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A Look at What’s Fueling Startup Investments in Colombia

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These markets have brought us to 2020 — outpacing them all — is Colombia. Here’s a look at what’s fueling startup investments in Colombia. Colombia is not new to the startup scene , but it is beginning to garner increased attention from foreign VCs. A growing, increasingly connected consumer base.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain The Future Trends They See in Their Industry

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24- Personal finances awareness. Therefore, I expect to see more people, now aware of the delicate nature of personal finance, ready to consult with professionals on issues that they may have attempted to handle independently before these uncertain times. Thanks to Josh Stomel, Turbo Finance ! #25- Photo Credit: Josh Stomel.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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He grew up in Colombia, South America. I got a job at a bank, and I worked in their corporate finance group. We had a finance group for all of the bank branches based in San Diego, and I wrote programs to download stuff from the mainframe so we could do analysis three days faster than they could send us the data.

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10 Amazing Microfinance Success Stories

YoungUpstarts

Marcelino Lopez, Colombia. Lopez and his family were living in a plastic tent in Barrio Nelson Mandela, Colombia, with $300 to his name. SHARE Micro Finance Limited, India. After five years of being turned down by lenders, she approached the Kenya Women Finance Trust for a $680 loan.

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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTú

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Yesterday MiTú Networks announced that Upfront Ventures led a $10 million financing in what is now the largest producer of Latino online videos – primarily driven through YouTube. So they began signing up Spanish-language content producers in Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico and so forth.

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Israel Ranked 29th in Easiness of Doing Business According to the World Bank

VC Cafe

Mexico became the most straightforward economy for doing business in Latin America, overtaking Colombia. Mexican firms can file their taxes on the web, which is still impossible in most Latin American countries. Without many natural resources, Israel has to get this right if it wants to continue growing it economy.

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How to Launch an Awesome Kickstarter Campaign

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Their leather shoes and accessories are handmade by previously unemployed artisans in Colombia. If you want to acquire continued financing and support for your project, be sure to give regular updates and report back often. Take Mamahuhu shoes and bags, who completed their first Kickstarter campaign 140 percent over target.