View from Seed

JULY 13, 2022

Founders: Carolina Nucamendi & Brenna Curran. Get to know the founders. RH: Founders, please introduce yourselves. CN: Carolina, Co-Founder and CEO. I was born and raised in Villahermosa, Tabasco, a small city by the Gulf of Mexico. RH: What’s your favorite thing about being an early-stage founder?

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VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

When I met Instagram, Kevin (the founder) had great numbers, but he wasn’t even thinking about revenue. I invested in a company called Yobongo – the founder blew me away, he ended up selling his company and I made most of my money back. Lots of founders are college dropouts. Single founders almost never get funded.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Decathlon Capital.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2011

Unfortunately, to many would-be entrepreneurs, getting past the dreaming phase and into the doing phase seems insurmountable — especially in a shaky economy where quitting your day job seems foolhardy and funding seems scarcer than, well, pay raises and affordable health insurance. Many a great entrepreneur has been derailed by burnout.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2023

As part of The Startup Magazine Female Founder series , The Startup Magazine caught up with Gina Diaz, entrepreneur and top immigration and real estate attorney, Ms. TSM: You also work with other entrepreneurs. Diaz: Real estate investing can lead you to many different avenues which will make you an entrepreneur.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 5, 2019

Boost Biomes CEO and co-founder Jamie Bacher The Forrest Four-Cast: March 5, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. In the U.S., we waste over 50 percent of our produce. What is your competitive advantage?

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Up and Running

MAY 26, 2011

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico is frequently cited as one of the top ten travel destinations in the world. Susan Wilson Solovic is an award-winning entrepreneur and journalist, author of three best-selling books, multi-media personality and contributor to ABC News and other outlets, public speaker and attorney.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

It’s what life was like as an entrepreneur. But this is nothing like the stress of being an entrepreneur. What’s it really like being an entrepreneur? You’d imagine that every founder was getting rich. Actually, positive outcomes for founders are quite rare. I’m reminded of this feeling.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2014

There are plenty of untapped opportunities and thrilling startups hiding around the world who just need to be discovered,” says Pierre-Alain Masson, Seedstars World co-founder and jury member. “When we think about successful and innovative projects, we automatically think ‘Silicon Valley’.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 9, 2020

The move is not a stretch for Ella , who has spent her life as a social entrepreneur, philanthropist, and humanitarian. The defining moment for VisionSpring was when Founder Jordan Kassalow went on a volunteer mission to Mexico at age 23. Any advice you would give to entrepreneurs and business owners? Small is beautiful.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Meet some of the incredible female entrepreneurs who have volunteered to work with the girls in Latinitas by serving as mentors, career presenters, and judges at our 2017 Startup Chica Conference. Maria’s dad started Donn’s Bar-B-Que 35 years ago and Maria now co-operates the business alongside her parents.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

UbiQD Founder and CEO Hunter McDaniel, PhD, explained more about how UbiGro works. The state of New Mexico has many supportive programs from tax credits, to capex funding, and technical assistance from the national labs. What is your competitive advantage? Our materials are very special, and hard to make. We are actually in the no.

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Mike Michalowicz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

CEO and Founder of Likeable Local, Dave Kerpen is the father of 2 beautiful girls, husband to an amazing business partner, and friend to many. Dave is an entrepreneur, author, and speaker. He has also keynoted at dozens of conferences across the globe including Singapore, Athens, Dubai, San Francisco and Mexico City.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 17, 2018

She is the co-founder and CEO of Likeable Media , an award-winning content studio that was named Crain’s sixth Best Place to Work in NYC. Kerpen is what you might call an “accidental” entrepreneur. She has keynoted conferences in London, Las Vegas, Mexico City, and New York, among others. Podcast Transcript.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The move is not a stretch for Ella , who has spent her life as a social entrepreneur, philanthropist, and humanitarian. The defining moment for VisionSpring was when Founder Jordan Kassalow went on a volunteer mission to Mexico at age 23. Any advice you would give to entrepreneurs and business owners? Small is beautiful.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Capital Factory’s Saturday Startup Spotlight series continues this week with the CEO and Co-Founder of Zirtue : Dennis Cail. I’m Dennis Cail, CEO and Co-Founder of Zirtue, and I am a recovering entrepreneur with a passion for leveraging technology to solve huge problems for businesses and consumers alike.

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2015

While entrepreneurs strive to do their best, mistakes are sometimes unavoidable. Tony Hayward, Chief Executive of BP, had a lot to deal with when an explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig sent over 130 million gallons of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico. See Also 11 Angel Investor Blogs You Should Be Reading.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 12, 2019

As the co-founder and CEO of Bell + Ivy , a marketing and PR firm in Santa Monica, CA, and Las Vegas, NV. Cynthia was listed as top personal branding experts in 2017 by Entrepreneur, top 50 marketers on SnapChat by Mashable , top 12 Female Entrepreneurs that Inspire by Darling Magazine , and the Top 20 people in SEO by Guardian.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

Co-founder and CEO Nicolas Brusson spoke to me about BlaBlaCar’s early ambitions to be a European rather than local country winner and its progression to global player. You then came back to Europe and joined a venture firm before co-founding BlaBlaCar. How did you go from VC to founder?

