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

VC Cafe

While this blog is normally about startups and venture capital, I wanted to share a personal experience. 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).

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

ReadWriteStart

In fact, I just did a case study on Coastal Contacts , a $150 million e-commerce company that sells contact lenses online and has built itself up largely by using inventory financing as opposed to venture capital and equity financing. Malaysia, India, China, Italy, Argentina, wherever), you are better off raising money locally.

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Thoughts on Spanish Startups from La Red Innova 2011

VC Cafe

IE, the leading business school in the country has launched Venture LAB , an incubator program, Startup Bootcamp has kicked off its first Spanish version last week with 10 startups participating, and new co-creation/co-working offices are popping up. 2) There’s a hunger for venture capital funding.

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How to bootstrap a Startup with less than $10k

www.thestartup.eu

Developers are in Argentina, Ukraine and Russia. Let’s break down their costs: Logo design: a simple contest on 99designs with a $300 prize. 114 submissions and a professional logo in less than a week. Development: using DjangoPeople and Elance a very international team was born. Total cost: $5000. Two months of work and $2500.

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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

Both Sides of the Table

You can also spend time with a newer startup helping them navigate the world of product management, venture capital or team building. He had already sent a bunch of his staff on projects in Argentina & South Africa at super cheap rates just to keep his staff busy. Sure, you can get away with less, but why?

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Twitter Link Roundup #128 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Nice write-up on Google’s venture capital investment company – [link]. Clever Twitter ad from Smart Car Argentina. – [link]. crowdSPRING”s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Invitation Consultants – [link]. Small Business and Startup Tips: Managing Remote Employees – [link].

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

Provigent, which was founded in 2000, raised $55 million from international and Israeli venture capital firms. Israel signed a co-production agreement with Brazil last year and is in talks for the same with Argentina and Spain, which, when signed will greatly facilitate cooperation with the Israeli film industry.

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