I am a round 4 participant and I went from Buenos Aires. I consider BA to have a decent startup ecosystem, but it doesn't have an entity that gathers entrepreneurs and encourages them to meet and share their experiences.
BA doesn't have a "Startup Chile" in its environment. It does have one or two incubators/accelerators but they are very selective in who gets to participate or not.
I believe the kind of synergy and energy that happens in Startup Chile can only happen in other accelerators/incubators like Y Combinator, Tech Stars, et al; or in co-working spaces that encourage meetings/networking.
The other reason to go, and probably the most important one, is that you get $40,000 equity-free.
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I am a round 4 participant and I went from Buenos Aires. I consider BA to have a decent startup ecosystem, but it doesn't have an entity that gathers entrepreneurs and encourages them to meet and share their experiences.
BA doesn't have a "Startup Chile" in its environment. It does have one or two incubators/accelerators but they are very selective in who gets to participate or not.
I believe the kind of synergy and energy that happens in Startup Chile can only happen in other accelerators/incubators like Y Combinator, Tech Stars, et al; or in co-working spaces that encourage meetings/networking.
The other reason to go, and probably the most important one, is that you get $40,000 equity-free.