There are plenty of resources out there to draw inspiration when writing a monthly or quarterly investor update for your startup – some even down to explaining why we need them.
So, here’s my own take on who really reads an investor update?
Continue reading “👀 Who reads your investor updates?”
Startup founders have an uphill climb to acquire new clients and raise money from investors.
If you are a startup founder, in order to achieve your goals, you will have to do other people’s work for them. The good news is that when you do, you will increase your probability of success.
Continue reading “Make it easy to say “yes””Founders’ ability to put together a team, or armar equipo, is a key factor to startup success. Founders who are able to make key hires show they can inspire and lead with a clear vision.
Continue reading “Armar equipo”Startup founders constantly make decisions. Most are small and quick, while some are major and long term. Here are three ways to make better decisions:
Continue reading “3 ways startup founders make decisions”En nuestro afán de querer mejorar el mundo es común querer ayudar a “chicos a llevar a cabo lindos proyectos,” pero en cuanto se trata de una startup, esa frase no guarda relación con la realidad.
En teoría me he dedicado a asesorar a emprendedores. Yo siento que la realidad es muy distinta, tanto en Startup Perú y en mayor medida en UTEC Ventures, yo me dedicaba a aprender de ellos. En este post les comparto algunos aprendizajes que se me han quedado grabados.
Continue reading “Aprendiendo de emprendedores”The founder journey is never a straight path. It is long, winding, and involves multiple stops along the way.
Next time you’re looking for advisor or mentor consider the founders below. They have lived through the trials of a launching startups and never stop learning.
The Mexican market offers great opportunities for startup founders from other countries in LatAm.
Here are the the steps to enter Mexico:
Hace casi un año me uní a una startup basada en NY que también tiene oficinas en San Francisco y Lima. Rápidamente me topé con varias buenas prácticas que startups y empresas en latinoamérica podrían adoptar.
Continue reading “5 buenas prácticas para tu startup”The year is only three-quarters done, but it is safe to say 2019 has been a breakout year for fintech in Peru. Both the breadth and depth of the fintech ecosystem have increased compared to a year ago.
No startup is perfect.
This is a saying we have at the Angel Ventures office in Lima. I hope it doesn’t offend you. Trust me, we are not perfect either. In fact, we make a conscious effort to not be perfect and avoid spending valuable time looking for the perfect startup.
Continue reading “The 80/20 rule”The Peru Venture Capital Conference is one month away (October 16th and 17th in Lima).
Apostar por un desarrollo descentralizado en el Perú es fundamental para continuar con el crecimiento económico del país. Así lo demuestra el Plan Nacional de Competitividad y Productividad (2019-2030) que el Gobierno publicó hace unos meses atrás. Este plan indica claramente que nuestras instituciones estatales tendrán un enfoque descentralizado debido a la alta disparidad productiva que existe entre las regiones.
Founders get to ask questions too. There is an important moment in an pitch meetings when founders have the opportunity to turn the tables on investors.
Founders who ask the right questions will gain valuable information that with allow them to probablity-weight investor interest.
Talent is not a one way street. It enters (and leaves) startup ecosystems in many ways. I recently wrote a post for Get on Board about talent for startups in Peru and the ways talented technology professionals are entering our adding energy and insights to our startup community.
Here is the full article that with ideas for both startups and corporates looking to connect with talent:
How Peruvian startups can connect with talent
You can read more posts and learn about tech talent in Peru and Latin America at Get on Board’s Medium site here.
