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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTú

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By “vertical production” I meant that many online video production companies will have a strong vertical focus that will help them win the battle to sign up talent, build stronger & more loyal audiences and align with stronger advertiser relationships because they serve more endemic audiences.

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The Importance of The Narrative

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I went to undergrad at UCSD, which is not a place known for its Greek institutions and my father grew up in South America and had know idea what a fraternity was. By sophomore year I got the inspiration to hold leadership positions in the fraternity. I had the experience and leadership skills. It was go big or go home.

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Why the Former President of Nickelodeon Joined mitú as CEO.

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So while not one single Latino actor, director, writer or producer was nominated for the major awards in 2017 and the last major acting Latina win was 10 years ago and acting Latino win was 27 years ago — audiences are craving content that resonates with their experiences. We = my father is from Colombia, South America, immigrated to the U.S.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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He grew up in Colombia, South America. That leadership trait is just not innate in everybody. And I see people in leadership roles that can’t handle the stress, and I think sometimes people just aren’t chemically wired for that. I grew up in Northern California. His father came from Romania. I have no idea.

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Why I Invested in Gogii (textPlus) – My First Ever Later Stage Deal

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He not only has experience in dealing with the carriers where at JAMDAT he established all the carrier relationships but he also led the international expansion of JAMDAT in Europe, Asia & South America giving them a footprint in 40 countries. My entire partnership took their leadership team to dinner. I can do that.

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Creating the Next Silicon Valley – The Chilean Experiment

Steve Blank

Chile has decided that it wants to be an innovation hub in South America. I suggested that Chile’s mining industry could contribute to building innovation leadership by funding a multi-tiered initiative in the country’s leading universities: Professional management training (obvious and immediate payback). See below.).

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Of Course #BlackLivesMatter — How Could Anything be LESS Controversial?

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Nowhere is the point made more poignantly than the 47-second video below by Jane Elliot in which she poses the question to the (all white) audience ‘how many people would be happy to be treated how black people are treated in society?’ My father is from South America and I take great offense to Trump vilifying Latinos.

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