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We see many startups each year that have problems with their cap table that can make them uninvestable.
July 8, 2016
My latest El Mercurio column was about how to come up with startup ideas and how many would be founders get this piece wrong. Paul Graham's how to get startup ideas is the foundation for this post.
June 13, 2016
The Chilean government, via CORFO, has been seeding the entrepreneurial ecosystem to help build startups. They've done a great job, but there can always be room for improvement.
March 8, 2016
My latest El Mercurio column is about one of the business lines that we love to invest in at Magma Partners: companies that have their tech teams in Latin American, but sell into the US market.
December 7, 2015
It's been two years since Francisco, Diego and I started investing in Latin American startups at Magma Partners. I wrote a detailed blog post with all of our investment data and our portfolio companies on my personal blog.
September 10, 2014
At Magma Partners, we invest in the best entrepreneurs we can find. We would rather invest in an amazing entrepreneur with a mediocre idea rather than a mediocre entrepreneur with an amazing idea.
September 9, 2014
Since we launched Magma Partners, I've reviewed 300+ applications for funding, the vast majority from Chile, with some from Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, USA and Uruguay.Of those 300+, we’ve invested in seven.
August 29, 2014
One of our criteria to be able to invest in a company is that the company must have traction. There’s been lots of confusion about traction: what it means and how you can get it without spending lots of money.
