All stories by Matthew
-
5 tips for launching your startup in Latin America
My business partner and I looked at each other quizzically as we listened to the pitch from LinkedIn’s Dublin-based Latin ...
-
Overcoming the woes of the Latin American tech entrepreneur
While there's no doubt that Latin America is experiencing its own wave of tech, the challenges in doing business here contrast ...
-
Is the Internet making us more democratic?
Lower barriers of communication helps organize, galvanize and perpetuate protests. But we must also ask ourselves: Is the ...
-
Latin America’s wanna-be Silicon Valleys have to face an inconvenient truth: The need for immigration
So far only Chile has aggressively pursued a strategy of enriching its tech eco-system by actively seeking to import entrepreneurs ...
-
How the Net Party aims to create a new UI for democracy in Argentina
Based on the principle that “democracy has stagnated,” the value proposition of El Partido de La Red, in English The ...
-
For tech to develop in emerging economies, the first obstacle is trust
In February I found myself seeking air-conditioned sanctuary in the Dar Es Salaam offices of Kinu, a co-working space and ...
-
Trust: The first obstacle for tech industries developing in emerging economies
Of all the obstacles, the biggest stumbling block is one that is entirely within the tech community’s capabilities to solve: ...
-
Larry Page ignored Steve Jobs's deathbed advice, and Google is doing great
Larry Page ignored Steve Jobs's deathbed advice on focusing Google, and the company is doing better than ever.
-
Reorganizing the media industry will be messy, but solutions remain unclear
With France attempting to impose a "Google Tax", renewed attention is on the media industry's fight for survival.
-
A new currency: The missing factor in Google's strategy
While many critics have been quick to write off Google+ as a failed social experiment by what has been and inevitably always ...
