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

Up and Running

I had some limited knowledge about search engine marketing, but knew nothing about marketing in a more general sense. Six months before starting our business, my wife and I moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina with no solid plans, no place to live, and no jobs. We’d never had anyone pay us for a product or a service.

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I’ve gone plant-based for a month, here’s my experience

VC Cafe

I was originally born in Argentina, which can normally be found in the dictionary as the antonym to vegetarian (fellow Argentineans – don’t be offended, I’m half kidding). I should say that we didn’t inflict this on the kids. I know Veganism is almost a religion for some… for me it’s not going to be.

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Women 2.0 Partners Google, Extends Founder Friday Events

YoungUpstarts

has announced that it is partnering search giant Google to support the startup and entrepreneurship ecosystem in the United States and around the world. Media and event company Women 2.0

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

ReadWriteStart

Vin proposes to build a restaurant search, reviews and ratings site for the Malaysian market catering both to tourists and locals. Malaysia, India, China, Italy, Argentina, wherever), you are better off raising money locally. So it can be done, but you have to be really scrappy, creative and resourceful.

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Bitcoin: Resilience in Crisis

thebarefootvc

In the midst of highly volatile traditional financial markets, savvy investors are searching for new avenues for not only higher returns, but the best risk-adjusted ones as well. As investors try to navigate the COVID-19 world, they’re taking a hard look at their portfolios and solving for the new normal.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

echoes Labay’s sentiment: Search habits change. Managers can defy old mind-sets and creatively search for superior solutions. I built my first startup in Argentina during the economic crisis-turned-revolution in 2001,” writes Frederic Kerrest , “and my co-founder and I started Okta in the depths of the U.S. Social habits change.

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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. I started by searching for domain names that were available. Photo Credit: Josephine Caminos Oria. My Argentine grandmother, Maria Dora Germain is the namesake of my food business, La Dorita Cooks.

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