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The country where the bad guys always win

Date: Dec 19, 2008 | Author: Santiago B. | Categories: General

In the international corruption rankings, Argentina is very bad located. According to Transparency International we are in the 109th place, worse than the prior year, and have a score of 2,9/10. As a reference, we can compare this situation with that of our nearest neighbors, Uruguay and Chile, who share the 29th place and have a score of 6,9. How can we understand why are we such a corrupt country?

In my opinion, the answer is simple: you get from people what you recognize and reward, not what you condemn and punish.

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Is Life a right or an obligation?

Date: Dec 11, 2008 | Author: Santiago B. | Categories: General

 Yesterday night a television channel aired a British documentary called “Right to Die: The Suicide Tourist” showing the process by which Craig Ewert, a U.S. university professor who suffered an incurable degenerative disease, took his own life at the Swiss clinic Dignitas, where he practiced euthanasia .

This generated a wide range of reactions, most of them against euthanasia and contrary to the broadcast of the show itself.

I find it hard to believe that in the 21st century most people oppose to something as basic as the right of every person to decide how and when to die.

In this world where the right to a dignified life is denied to millions of people suffering from hunger and poverty, and millions of victims die from preventable diseases, there are also those who turn the “right to live” into a “duty to be alive”, as long as possible at any price, thereby denying the dignity both in life and in death.

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The financial crisis, from Silicon Valley and Barracas Beach

Date: Nov 11, 2008 | Author: Santiago B. | Categories: Entrepreneurship

Even when it was not the central purpose of the Endeavor trip to Silicon Valley, given the difficult times we live in the issue of the financial crisis arised in almost all talks.

Here is a summary of the most interesting things that were said and my personal view on that subject, from the charming beach of Barracas, on the banks of the Riachuelo (a fetid river two blocks from my Buenos Aires office).

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How Venture Capital in Latin America DOESN’T work

Date: Oct 28, 2008 | Author: Santiago B. | Categories: Entrepreneurship

Perhaps the most shocking thing of knowing how Venture Capital in Silicon Valley works is to see the huge contrast with what happens in Latin America.

I am a friend of several of the people who lead or work at the main funds in the region. But back from my trip I could not help but feel disgust for how they carry out their role as VCs .

What is the problem? The problem is that Venture Capital is essentially about risk. All the VCs we met during the trip made that very clear.  And here, nobody wants to take risks .

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