Ok, that is counterintuitive. Isn’t it? In my last article, I tried to convince you that regardless of the economy, the election results or the country’s political landscape, you were going to do better than your competitors if you knew how to play the cards you were dealt. That is, being smarter than others. This […]
Category: Entrepreneurship
Look Both Ways
I am a big fan of not looking in the rear view mirror when you are at a start-up with a new market opportunity. When you are not Coke vs Pepsi, looking behind you can be more of a distraction and more often companies go under from poor execution, lack of funding or some market […]
Never forget who supported you
“Amigo en la adversidad, es amigo de verdad” In September, Allen Iverson joined the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. During his 32:12 acceptance speech, Iverson expressed gratitude for friends and family, as well as former teammates and coaches. In all, he recognized 193 individuals who supported his journey from ex-convict to NBA superstar. Like […]
Why entrepreneurs should (??) vote for Trump
Yes, I know you probably don’t particularly love Trump if you were born in Latin America. However, in this article I will convince you why you should vote for him. Real entrepreneurs don’t complain. One of the things I’ve learned while building my company is that you can be either a successful entrepreneur or someone who […]
Bytes, not mordidas
After many years doing business in the US, in 2008 I co-founded a fintech venture in Mexico. Even though I was born and raised there, many of my friends and mentors warned me that I would be shocked at the amount of corruption prevalent in the country. Their businesses faced frequent bribe demands to stave off largely invented […]
Dream Big, Sleep Small
I get it. If you are Latin American, you have roughly 1 in 14 chances of becoming an entrepreneur. Wait, it gets worse. Only around 1 in 22 of you will make more money than the “safe and relaxed” full-time employees. Like most of you, I was excited about the possibility of one day leaving […]
Lesson #1 (part 2)
This is part #2 of my Lesson #1 post, if you didn’t catch it, you can find it here. If you’ve never been to Buck’s of Woodside, it’s difficult to find a similar place. I’ll just say that it’s just your traditional greasy spoon diner with a very peculiar collection exhibited on the restaurant walls…you can […]
A solution for the obsolescent restaurant industry
“Dios está en todas partes pero atiende en Nueva York” In 2013, CookUnity CEO Mateo Marietti found himself in a stranger’s home in Athens, having the conversation of his life. The stranger was Konstantinos, a Greek chef fluent in five languages and former resident of Barcelona and New York. Introduced earlier that day by a mutual acquaintance, […]
Advisors?
In a recent conversation with Nacho de Marco, our blog partner and super successful Argentinian entrepreneur now living in SF, the subject of advisors for a start-up came up. Everyone seems to have an advisory board. Why? And are they useful? It made me realize that having formal advisors is a very Silicon Valley construct […]
Hope dies last
“La esperanza es lo último que se pierde” In January 2015, my father passed away as a result of cancer. A professor emeritus at the University of Washington, my father had a well-lived life. He worked on the first lunar samples from the Apollo missions and made scientific discoveries such as the new mineral Ghoseite. […]
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