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Latinitas Volunteer Spotlight: T.C. Waugh

Austin Startup

Before returning to his hometown of Austin, he spent much of his life in Mexico and Argentina; his wife Giselle is from Uruguay. Helping my team of girls to develop a business plan and pitch it to a team of judges was the highlight of my year! Waugh is an experienced entrepreneur, marketer, and philanthropist.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

Trade in 2010 between Israel and the other countries that comprise Mercosur, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay, reached $1.8 Citigroup intends to open a technology research and development center in Israel in December to support its global activities. 1 chipmaker, has two plants and four development centers in Israel.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

real GDP growth for Israel in 2010 in the absence of extraordinary developments, and Fischer has said the economy may grow more than that if the global recovery accelerates. Israel’s central bank, Morgan Stanley and other financial institutions have forecasted 3.5% TEVA INCREASES WORLD MARKET SHARE IN RATIOPHARM PURCHASE.

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This Weekend

Startup Lessons Learned

Product management and customer development, KISSmetrics. One caveat: if you come by, you are automatically volunteering to be subjected to some intense customer development. Fast-paced, thought-provoking and social, this Ignite features presentations from in-the-trenches entrepreneurs ready to share their lessons learned. Also: booze.

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

In developed markets Wifi and broadband are now seen as a right, rather than an option, to the point where many consumers claim that not having it is a modern form of social abuse. While developing markets are jumping computers all together and taking themselves out of technology poverty and riding on the coat tails of the smart phone.

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

Startup Lessons Learned

It was so amazing, like we were trying to send payments into Uruguay to pay people who are listening to their homes on Airbnb. And so we eventually just sent $100 through it and asked somebody in Uruguay to tell us how much money showed up on the other side. We called them and they couldn't even answer the question themselves.

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