For me, the best place to live out my dream of developing new technologies for the world is, without a doubt, San Francisco. By Cecilia Carolina Calderon (Founder, DentiDesk) After the mega-quake of February 27, 2010, with its epicenter in the city of Talcahuano in the south of Chile, where thousands of Chileans perished beneath [...]
Posts Tagged "Chile"
Chilean Travel Startup Destinalo Launches Online
January 28, 2013 – 6:00 am
Women entrepreneurs from Chile launch travel booking site focused on offering sustainable tourism destinations. By Catalina Huidobro (Co-Founder & CEO, Destinalo) Back in August last year, along with my two partners, Cristina Huidobro and Fran Severino, we came from Chile to Silicon Valley in San Francisco to present and validate our project, at that time [...]
6 Female Founders To Watch From Startup Accelerator Wayra
December 14, 2012 – 7:00 am
Women entrepreneurs emerge from global Wayra startup accelerators. By Patricia Araque (Co-Founder & Director, Ellas 2.0) At the Americas Venture Capital Conference in Miami, Wayra drew nearly 200 investors to present 17 startups who have participated in Wayra’s global startup accelerator. Of these 17 companies, 5 have women on their founding teams. Meet these 6 [...]
To Start Up Or To SU-Up?
August 29, 2012 – 10:00 am
Our upcoming Kickstarter campaign will provide us with the promotional push and funding needed to take our social enterprise to the next level. By Melissa McCoy (Partner & Vice President of Engineering, TOHL) After graduating in May, I had two choices: I could head down to Chile and join my three partners in developing TOHL, [...]
Early-Stage Chilean Travel Startup Lands In San Francisco
July 18, 2012 – 11:00 am
Women entrepreneurs from Chile visit San Francisco thru August 3, 2012 – travel or hospitality industry people are welcome to contact cata@sustainabletripper.org to meet for coffee while her team is in town. By Catalina Huidobro (Co-Founder & CEO, Sustainable Tripper) There are several traditional ways to travel, but a new trend of tourism is emerging. [...]
Founder Friday Santiago De Chile: Focus, Consistency, Passion
May 9, 2012 – 6:00 am
“I am a digital fan, but I’m more a fan of my family,” said Marta Cruz, Friday Founder Santiago de Chile. By Marta Cruz (Co-Founder, Nextperience & NXTP Labs) Focus, consistency and passion are the three main ingredients to make a dream come true, and if we add imagination, courage and commitment, we will be [...]
Meet The Women Founders Of Start-Up Chile
March 23, 2012 – 9:32 am
By Tara Roberts (Co-Founder, girltank & Contributor, The Next Web) Picture a group of female lone rangers, each silhouetted against the setting sun with broad-rimmed hats tilted sideways to shadow their faces and holsters slung low around curvy waists. Then listen for that sound – you know it – the high-note whistle in American westerns [...]
A Chilean Startup Founder Takes On Penelope Trunk
December 14, 2011 – 11:24 am
By Michelle Veronese (Co-Founder, Novelo) In her latest guest post for TechCrunch, Penelope Trunk, the co-founder of Brazen Careerist, argues that there are so few women in tech because women are inherently interested in raising a family, particularly those in their 30’s. Unfortunately, Trunk’s article fully misses the heart of the problem facing women in technology today, and [...]
