The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Silicon Valley is made up of solely one industry: technology, whereas countries in emerging markets have existing industries, around which entrepreneurs are innovating. Speaking a good level of English is also paramount as Silicon Valley investors are now looking to emerging markets to make investments.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I didn’t listen as I didn’t want to work with anyone that was intimidated by a NAME of all of things. I didn’t listen as I didn’t want to work with anyone that was intimidated by a NAME of all of things. eBay is likely the most efficient “accelerator” to have existed to date.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2012

Reuben Mpunda, Tanzania. Lopez and his family were living in a plastic tent in Barrio Nelson Mandela, Colombia, with $300 to his name. The bank lends to groups of women, with each receiving $50 to $100 to buy rickshaws for transporting wheat to market or to help them open Internet kiosks. Marcelino Lopez, Colombia.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 22, 2013

While living my personal Dream to Summit Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania we took the website live, literally as I was hiking up the mountain. We are also focused on gaining additional exposure of the TripBucket name through social media. We plan to expand this business in the travel, sports, medical and advertising markets.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

His name is Tomas Pueyo. So really it is not just the English-speaking, but since you're talking about addressable market, I had a thought about it. I think that addressable market is probably, maybe, in the tens of millions, maybe hundreds but definitely not in the billions. He was not a famous author. He wasn't a media star.

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