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In the heart of the Panamanian jungle, a startup village grows

The Next Web

At the end of 2013, more than 100 entrepreneurs, artists, environmentalists, and yogis flew into Panama City’s chaotic metropolis, seeking an adventure, and a fun way to celebrate the New Year. Event partners included Patagonia, Kammok and Tactivate. Hotsko and two of Panama’s most celebrated artists, Thomson Moore and Anne Dillon.

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How World-Class Mountain Guides Inspire Young Business Leaders

YoungUpstarts

International mountain guide Christian Santelices, who with two friends achieved a first ascent on Cerro Escudo, a remote rock face in Chilean Patagonia, told me, “In order to get to the top I not only had to dig deep and reveal a part of my soul to the mountain, I also had to reveal a part of my soul to my partners.

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32 Business and Life Lessons: What I Learned Running Companies on 4 Different Continents

ConversionXL

The job was building relationships with partners and advertisers and to sell advertising. I decided to use the opportunity and bought a one-way ticket to Panama – I wanted to learn Spanish. I had received my first salary, moved into a colonial house in Panama City Casco Viejo district next to the Pacific Ocean.

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Startups: It’s not Thelma & Louise

Austin Startup

We tried, and opted out of, potentials for pivots; we pitched for game-changing partners and acquisitions that did not ultimately convert. We pitched everyone from Angels to partners at Andreessen Horowitz on Sand Hill Road. We got real close a couple of times to great investment partners. Thank you Ifundwomen supporters !)

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12 Questions: Meet Pamela Harvey (USA)

crowdSPRING Blog

Just kidding with this Machiavellian approach, but suffice it to say that you won’t become wealthy as a graphic designer, but with any luck and talent and a partner with a decent full time job with benefits, you will do fine. We lived in Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, and Colombia. 12) What do you do with your free time?