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Jared Simon @PulsoConf: All Entrepreneurs Face the Same Challenges
Jared Simon, one of the creators of HotelTonight, will be at PulsoConf 2013 in June.
Apps.co Selects Socialatom Ventures to Lead Acceleration Initiative
At the close of PulsoConf in September, Apps.co leader Claudia Obando announced that the next stage of Colombia’s Vive Digital would soon be set in motion with Socialatom Ventures. The organization will drive forward Colombia’s digital entrepreneurship ecosystem through a new acceleration program for startups, which is now set to launch. Socialatom Ventures will implement [...]
Recently Selected by 500 Startups, Wideo on the Fast Track to Launch
In July, Wideo (then called Wideoo) was among the 15 startups selected to travel to the United States as part of Mission Buenos Aires – Silicon Valley. Having come in ninth place in the competition, the do-it-yourself animated video creation platform took off to California. The team was excited at the prospect of the trip, [...]
PulsoConf Wrap-Up: Increasing Southbound Traffic on the LatAm-SV Bridge
In this so-called bridge we keep talking about between Latin America and Silicon Valley, one gets the feeling that most of the traffic is headed north. But with PulsoConf last month, we did our part in getting things moving in the other direction as well. From the 28th to the 30th of September, over 400 [...]
Desafio Brasil Names Six Finalists
After months of inscriptions, mentoring, and feedback sessions as well as a heated semifinal contest, it’s D-Day for Desafio Brasil. This afternoon, the winner of the 7th edition of the Brazilian leg of Desafio Intel will be announced. Yesterday, 24 startups participated in the competition’s semifinals, hailing from all over Brazil. Subsequently, the top six [...]
SnappyGo Wins Startup Competition @PulsoConf
Yesterday, PulsoConf came to a close with the Startup Competition. Six teams, including PulsoConf Hackathon winner Pollbag, pitched their projects to a panel composed by Adam D’Augelli, Steve Martocci, Marta Cruz, David Weekly and Ran Harnevo. In the end, SnappyGo was named the winner. Martocci commended SnappyGo, a place where expert travelers help others to plan [...]
Dicussion Panel @PulsoConf: Accelerators in Latin America
After three days of an intense agenda, PulsoConf will come to a close this afternoon. Before everyone packs their bags and heads home, there are a few great items lined up for the day that will delve into some of the most pressing issues in the tech ecosystem – like this morning’s discussion panel. Mexican.VC’s [...]
Brian Wong @PulsoConf: Show people that the category means something, and think beyond yourself
The speech circuit of PulsoConf came to a close this afternoon with Brian Wong. Founder and CEO of mobile rewards network kiip, Wong is recognized as the youngest person to ever receive funding from a venture capital firm and is an expert in online and social media marketing. Today, he presented kiip Getting Lucky, discussing [...]
Brian Wong Announces kiip Bogota Offices @PulsoConf
The speech circuit of PulsoConf came to a close this afternoon with Brian Wong. Founder and CEO of mobile rewards network kiip, Wong is recognized as the youngest person to ever receive funding from a venture capital firm and is an expert in online and social media marketing. During his presentation, Wong announced that kiip [...]
David Weekly @PulsoConf: Get Your Head Out of the Cloud and Hands into the Dirt
This afternoon at PulsoConf, David Weekly took center stage to kill the dreams of a room full of hopeful entrepreneurs and developers. Well, not really. But he did make a few surprising suggestions. The founder of Mexican.VC, Silicon Valley’s first seed phase fund for Mexican internet startups, Weekly is the CEO of Gaston Labs, Chairman of PBworks, and Founding Director [...]
Dream Killing with David Weekly on Saturday Afternoon @PulsoConf
This afternoon at PulsoConf, David Weekly took center stage to kill the dreams of a room full of hopeful entrepreneurs and developers. Well, not really. But he did make a few surprising suggestions. The founder of Mexican.VC, Silicon Valley’s first seed phase fund for Mexican internet startups, Weekly is the CEO of Gaston Labs, Chairman of PBworks, [...]
Joe McCann @PulsoConf: “To be future friendly is to be device agnostic”
The device market is, at its core, limitless. From smartphones to tablets, laptops and PCs, there are surely numerous gadgets on the horizon that we can’t even begin to fathom. For the consumer, this means more choices, more mobility and more improvements. But what does that mean for the developer? In a scenario in which [...]
Lessons Learned from Bedy Yang @PulsoConf
Bedy Yang took the stage at PulsoConf this morning, the conference’s main representative from Brazil, Latin America’s leading tech hub. An associate at 500 Startups and leader in Brazil Innovators, Yang outlined her experiences in Brazil and Silicon Valley and provided her thoughts as to the role of venture capital and seed funding in the [...]
Bedy Yang @PulsoConf on 500 Startups, Silicon Valley, Brazil and Investing
Bedy Yang took the stage at PulsoConf this morning, the conference’s main representative from Brazil, Latin America’s leading tech hub. An associate at 500 Startups and leader in Brazil Innovators, Yang outlined her experiences in Brazil and Silicon Valley and provided her thoughts as to the role of venture capital and seed funding in the [...]
