Do not let the fire burn you out
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...
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- Mar 25, 2021
- 3 min
Food for good
Expanding our investment focus to foodtech. Wheatfield with Crows, Vincent van Gogh, 1890 ‘I’ve decided to stop eating meat, dad. There’s...
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- Nov 10, 2020
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Blind Pitch
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...
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- Sep 29, 2020
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Waiting with Frida
The Bus, 1929 by Frida Kahlo I could hardly see the screen. The vapor coming from my light blue face mask inundated my transparent...
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- Jul 16, 2020
- 4 min
Can your money code?
Ways to invest venture capital Le Prêteur et sa femme, Quentin Metsys, 1514 With time, you have probably become skeptical about the...
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- Jun 12, 2020
- 5 min
The fundraising dance
About the players and the game of raising venture capital Nadie quiere invertir en Cornershop, weon — lamented its founder, Oskar, almost...
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- May 7, 2020
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After the storm
Building a new future for Latin American tech That spring morning of 2008, our CFO confirmed to the management team the solid 2007...
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- Apr 12, 2020
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Any given morning…
For Diego, my older, wiser brother Mexico City Subway (Reuters) This morning, as Carmen closed the door behind her, she looked at an...
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- Mar 7, 2020
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How I think I think
‘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...
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- Feb 28, 2020
- 7 min
Faraway, So Close!
Your guide to investing in the young and rising Latin American tech Camino a Chalco con los volcanes, Jose Maria Velasco, Mexico city,...
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- Jan 2, 2020
- 4 min
Latin American tech in 2020 and beyond
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...
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- Dec 4, 2019
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What happened in Latin American tech in 2019
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...
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- Oct 8, 2019
- 5 min
The Next Wallet Wave
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....
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- Sep 17, 2019
- 6 min
Lost in translation
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,...
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- Jul 1, 2019
- 3 min
The Day I Fell for Clooney
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...
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- Apr 24, 2019
- 4 min
Do you need a financial advisor to raise venture capital?
Pros and cons for startups in emerging ecosystems. Game of Thrones, HBO Whenever we get an investment lead from Spain, most of the times...
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- Mar 20, 2019
- 5 min
The no BS guide to creating a Corporate VC in Latin America
Hooli-con — Silicon Valley “[Corporate investing] is dumb. I think corporations should BUY companies. Investing in companies makes no...
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- Jan 24, 2019
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One-way ticket
What matters most to Emy Mount Kenya ‘I bought a one-way ticket to Nairobi’, Emy said with teary eyes during our December performance...
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- Jan 8, 2019
- 4 min
The copycat is out of the bag
In emerging markets, there are no copycats, just budding entrepreneurs Jian Yang’s incubator — Silicon Valley Growing in numbers Growing...
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- Jan 2, 2019
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Latin American tech and VC in 2019
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...
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- Dec 31, 2018
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What happened in Latin American tech in 2018
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....
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- Nov 18, 2018
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About hype and performance
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...
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- Sep 5, 2018
- 7 min
The people you meet
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...
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- Mar 12, 2018
- 5 min
Fintech for tomorrow
Empowering millennials at the base of the pyramid That sunny morning, the bus was surprisingly empty. Kary, 19, was heading to her law...
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