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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- Jan 2, 2018
- 2 min
Latin American tech and VC in 2018
Following Fred Wilson and other investors posts predicting the short-term future, I’ll try myself at this exercise to start the year....
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- Dec 11, 2017
- 5 min
Land of Unicornios
Argentina, the comeback ecosystem Buenos Aires — EnerNews 2015 Estoy romántico y repleto de clichés — Gustavo Cerati Yes, things are...
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- Sep 8, 2017
- 7 min
About flying away
When your mother called me crying, my heart plunged. I thought something had happened to you, your brother or your sisters. A feeling of...
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- Aug 21, 2017
- 5 min
Tough love
“It takes two flints to make a fire.” — Louisa May Alcott Whether they lead a round or just chip in late in the game, all early stage...
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- Jul 31, 2017
- 5 min
Expanding the promise of entrepreneurship in developing economies
Originally published in ET Tech, India The diversity and complexity of ordinary life in an average developing economy gives bold...
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- May 30, 2017
- 3 min
Hola ALLIE
‘ What I cannot create, I do not understand.’ — Richard Feynman As a VC team, our work calls for supporting builders pursue big dreams....
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- May 10, 2017
- 7 min
Good to Awesome
At the end of March, like every other morning, I began my day by scrolling through my inbox until all senders and subject lines turned...
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- May 4, 2017
- 8 min
To millennials with love (part 3)
‘How would that make me change?’, asked my favorite millennial in a buzzing French bistro in Mexico City’s midtown while talking about...
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- Apr 4, 2017
- 1 min
A firm of doers & givers
Since I saw this graph on my twitter feed last weekend, I can’t stop thinking about it. Find on the upper right side what we strive to be...
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- Mar 30, 2017
- 4 min
La reforma financiera que nunca llegó
Caía una lluvia torrencial en una noche de final del verano de 2016. En el piso 12 de una torre de Plaza Inn, seguía la plática iniciada...
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- Mar 13, 2017
- 3 min
A brief post about nothing
If you are reading this, you are probably browsing too many inconsequential posts. Don’t worry, I won’t be the one to cast the first...
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- Mar 2, 2017
- 9 min
Not another AI post
Originally published in TechCrunch, February 2017. “Over the last couple of years, a billion new people have joined the super-connected...
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- Jan 18, 2017
- 5 min
On writing a wrong
‘There is a spelling mistake in your tweet Fede. How fitting for the announcing of your first book…written in English!’, our impeccably...
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- Jan 4, 2017
- 7 min
To millennials, with love (part 2)
‘It was one of the hardest decisions I have ever made. I haven’t slept in weeks. I spoke to as many people I could before reaching a...
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- Dec 16, 2016
- 4 min
To millennials, with love (part 1)
‘I was offered the CMO position at the largest Latin American ecommerce company. It’s an exciting and a unique time to join an internet...
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- Nov 24, 2016
- 3 min
On the Success of Failure
“You did not respect your end of the contract either. You took a few days off during the acceleration program, clearly you did not...
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- Sep 27, 2016
- 2 min
Our Brand Refresh
A lesson on why brands matter and how we got the best out of ours. We are proud to introduce the result of a recent collaboration between...
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- Aug 15, 2016
- 7 min
The rise and rise of Mexican fintech
Originally published in TechCrunch, July 2016. Nothing tells the story of how the Mexican tech ecosystem is steaming ahead in Latin...
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- Jun 6, 2016
- 5 min
Trash talk, spotlights and finding great investors.
One of the most difficult things for founders raising capital is how to validate the promised value added of a VC before signing a...
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- May 16, 2016
- 5 min
Have you failed enough?
Failing sucks. It makes people feel unfit, unacomplished or unlucky. It always comes with value destruction: money, confidence and the...
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- May 2, 2016
- 5 min
About those Mexican sharks
Originally published in TechCrunch, April 2016 You know entrepreneurship has gone mainstream when a local Shark Tank hits cable TV. I was...
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