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Separated at Birth: Techstars and Startup Weekend

David Cohen

At these events (there about 1,000 per year from Boulder to Mongolia to Chile to New Zealand), entrepreneurs and the community gather to build startups in 54 hours. Startup Weekend was quite literally born in my office at Techstars in 2007.

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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. He currently owns businesses in Chile , Argentina, and Australia. By 2007, Quiroga had acquired 100% of the company and completely changed its business model.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter June 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

Albaugh, which was founded in 1979, has six plants in the US, Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina, and a joint venture in China, and its South American sales in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile complement Makhteshim’s business in Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador. billion in 2007 and de-listed from Nasdaq. billion), or 2.5 Kamada won U.S.