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A Look at What’s Fueling Startup Investments in Colombia

ReadWriteStart

Looking at the major markets in Latin America in 2018, most show increases in VC investment in keeping with the regional average. These markets have brought us to 2020 — outpacing them all — is Colombia. Here’s a look at what’s fueling startup investments in Colombia. Market size.

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Meet our Startup Chica Committee Members

Austin Startup

As Latinitas ambassadors, they have offered their expertise and support in event planning, marketing, business, technology and more. Paulina speaks both English and Spanish fluently due to being in primary and grade schools in both Colombia and the U.S. Why is it important to encourage girls to be innovative leaders? Diversity exists.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain The Future Trends They See in Their Industry

Hearpreneur

The housing market is set to have another booming year in 2021. 5- Change in marketing. I foresee a shift in the way products are marketed. As we have all been transplanted into the digital realm, social media and influencer marketing is bigger than ever. 18- Conversational marketing. 3- Two trends.

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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTú

Both Sides of the Table

My point was that Amazon continues to dominate the web services business because AWS continues to cut prices & margin in the same way a hypermarket does to control market share. So they began signing up Spanish-language content producers in Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico and so forth.

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7 Startup Entrepreneurs On How To Attract Top Talent

YoungUpstarts

Other than that, having a big fat market opportunity and showing where the company fits, allows the best talent to turn initial interest into a rally cry. Philip Acuña is a journalist and PR strategist based in Medellin, Colombia. ” – John Kagit, Socialeyes. Let Them Try The Product.

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10 Amazing Microfinance Success Stories

YoungUpstarts

Marcelino Lopez, Colombia. Lopez and his family were living in a plastic tent in Barrio Nelson Mandela, Colombia, with $300 to his name. The bank lends to groups of women, with each receiving $50 to $100 to buy rickshaws for transporting wheat to market or to help them open Internet kiosks.

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Top 4 Networking Tips From Startup Founders

YoungUpstarts

Whether you jump in guerrilla style, or equipped with a team of marketing pros your experience will undoubtedly rely on the same fundamental core strategies. Whilst communications today rely heavily on technology, nothing beat good old fashioned face-to-face networking.