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A preacher, 500 startups, and a dream to change it all
Dave McClure speaking at the US Embassy in Mexico City. Photo by David E. Weekly It’s around 8:30 on a warm Friday night in Mexico City, and we’re all milling around a podium set up in the lobby of the...
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Why Niklas Zennstrom thinks Brazil’s startups are hot
Sao Paulo, Brazil — Niklas Zennstrom, the founder of Skype and Kazaa and the founding partner of investment firm Atomico, has been spending a significant amount of time in Brazil looking for and...
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How a Mormon VC ended up betting everything on Mexico
What’s a Mormon white guy from Southern California doing running a tech fund in Mexico? Paul Ahlstrom, the founding partner of one of Mexico’s rare venture capital firms Alta Ventures, says he gets...
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Behind the scenes of a Brazilian hacker space
When I read that the Geeks on a Plane group, which I’m traveling with this week through Latin America, would be visiting a Brazilian hacker space, I didn’t envision a picturesque Italian villa, with a...
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10 things to know about tech startups in Brazil
Sao Paulo, Brazil — Compared to Mexico, the web and mobile startup ecosystem in Brazil is hot — probably too hot. There seem to be almost as many foreign entrepreneurs and investors — Americans,...
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A journey through a water cleaning plant in Brazil
About an hour drive outside of the packed streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and into the sprawling Sorocaba region, GE has quietly been leading the way on clean water technology. There at GE’s Brazilian...
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How Latin America’s e-commerce behemoth finally embraced social
Not aggressively creating a social strategy years ago with a site like Facebook was one of the biggest mistakes of my career, says Daniel Rabinovich, CTO of Latin American e-commerce pioneer...
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A crazy dream to build a computer animation industry in Argentina
Gaston Gorali, Director General Creativo, Catmandu studios Behind the doors of Catmandu studios, on a quiet street in the Capital Federal district of Buenos Aires, Argentina, dozens of young animators...
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The next hot smart grid market: Brazil
With its booming economy, growing middle class and investments in city infrastructure, Brazil is looking like it’ll be the next hot market for smart grid development. According to a report in Metering,...
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500 Startups doubles down on Mexico via local accelerator
Dave McClure’s accelerator 500 Startups plans to make a sizable bet on investing in startups in Mexico and has now swallowed a local startup accelerator called Mexican VC. 500 Startups has been working...
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