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  • February 3, 2014

    Founder Institute Bogota 2014 y Startup Meetup

    Founder Startup Meetup Bogota 101

    Este pasado jueves 30 de enero, tuvimos el primer Startup Founder Meetup 101 en la instalaciones de Wayra Colombia.  Fue una reunión productiva y lleno de “networking” entre personas interesados en el tema de startups en Bogotá.  También fue muy inspirador para mi escuchar las preguntas de los mas de 25 participantes y tratar de responder estos junto con otros del grupo quienes también ofrecieron sus puntos de vista.  También hablamos sobre el hecho que están abiertas las inscripciones para el Founder Institute Bogota 2014 y que, en este momento, es posible tomar gratis el examen que mide 12 características de emprendimiento.

    Dentro de los temas discutidos fue el del Founder Institute Colombia el cual ya estará lanzando el quinto grupo en abril de 2014 en Bogotá.  Hablé sobre como comenzó todo con mi capacidad de “molestar” al creador del Founder Institute, Adeo Ressi, y lanzar el primer capitulo del programa en todo America Latina. Aproveché hace tres años para, al mismo tiempo, escribir un articulo sobre este hecho el cuál apareció en el New York Times.  También hablé sobre los mentores de calidad global que apoyan a los emprendedores en Colombia.  Esto incluye los que han exitosamente creado sus propios startups en Colombia así como mentores internacionales como Gabe Zichermann quien nos acompañó hace unas semanas en Bogotá.

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  • January 31, 2014

    Great Bogota Visit from Gabe Zichermann

    Gabe Zichermann and TropicalGringoBefore 2013 finished, we had a great Meetup with Gabe Zichermann who stopped by Bogota . It was December 27, 2013 and Gabe decided to relax a bit in Bogota before continuing his travels on to Lima, Peru.  Gabe had been in Bogota and Medellin more than a year ago when he mentored during the 2012 semester of the Founder Institute in Bogota and Medellin.

    It was so satisfying to hear from him that he really enjoyed his stay last time and, when setting up his trip to Peru, he decided to make Colombia one of his stops. This was all the more surprising given the fact that I went a bit overboard during Gabe’s last visit as I scheduled a Gamification workshop and beaucoup press interviews in addition to all of the Founder Institute mentoring.  Wayra Colombia graciously had allowed us to use their excellent facilities both for the workshop a couple of years back and this latest Meetup.

    Gabe is a top mentor international mentor and also co-Director of the Founder Institute in New York.  Among other things, he created the Gamification Summit and has written a number of books on Gamification.  It was extraordinary to have him visiting Colombia and his agreeing to doing an excellent Meetup with a room full of entrepreneurs was much appreciated.

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  • October 27, 2013

    Gamification Bogota Holiday Bash with Gabe Zichermann

    Gabe Zichermann

     

    UPDATE: We’ll be hooking up with Gabe on Friday December 27, 2013 at the Bogota offices of Wayra.  

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    Last year, as well as this year, I had the good fortune to complement my roster of amazing Founder Institute mentors who live in Colombia with impressive mentors from the US.  One of these was Gabe Zichermann, author of a number of top selling books on gamification and creator of the Gamificiation conference called GSummit.  Now, it looks as though Gabe may be back in town at the end of the year.

    This is exciting for myself and a lot of people.  During his last visit to Bogotá and Medellin, Gabe not only mentored at the Founder Institute, but he agreed to do a Gamificiation Workshop for which we were able to get some sponsors to put up the venue, food and snacks.  Not only this, but Gabe went out of his way to mentor some founders individually and do a lot of press interviews. Needless to say, he created quite an impact.

    Unfortunately, this year, because of his hectic schedule, Gabe was unable to come down and mentor during the Founder Institute session.  Nonetheless, a few days ago , he let me know that he may be able to make it down here at the end of the year.  In case this becomes a reality, I’ve set up the following Meetup Group for those interested in hooking up with him.

    Click on photo below to see more photos from Gabe’s last visit:

    Gabe with Giovanny and David

     

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