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Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

In fact penetration in Chile, Turkey, and Venezuela is estimated at >80% which is astonishing. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Facebook estimates they already have 60% of addressable US internet users. But places like Brazil and India are estimated at 20-30% and Japan and South Korea at <15%.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

We are unbelievably lucky to be here right now, with a team of über-talented people from the best and brightest Silicon Valley companies, at a moment when what a book should be is morphing before our very eyes. I originally came from Argentina, and lived in Brazil and Venezuela before moving to the US. That’s massive.