Ariel Arrieta [D-MTKG]

Share One of the concepts that stayed in my mind after having returned from  HBS is the formula for change. Share

Share Today it was officially announced the investment that we have made together with  Damian Voltes at Sumavisos.com. As Damian expressed it, the rationals that we detected and motivated our investment in Sumavisos.com are: A proved and successful business model in other countries taken to a new market(eg: Vast.com, Oodle.com, Kayak, among others) An interdisciplinary [...]

Share Today I received this email from a friend, with a couple of olds and new jokes with a management lesson  Share

Share FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ARIEL ARRIETA TO TRANSITION FROM HIS ROLE AS HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY AT “.FOX NETWORKS” Los Angeles, CA, June 29, 2009 – .Fox Networks, a Fox International Channels and News Corporation company, reported today Ariel Arrieta is transitioning into a senior advisory role. Ariel Arrieta co-founded in 2003 Digital Ventures (aka Directa [...]

Share Being at Harvard Business School doing my OPM is an amazing experience. Many times I get surprised by some of the things that happen to me, which I never thought I could achieve. Being here in Boston studying at HBS is one of those things. Share

Share An elevator pitch is a brief speech of 3 minutes which aim is to catch the attention and bring awareness on our project. It simulates the time an elevator trip takes, if we were lucky enough of running into a potential investor. It is the first stage that it may not give time for [...]

Share One of the features that I like about Harvard, is the practical method.  I am convinced that it is easier to learn from personal experiences than from theory. Share

Share A few days ago I found the manifest “1oo Ways to Kill a Concept” by Michael Iva who directs a very known marketing agency,  I thought it was interesting. Pablo portugal made the following presentation based on it: Share

Share As we could predict after his departure from Google, it wouldn’t take long for Gonzalo Alonso to find a place in the industry where he could continue adding value. The first piece of news that we received was his incorporation as VP of Operations at Globant, a strong company that had and still has [...]

Share Tomorrow Thursday starts the tenth edition of NAVES which is a Business plan competition organizad by the Entrepreneurship center of IAE, of Austral University, where I will be part of the jury. Share

Share As Eric Feng, CTO and SVP of Hulu, tells us in an interview at SXSW,   where they are trying to determine the way of showing Share

Share I have recently been accepted to participate at the management program of the Harvard Business School for owners and presidents number 41 9 (OPM Owner/President Management) The program consist of 3 weeks during 3 consecutive years, Harvard Boston Campus immersion, together with other 150 attendees, that like me they have to comply with the [...]

Share The previous picture is called ¨the sun desappears in Buenos Aires¨ and it was taken from the Google offices in Argentina, by an amateur photographer called GonzaloAlonso and it seemed to be the right allegory. Today is the last day of Gonzalo Alonso as a Google employee and he closes a period that started [...]

Share Following  the books reviews, todays is the turn of Stephen Denning . He is author of The Leader’s Guide to Storytelling and Squirrel Inc., former program director of Knowledge Management for the World Bank and senior fellow at the James MacGregor Burns Leadership Academy at the University of Maryland. This isn’t just another book [...]

Share Last week the citi group sent me a Latin American Economic Outlook and Strategy. I usually consider the financial research off-topic in my blog, but I think this data could be important for entrepreneurs in our region and I want to share it with you: Share

Share I’m finishing Reading the new book of  Malcolm Gladwell Outliers, where he explains the reasons why some people stand out from the rest. In addition, as he always tends to do, with great expertise and elegance, he gets rid of stereotypes. If you already had the pleasure of reading Gladwell, you know what a [...]

Share The web sitePulso Social  has done the TOP 10 Web – Entrepreneurs of Latin America and I had been included along with many friends. Share

Share The  Technological and Scientific Entrepreneurship Organization (Emprendimientos Científicos y Tecnológicos) (IECyT) invited companies and entrepreneurs to the 5th National Forum of Entrepreneurial Capital, that took place at Cema University in Buenos Aires on October 28Th and 29Th. There I had the opportunity of sharing with the audience the experience of having found, developed and sold Digital [...]

Share After several weeks of preparations, we finally put together Digital Talk, the event that together with Damian Voltes and Mariano Amartino ideated and coordinated. It was a particular event in its model that reached the expected goal of generating an alternative space to think and exchange experiences and point of view among peers. The [...]

Share The big companies grow through buy out that means buying other companies. The difference between the value of the public company compared to a private one, due to a matter of liquidity, makes a public company capable of buying a private one and instantly increase its public value just for the expectation of a [...]