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Latinitas Volunteer Spotlight: T.C. Waugh

Austin Startup

Waugh is an experienced entrepreneur, marketer, and philanthropist. Before returning to his hometown of Austin, he spent much of his life in Mexico and Argentina; his wife Giselle is from Uruguay. Originally trained in the world of advertising and marketing for the U.S.

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Host a Livestream of The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

For the 2010 and 2011 Lean Startup conferences , we offered the complete conference for simulcast so that people could join in from their communities around the world. These simulcasts are important community-building opportunities. (BTW, BTW, you can read more about why in Brad Feld's new book, Startup Communities.)

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Startup Lessons Learned 2011 streaming live

Startup Lessons Learned

We struggle with this issue every year, because we strongly encourage everyone who can to participate with their local entrepreneurship community. Strengthening ties between entrepreneurs is one of our most important values. That said, there comes a point where that's not possible for everyone.

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This Weekend

Startup Lessons Learned

The next couple of days are going to be amazing, as the Lean Startup community converges on San Francisco. If you're in town Saturday night, you'll want to stop by Ignite: Lean Startup , a community-run event that features a number of new voices in the Lean Startup community. Welcome to our fair city. Also: booze.

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

We now live in an anarconomy where entrepreneurs are making counter moves to disrupt the status quo so they can redefine commercial landscapes. The entire country of Uruguay is connected to the web. They (Uruguay) want to ensure they are not a victim of technology poverty. The mind is empty when the belly is full.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

As you'll hear, BA became an entrepreneur without expecting to have to address such questions, but that's not how it's turned out. Can institutions be totally distributed or should they be rooted and loyal to a certain community or geography? What is the role of public and private organizations in governing our shared civic fabric?

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