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Will Bitcoin adoption be driven outside the US?

Lightspeed Venture Partners

The US is a relatively stable and strong economy, with good rule of law, good financial technology, low inflation and financial institutions that most people have faith in (although many Bitcoin enthusiasts would beg to differ). M-PESA, a payments system enabled on mobile phones, now constitutes 31% of Kenya’s GDP.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

In Argentina, putting a “la” or “the” before someone’s name is a sense of endearment. My experience with naming my own company was to pick something that had a tie to me personally, was unique, and had something to do with technology or business. Photo Credit: Josephine Caminos Oria. 17- My name and my wife’s.

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3 Things to Consider When Staffing a Software Development Project

mashable.com

I'd approached Advanced Millennium Technologies, to develop our ERP software, last September. I´ve been hiring free lancers in mexico and argentina and after one month or so they all vanish. View more jobs » Andrew Bolster Researching on the companies you Offshore Development work would definitely work you as it did for us.

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Thoughts on Spanish Startups from La Red Innova 2011

VC Cafe

Last week I had the pleasure of giving a keynote in La Red Innova conference, speaking about mobile search and its impact on ecommerce. Red Innova is a technology and entrepreneurship conference held in Madrid for the third year. Mobile web usage in Spain is high, at 20% of mobile phone users in 2011. There are 2.43

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

The Next Web

Just as the first California wine to win a blind-tasting in France in 1976 created legitimacy for all wine producers in Northern California and created hope for producers in places such as Chile, Argentina and Australia, the success of one tech entrepreneur in an emerging market can lead to a new valuation for all who follow.

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How Latin America is Drawing in Global Tech Giants

ReadWriteStart

However, the recent government commitment to develop innovation hubs, coupled with a growing middle class that lead in the adoption of mobile devices, has made Latin America prime territory for global tech companies to target local consumers. More […].

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How to bootstrap a Startup with less than $10k

www.thestartup.eu

Developers are in Argentina, Ukraine and Russia. Reply – Quote Markku says: 21 June, 2010 at 23:03 I would appreciate a a pointer towards a lo-cost, hi-Q iPhone developer Reply – Quote Dario Fornarelli: Tipsandtrip, un Taccuino Per i Viaggi Via Web e Mobile - Creoweb says: 22 June, 2010 at 00:41 [.] Total cost: $5000.