Lessons from AQ’s Top 5 Entrepreneurs
This article is adapted from our AQ Top 5 feature on young Latin American entrepreneurs. To see the full list, click here. Tough countries are great teachers.Argentina, Venezuela and Cuba aren’t easy business environments — but they teach entrepreneurs how to adapt quickly to obstacles. The problem is that some startups then have to leave … Read more
AQ Top 5 Jóvenes Emprendedores: Maximo Cavazzani
Este artículo es parte de un reportaje especial sobre los top cinco jóvenes emprendedores latinoamericanos seleccionados por AQ. Haga click aquí para ver el resto. Read in English Si pudieras escoger un momento y un lugar para comenzar un negocio, probablemente Argentina en 2009 no estaría en el primer lugar de tu lista. La crisis … Read more
AQ Top 5 Jóvenes Emprendedores: Leila Velez
Este artículo es parte de un reportaje especial sobre los top cinco jóvenes emprendedores latinoamericanos seleccionados por AQ. Haga click aquí para ver el resto. Read in English A pesar de lo sabrosas que puedan ser, las hamburguesas de McDonald’s no son lo que propulsaron al gigante de los restaurantes hacia la cima de la … Read more
AQ Top 5 Jovens Empreendedores: Leila Velez
Read in English Por mais saborosos que sejam, não foram os hambúrgueres do McDonald’s que impulsionaram o gigante da comida rápida ao topo da cadeia alimentar. Os fundadores da empresa — e mais tarde Ray Kroc — transformaram a rede de lanchonetes em um ícone global graças ao foco incansável na eficiência, a testes meticulosos … Read more
AQ Top 5 Jóvenes Emprendedores: Andrés Moreno
Este artículo es parte de un reportaje especial sobre los top cinco jóvenes emprendedores latinoamericanos seleccionados por AQ. Haga click aquí para ver el resto. Read in English Es casi engañoso decir que Open English es una startup latinoamericana. La financiación original que la convirtió en uno de los servicios de aprendizaje de idiomas en … Read more
AQ Top 5 Jóvenes Emprendedores: Jimena Flórez
Este artículo ha sido actualizado Este artículo es parte de un reportaje especial sobre los top cinco jóvenes emprendedores latinoamericanos seleccionados por AQ. Haga click aquí para ver el resto. Read in English La historia del éxito emprendedor de Jimena Flórez comienza, inesperadamente, con una cerveza fría en Alemania. Después de graduarse de bachillerato en … Read more
AQ Top 5 Jóvenes Emprendedores: Yondainer Gutiérrez
Este artículo ha sido corregido Este artículo es parte de un reportaje especial sobre los top cinco jóvenes emprendedores latinoamericanos seleccionados por AQ. Haga click aquí para ver el resto. Read in English Para muchos, la palabra “Cuba” evoca una era ya desaparecida: un lugar atascado en una época de autos clásicos y arquitectura descolorida. … Read more
María Eugenia Vidal and the “Other” Buenos Aires
Leer en español In the Buenos Aires everyone knows, the Buenos Aires of opera houses and bifes de chorizo and nightclubs that don’t dream of opening until 1 a.m., you can almost forget there’s a recession going on. The steakhouses are full, the rose gardens are in bloom, and grand avenues hum with the city’s … Read more
Next Up: More Young Latin American Entrepreneurs to Watch
This article is adapted from AQ’s print issue on entrepreneurship. To see our AQ Top 5 list of young entrepreneurs in Latin America, click here. Latin America is brimming with entrepreneurial talent, and the list of exciting new ventures in the region doesn’t end with our AQ Top 5. That’s why we asked Endeavor, an … Read more
The Amazon’s Greatest Generation? A Forgotten History of World War II
Lourenço Canário da Silva never fought in World War II, but he was one of the unsung footsoldiers who contributed to the Allied victory. A poor laborer from the northeastern state of Ceará, Da Silva and some 34,000 other Brazilians were recruited to tap rubber in the Amazon forest between 1943 and 1945. The bounty … Read more
5 Steps to Getting Venture Capital in Latin America
This article is adapted from our print issue on entrepreneurship in Latin America. To see our AQ Top 5 list of young entrepreneurs, click here. Raising venture capital (VC) is never easy, no matter how innovative the idea. Here are five steps to consider before taking the plunge. 1. Ask yourself if VC is right … Read more
AQ Top 5 Young Entrepreneurs: Andrés Moreno
This article is adapted from our AQ Top 5 feature on young Latin American entrepreneurs. To see the rest of our list, click here. Leer en español It’s almost misleading to call Open English a Latin American startup. The initial funding that turned it into one of the most widely used online language-learning services in … Read more
AQ Top 5 Young Entrepreneurs: Yondainer Gutiérrez
Correction appended below This article is adapted from our AQ Top 5 feature on young Latin American entrepreneurs. To see the rest of our list, click here. Leer en espanol For many, the word “Cuba” brings to mind a bygone era: a place stuck in a time of classic cars and faded architecture. But bubbling … Read more
AQ Top 5 Young Entrepreneurs: Maximo Cavazzani
This article is adapted from our AQ Top 5 feature on young Latin American entrepreneurs. To see the rest of our list, click here. Leer en español If you could pick a time and a place to start a business, Argentina in 2009 probably wouldn’t top your list. The global economic crisis was raging. Argentina … Read more
AQ Top 5 Young Entrepreneurs: Leila Velez
Beauty company Beleza Natural became a national leader by empowering Brazilian women.
