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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 joined GRP Partners in 2007 before they raised their current fund (we closed a $200 million fund in March 2009). I was recently on TWiST with Jason Calacanis.

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

Both Sides of the Table

In 2007 Salesforce.com wanted to buy Koral. 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. You can imagine the complexities.

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Today’s Market: A Bubble Waiting to Burst?

Growthink Blog

this year and are now approaching their 2007 highs. And a lot more of it comes from massive commodities-driven wealth in places like Russia, Africa, South America, and the Middle East. These concerns are mirrored in the recent price run-ups in both the stock and real estate markets. So, will it all inevitably come crashing down?

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

The Startup Magazine

Quiroga has invested in companies in North America, South America, Europe, and Australia. Quiroga invested in mines in South America and Australia over the following decades. By 2007, Quiroga had acquired 100% of the company and completely changed its business model.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

billion in 2007, as investors worldwide tightened their belts in the wake of the global financial crisis. billion), and 33 percent lower than proceeds in 2007 ($3.79 Israel is the first country outside South America to implement a free trade agreement with the bloc. Foreign direct investment in Israel reached $3.8

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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.