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12 Questions: Meet Rommel Rojas (Venezuela)

crowdSPRING Blog

Rommel lives and works in Valencia, Venezuela. My name is Rommel Rojas, I live in Valencia, Venezuela. I spent the rest of the morning updating already won designs with new requirements from clients, finishing files and making sure they are happy with those files. Please tell us about yourself. It just looks fantastic.

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The four waves of crypto disruption: where are they today? 

Version One Ventures

But you only have to talk to people from high inflation countries like Argentina or Venezuela to understand the appeal of a globally-accessible and permissionless digital currency. Given the stability of the US dollar, Bitcoin’s value proposition as a store of value may not be easy to grasp for the mainstream user in the U.S.

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Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Facebook’s ad revenue is pure… after the cost of running the site is factored in, the rest just drops straight to the bottom line. In fact penetration in Chile, Turkey, and Venezuela is estimated at >80% which is astonishing. Facebook estimates they already have 60% of addressable US internet users.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I originally came from Argentina, and lived in Brazil and Venezuela before moving to the US. Everywhere I lived, I saw just how big an impact the education I was able to attain had, and how big an impact the lack of education had on the rest of my family and friends in terms of what they could achieve. 12) We Wanted to Help.