Contradictions | Antonico

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The missing angel…

In Mexico, founders are facing an Angel round crunch. As much as Angel investors are all the rage, projected as the force driving a...

Conventional wisdom founders should ignore.

A couple of years ago, one of our most talented team of founders came back barely recognizable from an international certification...