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Argentina Entrepreneurship, Endeavor, and Global Lessons

Reid Hoffman

I’ve come down to Argentina with my friend and portfolio company CEO, Wences Casares , the founder of Xapo. But, just as every strength has a weakness, diverse entrepreneurial ecosystems like Argentina can teach Silicon Valley (and others) important lessons about global entrepreneurship. My quintessential teacher here is Wences.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: From Poland to Argentina

ReadWriteStart

During this week's roundtable, once again, we had an international group of entrepreneurs presenting from Buenos Aires, Argentina; Warsaw, Poland; Geneva, Switzerland; Sherbrooke, Canada; Oakland, California; and Austin, Texas. In addition, we had attendees from many other parts of the world. Home Swappers Club. About Sramana Mitra.

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For tech to develop in emerging economies, the first obstacle is trust

The Next Web

In a stream of conscience verse reflecting his holistic thinking on the subject, John Paul outlined the numerous challenges facing the development of a tech. Fast forward a few months and I’ve returned to my adopted country of Ecuador with the objective of helping to develop a thriving tech scene. industry in Tanzania.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

ReadWriteStart

One thing Vin said that I liked a lot is that the Malaysian government is spending heavily on tourism development campaigns, and Qyzzy may be able to become a part of that campaign. Malaysia, India, China, Italy, Argentina, wherever), you are better off raising money locally. That sounds great.

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Will Bitcoin adoption be driven outside the US?

Lightspeed Venture Partners

There is a good documentary about Bitcoin in Argentina that highlights similar concerns, in that case driven by the economy and inflation. So there is existence proof that high inflation can drive a whole country to adopt another currency, one that is completely disassociated from the central government.

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Does College Really Make Sense?

YoungUpstarts

Maybe even more than school, they love what they’ve been doing outside of school: acting, filming, writing music, painting, selling things, organizing protests, running for student government, volunteering. Four companies later, he was taking a vacation in Argentina and saw a child without shoes. It will be okay. The rest is history.

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Bitcoin: Resilience in Crisis

thebarefootvc

Those in countries that have previously experienced massive inflation (Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Argentina) or capital controls (China, India) have long seen relative value in an asset that is independent of government financial manipulation.