andreshb

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by andreshb 17y ago
In my experience, building or joining a network for a tech startup when you come from abroad to another country is really easy. It did not take me more than 2 weeks to get connected with the top lawyers, entrepreneurs, investors, accountant
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by andreshb 17y ago
Ive lived, worked, created, operated and advised startups in Colombia, Chile, Argentina, and briefly, Peru (apart from the U.S.) In my opinion and limited experience, these are the top 3 places to launch a tech startup: 1. Chile: Government
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by andreshb 17y ago
I wonder what implications would twitter have had it existed back in the coup attempt of 2002
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Venezuelans rise up against Hugo Chavez on twitter #freemediave(mashable.com)
1 points by andreshb 17y ago|1 comments
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by andreshb 17y ago
My bad
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by andreshb 17y ago
I like it a lot. When I first heard of it that was my first thought. They had a ustream, but it was not as exciting as I thought.
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by andreshb 17y ago
I am sure home cooked food by a cook is way healthier than ramen noodles or rice and beans, which is the diet PG suggests (and that Ive lived on for quite a while) UPDATE: I found a picture of their meals... http://letmego.com/to/141440/g
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by andreshb 17y ago
Sounds like it might be a good idea, however, you would have to prove cost benefits.
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by andreshb 17y ago
This is Colombia as in the country. Bogota, Colombia. Alex Torrenegra is Colombian but also lives in NY. This was developed in Colombia by Colombians for the rest of the world. I promise this will not be the last time you hear about a Colom
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by andreshb 17y ago
I don't know if I could do 90 days, but I would like to have that work environment for maybe two weeks. No distractions, and everything else taken care of. Weekends off though.
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by andreshb 17y ago
"The Results: We didn’t reach the beta milestone completely, but we were able to release a limited beta version of the site. We are still developing some of LetMeGo’s traveler-focused features. We found that the productivity of the team was
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Results of: 7 developers, working 24/7 for 90 days, 1 house (in Colombia)(alexander.letmego.com)
66 points by andreshb 17y ago|46 comments
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by andreshb 17y ago
I have been using it for a while in alpha mode, and I agree with BenRB27 that it needs more people, but that is the catch 22 of any social app, right? It seems to me that its straight to the point, i like it. I would make the search bar a l
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by andreshb 17y ago
I am not sure about how I came to hear of it, but I remember accessing the website in 2006 while looking at funding options for a startup I had in mind.
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by andreshb 17y ago
1. I would recommend getting a lawyer, though I know of some Angels that have grabbed existing term sheets from other investments done by other angels and modified a few things here and there. But that is very risky if you have not done a t
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by andreshb 17y ago
To get at least a resume-building prototype going I don't see why you would need to pay $100/mo in hosting. Now, if you begin to grow such traffic that you need to shell out $100/mo in hosting, then maybe you have something interesting goin
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by andreshb 17y ago
Why oh why did I not hear about you when I was working on my senior thesis. I have been using Zotero which is pretty good for bibliografies, but keeping track of my research across all my tabs and browsers, plus pdf's I download from JSTOR,
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by andreshb 17y ago
I wouldn't be worried. Cloning websites never goes as well as the poster of the RFP. The poster will be playing catchup without differentiation. You have an advantage, just keep innovating and developing it. Even if there is a really good d
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by andreshb 18y ago
So sort of like a command line for web services?
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by andreshb 18y ago
UI design != UI function - I have had to explain that way too many times. Interface Design = Interaction Design + Visual Design + Information Architecture
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by andreshb 18y ago
Ive seen the space, I like it. Very nice, it's relatively big (~ 15 ppl max) its within walking distance (across the street) of one of the best places for breakfast in the area, and on the route of 2 frequent bus lines. About security (of t