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5 Lessons Learned Launching a Startup With No Plan, No Cash, and No MBA

Up and Running

We didn’t know anything about small business accounting or finance. We didn’t even know how to write a business plan. In hindsight, it’s understandable that friends and family were skeptical when we told them about our business. From backpackers to business owners. We’d never hired anyone.

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Global Impact: Social Entrepreneurship Companies

YoungUpstarts

Blake Mycoskie visited Argentina in 2006 and saw children walking in the streets outside Buenos Aires without shoes. For every pair of shoes sold, TOMS would provide a new pair of shoes to children in Argentina and other developing countries. What is your business model? More than 60 million people have received pairs of shoes.

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Latinitas Volunteer Spotlight: T.C. Waugh

Austin Startup

Before returning to his hometown of Austin, he spent much of his life in Mexico and Argentina; his wife Giselle is from Uruguay. Helping my team of girls to develop a business plan and pitch it to a team of judges was the highlight of my year! Waugh is an experienced entrepreneur, marketer, and philanthropist.

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Go Live With The Whales

YoungUpstarts

Where do we cross back to Argentina?” They swung into action both from Argentina and the United States, working with the airlines to get us from Bariloche to Buenos Aires and then beyond. From a business perspective, the way REI acted in this tumultuous time made me a raving fan. By the way, coffee in Argentina is lousy.

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Thoughts on Spanish Startups from La Red Innova 2011

VC Cafe

More and more incubators are popping up, students are participating in business plan competitions, and actively look to get involved with startups. Spain, Argentina and Brazil have relatively low levels of venture capital activities ( Invest in Spain confirms this). But that is now changing.

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Social Enterprises Globally

Business Plan Blog

NESsT was co-founded by an American and a Chilean in 1997 and is currently a registered charity in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Hungary, Peru, Romania, the U.K. The 2012 Social Enterprise World Forum, hosted by NESsT, is taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in October. and the U.S. Read more about the SEWF’s agenda and registration here.

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Four Things To Consider When Taking Your Startup Global

YoungUpstarts

Consider your original business plan officially useless. When you’re running a startup with big ambitions but limited resources, you can’t afford a single misstep. If you’re wondering how to take your startup global, here’s some advice: 1. Because you need to consider cultural context as well.

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