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Founder Interview: Alejandro Russo, Building the Candela Spiced Rum Brand

The Startup Magazine

For the next entry in The Startup Magazine’s founder interview series , we are featuring Alejandro Russo, founder of Candela Mamajuana. Candela Mamajuana is an alcohol/spirits startup brand that is bringing the Dominican Republic’s native rum to the world. Candela is not Alejandro’s first startup.

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Micro-Multinationals, And How They Will Define Our Era

YoungUpstarts

No new business is worth starting in these times unless it can go global.” – Sir Richard Branson, founder, Virgin Group. Its executives sit in San Francisco, its CTO is based in the Dominican Republic, and its development team is in Belgrade. 4] International Finance Corporation, World Bank ( [link] ). [5]