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How Start-Up Chile Helps Entrepreneurs and Chile Alike

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The Start-Up Chile accelerator was arguably the spark that ignited Chile’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. The Chilean government, through the development agency CORFO, founded Start-Up Chile in 2010 as a way to bring in foreign entrepreneurs who would galvanize Chile’s transition into an economy built on technology and innovation.

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Entrepreneur Runs Coding Academy To Help Students Gain Real-world Software Development Skills

Hearpreneur

Marcelo Ricigliano is the co-founder of 4Geeks Academy , a Miami based coding academy with campuses in USA, Chile and Venezuela. Prior to 4Geeks Academy, Ricigliano was the CEO for Vikua, a Smart City Startup that was named as one of the 30 most promising tech Companies in Latin America by Forbes. Steve Jobs.

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[Review] The $100 Startup

YoungUpstarts

With the key themes of freedom and value at its core, “ The $100 Startup ” is a brilliant blueprint assisting “wannapreneurs” keen to heed the rallying call of the microbusiness revolution. From borrowing from family members to Kickstarter to car loans, there are various ways to reduce one’s startup burden.

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How To Get Ready To Participate In An Acceleration Program

YoungUpstarts

Based on my own experience working for two different startup companies, Keteka and onlineresume.us , I will break down several important pieces of advice in order to help you better navigate the application process, what to do in case you are not accepted, and how to successfully prepare for participation in these kinds of programs.

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Move Your Startup to Chile-con Valley, Get $40,000!

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It's the plight of every startup: mucho trabajo, poco dinero. Steve Davis packed his laptop and his Spanish phrasebook and moved to Chile. On arrival, a government program called Start-Up Chile handed him $40,000, no equity required. Start-Up Chile has received criticism from some participants. What to do? They raised $1.6

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Common Pitch Chile

David Cohen

I’m really looking forward to my upcoming trip to Santiago, Chile where I’ll be speaking about startup communities at Common Pitch Chile along with some incredible people including Al Gore , who is the keynote speaker. I’m very excited to have lunch with him and learn all about the Internet!).

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How To Get The Most Out Of A Startup Accelerator

ReadWriteStart

Startup accelerators: There are more of them – and more demand to land a spot within one – than ever before. A common problem with entrepreneurs is that they go into their caves and forget to build the relationships necessary for their companies to grow. I have been a part of both Startup Chile and now TechStars in Boston.