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Why the Former President of Nickelodeon Joined mitú as CEO.

Both Sides of the Table

Nickelodeon under Herb was the top-rated network in cable for 10 straight years. He was also Vice Chairman of MTV Networks and oversaw adult brands Spike and TV Land. We = my father is from Colombia, South America, immigrated to the U.S. This isn’t your grandmother’s Univision or telenovelas.

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Twitter Link Roundup #95 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! No New Social Network Launched Today – [link]. Global Web Design Trends: South America – [link]. The video above shows actor Jim Meskimen. 70% of U.S.

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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTú

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Yesterday MiTú Networks announced that Upfront Ventures led a $10 million financing in what is now the largest producer of Latino online videos – primarily driven through YouTube. In food you have the amazing food network Tastemade – the Food Network of online video. Indeed we are already seeing that online.

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Why The Next Generation of Online Video Companies Will be Vertical

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Mitu Network is the largest digital media company for Latinos in the US and also targeting Mexico and South America. The Food Network. I wrote about my investment 18 months ago when we led a $10 million round in Mitu Network , the largest Latino online video company. ESPN in sports. CNN/Fox in news. And so forth.

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Argentina Entrepreneurship, Endeavor, and Global Lessons

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As part of connecting with local Argentinian entrepreneurs and part of the amazing Endeavor networks here and South America, Wences and I recorded a podcast to share what I and Silicon Valley can learn from the robust entrepreneurial ecosystem down here.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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He grew up in Colombia, South America. And my specialty was computer networks. There was one in Silicon Valley, unsurprising, one in Chicago, and there was this group out of the south of France that served all of Europe. That leadership trait is just not innate in everybody. I grew up in Northern California.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – June 2012 Edition

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The two companies have collaborated for a long time, with Facebook using Face.com’s technology to help users tag the faces of friends in pictures they upload on the social network with Face.com’s Photo Tagger service. Facebook’s acquisition of Face.com will enable the social network to embed face recognition software into its photo app.

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