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Silicon Valley is made up of solely one industry: technology, whereas countries in emerging markets have existing industries, around which entrepreneurs are innovating. In Rio we stayed with the founders of Resolveai, an Uber clone. Although entrepreneurs need to practice their pitches (and English).

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Home About Contact Home About Contact The Metamorphosis Becoming an Entrepreneur, by Matt Mireles Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder I started SpeakerText in October 2008 during the financial apocalypse. You need a Co-Founder, not an Engineering Bitch. Treat everyone you hire like a co-founder.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 20, 2011

Fast-paced, thought-provoking and social, this Ignite features presentations from in-the-trenches entrepreneurs ready to share their lessons learned. Co-founder, Backblaze. Founder, House of Mikko. Co-founder and CTO, Sharethrough. Co-founder and CTO, Saygent. Founder, BlueSpark.

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Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our series “ Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post our favorite video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. This week, we again present Sam Altman , the President of Y Combinator and the former co-founder and CEO of Loopt.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2009

But entrepreneurs can be great spouses and parents. Biological Clocks After Convergent and now single again, I was a co-founder of my next two startups; MIPS and Ardent. When the kids got older our adventures took us to Mexico, Ecuador , India, Africa and Europe. Our circumstances were unique and your mileage will vary.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 8, 2022

Tricia is the CEO and Board Member at BELAY, Co-Host of the One Next Step Podcast, and Author of Rise Up & Lead Well: How Leveraging An Assistant Will Change Your Life & Maximize Your Time. So, so tell me what give me, I always like to ask entrepreneurs, what got you here? In fact, she lives in Mexico now.

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Gust

OCTOBER 2, 2014

It’s what life was like as an entrepreneur. But this is nothing like the stress of being an entrepreneur. What’s it really like being an entrepreneur? You’d imagine that every founder was getting rich. Actually, positive outcomes for founders are quite rare. I’m reminded of this feeling. It’s all too familiar.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 12, 2017

In this week’s Masters of Scale podcast , we ask this of Linda Rottenberg, the CEO and co-founder of Endeavor, which selects, mentors, and accelerates high-impact entrepreneurs around the world. When Linda started Endeavor with co-founder Pete Kellner, there literally wasn’t a word for “entrepreneur” in Spanish.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

I´ve been hiring free lancers in mexico and argentina and after one month or so they all vanish. MapQuest Founder on the Past, Present. View More » Startups Facebook Co-Founder Launches Social N. 5 Young Entrepreneurs to Watch [MASHA. I don´t know what to do. Kim Kardashian Tops Bing’s Most Pop.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 15, 2021

5-My co-founders’ wife came up with it. As much as I would like to take credit for the name it was my co-founders’ wife that thought of it. The thoughts were LI Shades Co, Island Shades, things like that. I named my business, ReCreate—a transformation company focused on optimizing business and leader.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2012

In the USA, “near-shore” is a euphemism for connected countries, like Mexico and Canada. The typical software startup these days is a one or two person operation, founder and co-founder, who do the work themselves on the first product with no salary. In all outsourcing cases, a detailed specification is required.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2011

In the USA, “near-shore” is a euphemism for connected countries, like Mexico and Canada. The typical software startup these days is a one or two person operation, founder and co-founder, who do the work themselves on the first product with no salary. In all outsourcing cases, a detailed specification is required.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

In the USA, “near-shore” is a euphemism for connected countries, like Mexico and Canada. The typical software startup these days is a one or two person operation, founder and co-founder, who do the work themselves on the first product with no salary. In all outsourcing cases, a detailed specification is required.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Failure often is harder on entrepreneurs who lose money that theyve borrowed on credit cards or from friends and relatives than it is on those who raised venture capital. Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc.,

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The Next Web

MARCH 3, 2014

Gili Golander is a co-founder and CMO at Bazaart. WhatsApp founder Jan Koum is an Ukranian immigrant, and I’m betting it had helped him realize the potential of going global from day one. Brazil, with a population of 200M and Mexico with 120M are now in our top 5 download countries. These, too, were highly effective.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Casa Mexico is Mexico Tourism & the Mexican Government’s SXSW hub. How can entrepreneurs make their pitch stand out from the rest? Hear from venture investors and successful entrepreneurs to find out what factors they considered and how you can make your pitch stand out from the rest. Sunday 3/12 4pm.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Both companies will jointly be investing in activities that foster innovation and supporting startups, beginning with Women 2.0 ‘s signature networking event Founder Friday. has held over 200 Founder Friday events in 30 global cities. To date, Women 2.0 “Google is excited to team up with Women 2.0 ”

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

He is also the co-founder of Idea.me, Sauber Energy, and the LAB Miami. Juan Pablo was a partner in Patagon.com and was elected “Top 50 Entrepreneur” by Business Leader Magazine. Rather than read news articles to formulate ideas for your next company, I encourage any budding Latin American entrepreneur to get on Wikipedia.

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