Antonico

About the angst of riding a hot, hot, hot market. Paar im Gespräch, Simon Glücklich, 1880–1890 Before reading this post, I’m sure you...

Expanding our investment focus to foodtech. Wheatfield with Crows, Vincent van Gogh, 1890 ‘I’ve decided to stop eating meat, dad. There’s...

A first date playbook for founders. I sucked at dating. Here’s how it went almost every time. After a strong opening full of storytelling...

The Bus, 1929 by Frida Kahlo I could hardly see the screen. The vapor coming from my light blue face mask inundated my transparent...

Ways to invest venture capital Le Prêteur et sa femme, Quentin Metsys, 1514 With time, you have probably become skeptical about the...

About the players and the game of raising venture capital Nadie quiere invertir en Cornershop, weon — lamented its founder, Oskar, almost...

Building a new future for Latin American tech That spring morning of 2008, our CFO confirmed to the management team the solid 2007...

For Diego, my older, wiser brother Mexico City Subway (Reuters) This morning, as Carmen closed the door behind her, she looked at an...

‘I know you want me to force myself to think in black and white but I won’t.’ — Antonia People taking multiple comparable decisions every...

Your guide to investing in the young and rising Latin American tech Camino a Chalco con los volcanes, Jose Maria Velasco, Mexico city,...

I’m on stage. The Cemex Auditorium is packed. Countless faces of the Stanford GSB community are staring at me in silence. I look around...

Bogota, Colombia As I write this post, I could easily feel dismayed watching the world on the edge of a precipice. The president of the...

The rise of challenger banks in Mexico It’s the end of wave season in Beach Break Zicatela, one of the best surfing spots in the world....

A brief history of the struggles of Brazilian startups in Mexico As my taxi made its way through São Paulo’s urban jungle, my mission,...

I don’t like to share my personal life… it wouldn’t be personal if I shared it. — George Clooney When the Uber dropped me off, an odd...

Pros and cons for startups in emerging ecosystems. Game of Thrones, HBO Whenever we get an investment lead from Spain, most of the times...

Hooli-con — Silicon Valley “[Corporate investing] is dumb. I think corporations should BUY companies. Investing in companies makes no...

What matters most to Emy Mount Kenya ‘I bought a one-way ticket to Nairobi’, Emy said with teary eyes during our December performance...

In emerging markets, there are no copycats, just budding entrepreneurs Jian Yang’s incubator — Silicon Valley Growing in numbers Growing...

As with many other amateur writers, my writing is first a personal exercise. It’s my way to process what I see, organize my thoughts and...

At the start of 2018, I tried myself at predicting the year ahead. Not surprisingly, most of my first submission to you was a big miss....

You founded a top performer, but is it sexy? ‘You need the simplest version of the idea-the one that will grow naturally in the subject’s...

Whatever you build, who joins you matters most It’s been a while since I published my last post, nine months actually. I’ve been busy and...

Empowering millennials at the base of the pyramid That sunny morning, the bus was surprisingly empty. Kary, 19, was heading to her law...