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  • June 14, 2010

    Primer AVC Meetup en Bogota

    AVC BogotaEl ultimo martes tuvimos el primer AVC meetup en Bogota. Tuvimos una variedad de asistentes como empresarios web con clientes en America Latina y en EEUU en adicion a un fondo de inversion.   Tuvimos la fortuna de contar con las increibles oficinas de Studiocom para nuestra nuestra reunion gracias a Javier Montenegro.

    Hablamos de excelentes casos de exito en la region como MercadoLibre y Bucape con grandes valuaciones.  Aunque Brasil, Argentina y Mexico llevan la delantera en emprendimiento e inversion web, estuvimos de acuerdo que Colombia tiene todas las piezas para convertirse en una potencia tambien.

    La conversacion estuvo excelente e interactiva. Segun muchos de los participantes, parecia haber consenso en dos puntos: 1) falta de entrenamiento y preparacion del talento humano (tecnico y otros) y 2) mejores guias para los empresarios que desean crecer sus empresas.  Tambien, parece que hay mucho interes en iniciativas en estas areas ya que mas que un participante preguntaba sobre “el proximo paso” tomando este Meetup mas como un proyecto que una oportunidad para conversacion (la definicion de un Meetup).

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  • June 14, 2010

    First Bogotá AVC Meetup a Success

    AVC BogotaLast Tuesday, we held the first AVC meetup in Bogota. We had a great turn out of successful entrepreneurs with customers in Latin America as well as in the states as well as a local investment fund. We were fortunate in that Javier Montenegro graciously allowed us the use of his company’s amazing offices at Studiocom.

    We spoke of the great success stories such as MercadoLibre, Buscape with market valuations greater than $1 Billion and, in the case of Buscape, in the hundreds of millions.  Though Brazil, Argentina and Mexico have definitely taken the lead, there was agreement that Colombia has all the pieces to also become a force on the web.

    The conversation was great and quite interactive.  According to the participants, there seemed to be quite a bit of consensus on two areas where the Colombian environment needs a bit of help in terms of entrepreneurship: 1) training and preparation of talent (e.g., technical and otherwise) and 2) guidance for entrepreneurs wanting to take their companies to the next level. Also, it seems that there is much interest in any initiatives in these areas as more than one participant was asking what was the “next step.”  More than a Meetup to discuss these topics, it felt as though the participants wanted to become part of a specific initiative.

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  • May 30, 2010

    Digital Startup Ecosystem in Colombia – Bogota Meetup

    Bogota AVC MeetupWell, it’s been quite an active week. I had the good fortune to talk with Arturo and Omar from Emprende.la about the state of Digital Innovation in Latin America (according to moi). If you wish, you can listen to the podcast where I discuss my Incubator project and the fact that I’m still at the initial planning stage.  I also gave a radio presentation to a local station called RCN where I spoke about Digital Innovation in Latin America. I made this presentation utilizing the web platform called Pio.la.

    Finally, one of the sharpest Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors in the business (according to moi), Fred Wilson, is promoting a global series of Meetups to talk about start-ups.  Please join me next week by clicking on the widget below so we can all meet in person and discuss the current start-up environment in Colombia and Latin America and what we can do to accelerate the creation and growth of innovative digital start-ups.   See ya next week!

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  • May 30, 2010

    Emprendimiento Digital – Meetup en Bogota

    Bogota AVC MeetupEsta semana ha sido una semana con mucha actividad.  En el area de emprendimiento, expresé mi plan de crear una incubadora a los excelentes chicos de Emprende.la.  Si desea, puede escuchar al podcast donde hablo sobre mi filosofia para dicho fondo y que hasta ahora estoy en la fase inicial y todavia falta buen camino por recorrer para que el fondo sea realidad.  Adicionalmente, hable con la transmitora Colombiana RCN sobre Innovacion Digital en America Latina.  Realicé esta presentacion a traves de la plataforma de Pio.la.

    Finalmente, uno de los profesionales mas impresionantes (segun yo) que se despeña como inversionista, Fred Wilson, acaba de lanzar su iniciativa de Meetup Everywhere para hablar sobre temas de emprendimiento e inversion.  Acompañanme en la reunion que sostendremos la proxima semana haciendo clic sobre el widget en la parte inferior de este blog post.  Nos vemos la proxima semana!

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