Founder Resources

Q&A with Marta Forero: The UBits Story

Described as the ‘Netflix for corporate training’, the e-learning platform UBits has enabled more than 80,000 individuals at 70 companies across the region to develop their business skills.

Raising money from the US if you're from Latin America

Over the past three years, I’ve been working with 30+ companies that have their bases across Latin America build their businesses. Many of these companies are really US companies that just happen to have a tech and sales team 

Guide to Recruiting and Retaining Latin American Startup Talent

I wrote a blog post on my personal blog about how to identify and retain Latin American talent for your startups.

Tips for Foreigner Entrepreneurs Doing Business in Latin America

I wrote a blog post about how to do business in Latin America that I think will be helpful to entrepreneurs, especially non Latin American natives. It's a modified version of a talk I gave to Startup Chile.

Latin America Ecommerce Opportunities Case Study

I wrote a case study about a small ecommerce test that my friends and I ran for a few years in Chile. This post is most applicable to smaller countries like Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador and Peru, but also has some good information for Mexico

Nathan Lustig's List of Most Important YCombinator and Stanford How To Startup Lectures

I watched all 19 classes from Stanford and YCombinator's How to Startup class and curated the classes that have been most useful to me in helping companies that we have invested in.

Vesting Agreements: Why they should be the first thing you do when you start a company

Vesting is an industry standard in US startups, but from what we've seen, the vast majority of Chilean startups and pymes do not use vesting, most of the time because they haven't heard about it or don't completely understand what it is.

The Underestimated Latin American's Founder's Guide to Raising Venture Capital

It’s never been a better time to be an entrepreneur in Latin America.Funds like a16z, Sequoia, Softbank have all planted the flag, sharing their thesis. Funds like QED, who have been in Latin America for years, are generating great returns.

How to build an early-stage startup deck in Latin America

There are many great resources on building decks to raise money. After giving advice on this to Magma founders over the years, I wrote an actionable list of how I would think about doing a deck.

Why Magma Partners Invests in both Elite Status and Underestimated Founders