How Venture Capital in Latin America DOESN’T work
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 .
How Venture Capital in Silicon Valley works
What impressed me the most in this trip was to find out how the Venture Capital funds in Silicon Valley work. The contrast with what we entrepreneurs in Latin America are used to is gigantic.
Let’s see the main aspects:
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Riesgo & Risk & Reward is Santiago Bilinkis' blog. Santiago is a serial entrepreneur, who created this blog to ignite a discussion and share his experiences, thoughts and anecdotes.
The main subject will be Entrepreneurship, but he plans to cover a broad range of topics. The common ground will be Risk. Welcome to this adventure!
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