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Find an Angel Investor, Without Going Through Hell

Startup Professionals Musings

The reach is very broad, however, with 30 branches worldwide covering over 80 countries in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia, and over 120,000 members worldwide. Angel Capital Association (ACA).

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[Singapore] Location Based Marketing Association Launches Local Chapter

YoungUpstarts

LBMA currently covers North America (Toronto, Montreal, New York, Atlanta and San Francisco), EMEA (Amsterdam and London), Asia Pacific (Singapore), as well as an upcoming chapter for South America (in Brazil).

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Load Impact’s The State Of Web Readiness 2012

YoungUpstarts

” When comparing different regions, North American companies invest the most in load testing, followed by South America and Europe. Asia Pacific spends the least.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

He was from South America but living in Switzerland and had launched a startup while holding down a day job at a consulting firm (McKinsey if memory serves). I know it sounds trite to say that entrepreneurs are risk takers so let me describe the normal, rational person who I meet on a regular basis. He wanted to raise angel money.

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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

Both Sides of the Table

The Europe goal was shaped by three random things: My father is from South America and his native language is Spanish (although his father was from Romania and escaped oppression there). At Andersen Consulting I had built computer networks and programmed in COBOL. I wanted to do more of the former, less of the latter.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

My dad’s father fled Jewish oppression in Eastern Europe as a teenager and ended up in South America. So I was intrigued when I read Thomas Friedmans’s Op Ed in December 2008 about the need to Reboot America. Immigration and multiculturalism were always top of mind in my household.

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[Review] The Lean Startup

YoungUpstarts

Lee Shen Han has just returned from a half-year travel sabbatical around Europe and South America. If you have any interest in entrepreneurship at all, this book is definitely worth your time. He is interested in entrepreneurship, small business and the expanding tech scene in Singapore.

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