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Silicon Valley - September 2014
We are entrepreneurs
Santiago Bilinkis Andy Freire Pablo Simon
Latam is a land of opportunities…
but the value created is still poor
2
Latam: Land of Entrepreneurs?
 Latin America leads the World in Entrepreneurial spirit!
Source: Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. 2012 Report.
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Latam: The Entrepreneur Wannabes
 But in terms of key metrics of entrepreneurial success, Latin America
ranks very low, only beating Middle East & Africa.
Source: Renaissance Capital.
There is a big lack of “know how”
The “Company builder” approach:
There is a process to create great companies!
Our “secret sauce”:
the building process
The “Company builder” approach:
Testing ideas
The “Company builder” approach:
Designing experiments
The “Company builder” approach:
Creating an MVP
The “Company builder” approach:
Creating an MVP
The “Company builder” approach:
Fail fast, fail cheap
Lean, fast iteration …. then raise money fast!
Pipeline Test 50k Seed Series A Series B Series C IPO/Exit
Quasar 1: Building great companies
Current stake value: over USD 25M
MVP1
MVP2
Pipeline Test 50k Seed Series A Series B Series C IPO/Exit
Quasar 1: Building great companies
Giving back: The next Gen of EEs!
MVP1
MVP2
Endeavor
Entrepreneurs!!!
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