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Isidoro Quiroga: “South America’s Warren Buffet” Mogul Makes Next Move

The Startup Magazine

Among his many investments and acquisitions are Banco de Chile, Enphase Energy, Entel, Australis Seafoods, SQM, PIlmaiquén Electric Company, and Minera Fuego. Quiroga has invested in companies in North America, South America, Europe, and Australia. Quiroga is the founder and CEO of Asesorias e Inversiones Benjamin S.A.,

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

Both Sides of the Table

They wanted to employ our entire team post acquisition. 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. In 2007 Salesforce.com wanted to buy Koral.

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Basic Accounting And Legal Aspects That Every Business Owner Should Know

YoungUpstarts

Cristian Rennella is the founder of Mejor Trato , a tool for online loan comparison in South America, including Colombia, Argentina and Brazil. I recommend hiring a specialist who can do this successfully on a monthly basis so that we do not lose focus on our business.

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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTú

Both Sides of the Table

And of course many of you know this is near and dear to me because my own father is from Medellín, Colombia so I grew up in a household with the music, food, culture and language of South America. This was a marked change from the previous leadership of YouTube.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

The most noteworthy M&A deals of 2009 were Siemens’ $418 million acquisition of Solel; Medtronic’s acquisition of Ventor, estimated at $325 million; and IBM’s $225 million acquisition of Guardium. Israel is the first country outside South America to implement a free trade agreement with the bloc.

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Why All Business Founders Should Learn Basic Programming

YoungUpstarts

They talk about user acquisition and product management. Lee Shen Han has just returned from a half-year travel sabbatical around Europe and South America. A lot of business founders like to trivialize the role of the technical person, and get up in arms over the importance of their own roles.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 14 – Planning– Major General Mike Fenzel

Steve Blank

They’re in Africa, they’re in South America, they are globally represented. Should the Joint Staff have a structure for the acquisition of capabilities, making sure it matches the modernization of our operational concepts? We have to build into the systems for acquisition a method by which we can be far more agile.