, Argentina and Australia, the success of one tech entrepreneur in an emerging market can lead to a new valuation for all who follow.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

I entered the Facebook market when French people started using Facebook and then I targeted the Spanish-speaking market when countries like Chile and Argentina started using Facebook six months after the French population. As a developer, you could follow the adoption rates in each country and target the last trending country.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

I entered the Facebook market when French people started using Facebook and then I targeted the Spanish-speaking market when countries like Chile and Argentina started using Facebook six months after the French population. As a developer, you could follow the adoption rates in each country and target the last trending country.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

I entered the Facebook market when French people started using Facebook and then I targeted the Spanish-speaking market when countries like Chile and Argentina started using Facebook six months after the French population. As a developer, you could follow the adoption rates in each country and target the last trending country.

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