Group items tagged

A loyalty program similar to getpunchd!

To avoid these distortions, in 2010 the government launched the National Broadband Program (known by it's acronym in Portuguese, PNBL). The plan is to invest about $9 billion USD to bring a fiber optic cable to all the municipalities in the country, creating 90 million new broadband access points by 2014, the year in which Brazil will host the World Cup.

"The biggest problem we see with early stage companies coming out of YC, or really any program, is that they'll approach a year or two after they've graduated to raise a seed round. It's exciting to see they're still alive and pursuing their vision, but then we ask about the growth of the team and the ways they've been capturing the opportunity of the business in the time they've had… and discover everything is the same. The same 2 or 3 people, the exact same idea, very little growth around key metrics like engagement or revenue. So why should try raise a series A? What have they proved?"