A startup lesson from Taylor Swift: market size doesn't really matter. RCA Records had the chance to sign a young Taylor Swift, but they didn’t think there was a big enough market for a teenage country singer. After all, country music was on the decline with young listeners. So

Venture capital has a bad rap. We have…a bit of a PR problem. In my mind, this is undeserved. I realize this view is self-serving, given that I work in venture and recently started a venture firm, but bear with me. A 2021 Stanford paper found that venture-backed companies

I love this new genre of AI food art, it’s weirdly mesmerizing to watch fries dance (from ai.with.glock on IG)

The story teller in me is back :)

🎰 We are excited to partner with the Amela community, offering a special discount to their members. Anais Cisneros can assist you with this. 😜 Amela is supporting the next generation of founders 💜 through its Aspiring Founder program so it's a privilege to join forces. 🤝

MeLi is just shy of a $100bn market cap. that's more than Airbnb, Shopify, Stripe, Paypal, Spotify and... Starbucks. but ofc, you can't build large tech companies out of LatAm.

Congrats Stori on your $212M raise (equity, debt) and new CFO Diego Cabrera Canay (took Dlocal public & former MELI leader)! Working with Stori the last 3 years has been incredible. The first credit card for the masses, they've completely changed who can access credit in

🤔 Wondering where to find Latine VCs? We've got you covered. We are thrilled to share our comprehensive database of Latine VCs within our LaFamilia community! 📋 This list includes VCs at various stages, from early-stage investors to seasoned professionals, many of whom are

and this is probably why building Amela becomes so relevant.

I guess building Amela becomes more and more relevant day by day 👀

kmzerohub Social Nest Foundation | Making impact grow repsol Net Zero Ventures Stripe PCUV Marisa Domingo-Calap Evolving Therapeutics IBIONS - Nutrición y Cáncer Eva Bataller Perelló AgrotecUV We’re talking about 'Women Leaders Driving the Future' 👩‍🦰 Featuring 👉 Amelie Mariage from Akka, Andrea Martinelli from S&E Partners / Diversity VC, with Anais Cisneros from Amela as moderator

🚨 New a16z investment thesis: AI x parenting Raising kids is one of our most challenging and important jobs. Every parent needs support sometimes - but many can't access it because it's too inexpensive or inaccessible. AI changes this. What we're seeing 👇

what does one have to do to get Silicon Valley Bank to provide support? I had a big scandal that needs to be solved before the holidays and it's very frustrating to get help 😭

End of an era Skype could have been WhatsApp + Zoom in one, but it was a terrible Ballmer-era Microsoft acquisition ($8.5B) in 2011, and it never transitioned to mobile. So much interesting history: 2003: The company was founded in Estonia by the founders of Kazaa, a p2p file

Don't call me lucky, i failed more times than you tried

Sometimes I wanna come back to X and then I remember that it’s changed so much 😭

How you know a startup is going to make it: They use Salesforce, Jira, and Microsoft Teams

Something I just told a founder: Stay as small as you can for as long as you can. People who come to visit your office should always be surprised that such an important company has so few employees.

Hackathons = density + energy which are essential ingredients in startup scenes I've always loved them as spaces for ppl to meet future cofounders and collaborators, swap knowledge, test + play. When Amy Lewin asked me if the hack is back, I couldn't resist exploring why 🔥⚡

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