When you meet startup founder Tomás Vega, you won’t get too far into the conversation before he tells you that he wants to become a Cyborg!
What Tomás is doing is crazy. The good type of crazy. The break-boundaries-of-science type of crazy. The type of crazy Linda Rottenberg, founder of Endeavor, talks about in her book Crazy is a Compliment.
Continue reading “Peruvian pushing the boundaries of deep tech”I am a big believer in the capacity of the founders currently leading Peru’s startup community. I also am optimistic about the future due to the emergence of Peruvians who have earned leadership positions in top tech companies.
Over the past few years, Peruvians working in Silicon Valley have been a steady presence in Peru’s startup community. PeruSV is a group of Peruvians in Silicon Valley that organizes the annual Techosuyo conference. The Peru chapter of Swiss EP has done significant work to help connect Peruvians abroad with the local ecosystem.
Now, the number of tech professionals is getting larger and they are taking on leadership roles.
Daniel Barreto, may be a lesser known actor in the Lima startup community, but his impact is huge.
Daniel is CEO and co-founder of Haystack News, a U.S.-based startup that offers a better way to consume digital news content. Daniel is also a mentor at StartX, a top accelerator program in the U.S. where Haytack News is a portfolio company. Haystack is described in the App Store as “your go-to for hyper-relevant news, from local coverage to global current events. It’s the best way to watch a variety of coverage, all in one place, and absolutely free.”
What are you waiting for?
There is never a “good” time to leave your job and launch a startup. But for professionals in Latin America, this might be the best time. The current political and economic uncertainty in Latin America is worrying for large corporations. Startups, on the other hand, thrive on solving problems in challenging times.
Here are some reasons why you should take advantage of the current situation in Latin America to launch a startup:
Continue reading “Now or never: Why you should leave your job and launch a startup”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.
Hace 9 meses me uní a Able, un Venture Studio de Nueva York, para ser parte del equipo fundador de Codeable, un bootcamp intensivo de 6 meses donde entrenamos a los alumnos para que se vuelvan full stack web developers.
El viernes 9 de agosto graduamos al primer grupo de alumnos. He decidido compartir el discurso de graduación por dos motivos:
Startup founders are not the only ones in Peru who are scaling regionally. Investment professionals and ecosystem actors are also making the jump from local to regional roles.
Continue reading “A different type of scale-up”Era común pensar en las compañías grandes y establecidas como la mejor opción para desarrollarse profesionalmente (línea de carrera). Sin embargo, va quedando cada vez más claro que las startups y organizaciones relacionadas pueden generar mejores oportunidades de desarrollo.
Continue reading “2 cosas que no te dicen sobre tu “línea de carrera””Startup skills can be learned, but mostly outside the classroom. Instead of studying for an MBA, many young professionals in Latin America are going to work at global and regional startups. Continue reading “Startup MBA”
Uno de los más grandes retos para los emprendedores es atraer talento. Esto se debe, en gran medida, a la clásica pregunta para alguien que está empezando a trabajar: ¿Cuál es mi línea de carrera? Continue reading “¿Por qué deberías trabajar para una startup?”
Le pusieron el nombre de PayPal Mafia a un grupo conformado por los primeros trabajadores de PayPal que luego fundaron, invirtieron, o ayudaron a desarrollar empresas tecnológicas de altísimo impacto: Tesla, LinkedIn, YouTube, SpaceX, Yelp, Reddit, Quora, entre otras. Continue reading “La Mafia de MESA 24/7”
