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Albo's Pre-Seed Magma Memo

February 26, 2021

February 27, 2021

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By: Nathan Lustig

This is the third post in a series about the Magma Memo, the tool we use to invest in the best founders in Latin America.

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The Truth Behind the Magma Memo: How We Use it to Partner with Latin America’s Top Entrepreneurs

February 26, 2021

February 26, 2021

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By: Nathan Lustig

Since February 2014, our door has been open to founders 24/7/365 via our Magma Memo: magmapartners.com/apply.

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Yana's Pre-Seed Magma Memo

September 1, 2020

September 29, 2023

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By: Nathan Lustig

This is the third post in a series about the Magma Memo, the tool we use to invest in the best founders in Latin America. Magma’s investment team reviews and sends personalized feedback to 100% of the Magma Memos we receive.

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Q&A with Daniel Bilbao: The Truora Story

June 7, 2019

February 23, 2021

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By: Nathan Lustig

Latin America is a hotbed for identity fraud with around one-quarter of all digital accounts rejected due to fraudulent identities.

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Q&A with Marta Forero: The UBits Story

May 25, 2019

February 23, 2021

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By: Nathan Lustig

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.

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

March 24, 2017

February 23, 2021

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By: Nathan Lustig

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 

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Guide to Recruiting and Retaining Latin American Startup Talent

September 26, 2016

February 23, 2021

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By: Nathan Lustig

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

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Tips for Foreigner Entrepreneurs Doing Business in Latin America

May 19, 2016

February 23, 2021

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By: Nathan Lustig

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.

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Latin America Ecommerce Opportunities Case Study

August 16, 2015

February 23, 2021

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By: Nathan Lustig

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

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

December 28, 2014

February 23, 2021

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By: Nathan Lustig

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.

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Chile
Colombia
Argentina
USA

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