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Creating the Next Silicon Valley – The Chilean Experiment

Steve Blank

Chile has decided that it wants to be an innovation hub in South America. In my short time in Chile, I spent time meeting with: Chilean entrepreneurs ; as part of Santiago’s Startup Weekend as well as EmprendeUC - DUOC New Ventures Contest Awards ceremony. Creating the Next Silicon Valley – The Chilean Experiment.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

He grew up in Colombia, South America. My mom was an entrepreneur – she was kind of my inspiration for entrepreneurship. And no one could see me as anything but a startup guy, so I started a second company and called myself a serial entrepreneur. Then everyone just started calling me a serial entrepreneur.

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Twitter Link Roundup #95 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Why Entrepreneurs Must Be Crazy – [link]. Global Web Design Trends: South America – [link]. Is the Life You’re Living Worth the Price You’re Paying to Live It? – [link]. Good advice from @BeckyMcCray about creativity and resourcefulness in business – [link]. Breaking in a new employee?

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Where To Find The Most Angels To Fund Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest and other relevant criteria. ACA membership includes more than 200 angel groups and 20 affiliate organizations across North America. angels entrepreneur funding groups startup'

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Start Here if You are Looking for Angel Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest and other relevant criteria. Although relatively new, they announced early last year that their community had already grown to more than 500 startups, and 2,500 investors. AngelList.

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The Importance of The Narrative

Both Sides of the Table

I went to undergrad at UCSD, which is not a place known for its Greek institutions and my father grew up in South America and had know idea what a fraternity was. Yet being in a fraternity was one of the most transformative experiences I had in college and prepared me better for becoming an entrepreneur than any class that I took.

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Why I Invested in Gogii (textPlus) – My First Ever Later Stage Deal

Both Sides of the Table

He not only has experience in dealing with the carriers where at JAMDAT he established all the carrier relationships but he also led the international expansion of JAMDAT in Europe, Asia & South America giving them a footprint in 40 countries. But wait, there’s more! I knew this from day one. What you see is not what you get.