Meet Artur Maklyarevsky CEO and Lead Designer of JuicyCanvas.com and Alan VanTaoi, Co-Founder of SimpleCrew.com. They are both from New York and shared their story of why they came to Santiago to take part in the StartupChile program.
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From New York City to Santiago: Starting up at Start-Up Chile
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StartupChile Company, Americanflat, Delivers Low Cost, Museum Quality Artwork – Worldwide
Americanflat Founder and President, Giorgio Piccoli, moved to New York City to begin work with JPMorgan. In an attempt to decorate the walls of his tiny apartment with artwork, he was led down a path of frustration and disappointment. “I would see a great piece of large art that I wanted to purchase and the gallerist would tell me that it was north of $5,000,” says Piccoli. “I would ask if there was anything closer to my price range and they would just laugh. Right then, I knew I wanted to create a brand that was not for the art investor but for the art lover.”
As an outsider to the art world, Piccoli knew he had a vantage point to brand a concept that defied the traditional gallery system. He joined forces with Marina Reiter, Senior Curator, who is an expert art buyer and curator for several international galleries. He’s based at Santiago-based StartupChile, where I met him during my recent visit.
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How Microsoft Tech Evangelist, Hans Nemarich, Advances Chile’s Startup Ecosystem
Meet Hans Nemarich, Technology Evangelist for Microsoft Chile. I connected with Hans during Geek Camp in Santiago where he shared his story. Most of my previous exposure to Microsoft’s outreach in the startup world has been at SXSW and at Microsoft Israel, where they also have their Azure Accelerator program. Hans is active in Chile’s [...]
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How to Schedule a Mentoring Session With Me on Startup PR and Strategic Communications
I’m a big believer in mentoring. I do lots of speaking, taking part in startup events and with my being at Geekdom, part of our culture is to help and serve our fellow community members. While I try to invest 20% of my time doing this, reality also gets in the way – and which [...]
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The Rise of the Multinational Startup: How Viralica’s Co-Founders Take Part in Two Accelerator Programs in Chile and Argentina
Buenos Aires-based Tomas Franceschin and Ignacio Gutierez are examples of the rise of the multinational startup. With their startup, Virality, they are a team of five who are taking part in both StartupChile and Wayra Argentina. Here’s their story…
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How #Wayra Starts Up Argentina’s Technology Economy
The first thing I look for when I visit an accelerator is the outdoor deck, the ping pong table, and the coffee machine. In all three cases, Wayra Argentina passes with flying colors. You have a greater chance of being accepted to Harvard and Stanford Business School than you do getting into this program. [...]
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#AboveTheCode – My Presentation on Startup PR and Strategic Communications at #WayraAR – Buenos Aires
Today in Buenos Aires, I was hosted by the team at Wayra Argentina where I met with startups and presented the latest iteration of my approach to startup PR and strategic communications, Above The Code. Above the code story telling : branded content : wayra – buenos aires from Alan Weinkrantz One slide I added, [...]
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Being A Lawyer in Bangalore Sucked; So Siddarth T.C. Moved to Santiago to Create a Way Cool Startup With A Childhood Friend
One thing that surprised me during my mentoring gig at GeekCamp Santiago, was the number of startup entrepreneurs who from India. Meet Siddarth T.C., who along with his childhood friend, Siddarth Bharath discovered Chile’s startup culture and moved here to build their soon to be launched travel startup, The Adventure Inc. Siddarth was a lawyer for two years, and [...]
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How Marcelo Diaz Bowen’s Vision for Geek Camp Is Now Connecting Chile’s Startup Economy Worldwide
It would totally stand to reason that I met Santiago, Chile-based, Marcelo Diaz Bowen in Ramallah, Palestine at a conference we both spoke at. Marcelo is a force of nature who travels the world, moving, shaking, rocking, and rolling as he gets stuff done in putting Chile’s startup economy on the global stage. Starting with [...]
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From Budapest to Paris to Santiago: How Digital Nomad, Peter Langmar, Starts Up Worldwide
Peter Langmar represents an interesting culture of digital nomads that I am meeting. They travel the world, create startups, and live a very rewarding life. From Budapest to Paris and then Santiago, where we met, Peter’s startup, BrickFlow, is in closed beta right now. On BrickFlow, you can aggregate your content from various networks [...]
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