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Mutual Introduction

Rob McMillen 2014-11-06T15:15:16+00:00

Startup Grind Global Community please meet Lima, Peru.   

This beautiful city on the Pacific coast has a rich history.  Lima was established as the capital of Peru in the early 1500s after Spanish Conquerors defeated Inca Ruler Atahualpa and took over his Inca empire. Known much in the 1980s for its problems with the Shining Path terrorist organization, since that time Lima has reinvented itself and seen a wave of optimism and economic prosperity.  Lima is an ideal location for Startup Grind.  This city known for its powerful earthquakes, great surfing and world class cuisine has a small yet burgeoning tech scene.  Though tech entrepreneurship is relatively new, entrepreneurship itself is wide spread.  One of the greatest entrepreneurs of the city is Gaston Acurio.  Widely recognized as one of the world’s most important chefs, Acurio and a few colleagues reinvented Peruvian cuisine when they launched a movement known as the Cocina Novandina. (“New Andean Cuisine”)  The local tech entrepreneurs hold Gaston in high regard as he has helped launch over a dozen new restaurant concepts.

 

Lima please meet the Startup Grind Global Community.

Startup Grind is a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. Startup Grind will host monthly events in Lima and more than 100 cities and 42 countries featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share personal stories and lessons learned on the road to building great companies. Our monthly fireside chat interviews, startup mixers and annual conferences provide entrepreneurs with ample opportunities to connect with amazing startups and the people behind them, tap into a strong support network, form meaningful connections and gain inspiration for the startup journey

Events are filmed and archived online at StartupGrind.com and YouTube.com/startupgrind. On Monday November 10th Startup Grind Lima will host the man that raised one of the largest venture financings in Lima history, the Co-Founder CinePapaya.

 

I am very optimistic that the two of you will become great partners.

About the Author

Rob McMillen

Rob is currently Managing Director of Kickstart Peru and CEO of Alta El-Dorado Emprendimiento.  Previously Rob was a Principal at Alta Ventures Mexico, an early stage venture capital firm. Before that Rob ran sales, operations and finance at Rhomobile, helping to successfully guide the company to exit with Motorola Solutions.  That exit represented the highest IRR achieved to date by both its institutional investors. Rob received his MBA and JD degrees from Brigham Young University.