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How to Build an All-Star Remote Technology Team

The Startup Magazine

Remote teams work from the same office and include a wide range of specialists – UX designers, solid software engineers and project managers. This kind of companies, for example, can augment the teams behind successful startups in the Bay area while operating in Asia, Eastern Europe or South America.

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Isidoro Quiroga: “South America’s Warren Buffet” Mogul Makes Next Move

The Startup Magazine

Quiroga has invested in companies in North America, South America, Europe, and Australia. Quiroga invested in mines in South America and Australia over the following decades. Investors are counting on Quiroga to bring the same forward-thinking management, sound financials, and uber-fast growth to his next venture.

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[Interview] Benjamin Yee of EMERGE App

YoungUpstarts

A self-professed digital nomad and the founder of a software startup that provides order, purchase and inventory management, Benjamin has found an enviable match for his wanderlust with a business that allows him to work online, anywhere and anytime. We speak to Benjamin about entrepreneurship and building a startup.

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Find an Angel Investor, Without Going Through Hell

Startup Professionals Musings

If your startup is looking for an angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up. It boasts 595 member-managed groups and VCs, 30,203 investors, and 2,900 new company applications a month. Or does it? Angel Capital Association (ACA).

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Creating the Next Silicon Valley – The Chilean Experiment

Steve Blank

I did a keynote on innovation hubs at the newly created DoFuture program , spoke at Santiago’s Startup Weekend on Customer and Agile Development, and at a Conference in Patagonia supported by the Ministry of Economy’s Innovation Division. Chile has decided that it wants to be an innovation hub in South America.

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Entrepreneur Runs Coding Academy To Help Students Gain Real-world Software Development Skills

Hearpreneur

Prior to 4Geeks Academy, Ricigliano was the CEO for Vikua, a Smart City Startup that was named as one of the 30 most promising tech Companies in Latin America by Forbes. He has also launched several other startups (some have failed and some exist included) across different tech Areas: traffic info, e-health, and unified communications.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

One of my favorite events last year was attending Startup Grind where I got to interview Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Dilemma. And of course we talked about many of my views of building startups. He grew up in Colombia, South America. You didn’t join startups then.

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