STARTUP GRIND
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Santiago Bilinkis (Quasar)

Buenos Aires
March 25, 2014 / 6:30 PM

About this event

Santiago Bilinkis is a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist and executive, most notable for founding office supply delivery business Officenet in Argentina with Andy Freire. In late 1996 they came up with the idea for Officenet and convinced four angel investors to help them develop the concept. The company was acquired by Staples Inc. in 2004. Santiago Bilinkis has also a strong involvement in entrepreneurship (sitting at the Board of institutions such as Endeavor Foundation, Prosperar Foundation) and public transparency (as member of the Board of Administration of CIPPEC). Santiago was one of the organizers of the first TEDxBuenosAires and developed TEDxRiodelaPlata. In 2010 he assisted a course called Singularity University in a NASA Center in Mountain View. During 2012, Santiago created Quasar Ventures, a company builder which is responsible for the launching of Restorando, Avenida.com among other succesful startups.

Speaker

Santiago Bilinkis (Quasar)

Santiago Bilinkis

Quasar

Santiago Bilinkis is a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist and executive, most notable for founding office supply delivery business Officenet in Argentina with Andy Freire. In late 1996 they came up with the idea for Officenet and convinced four angel investors to help them develop the concept. The company was acquired by Staples Inc. in 2004. Santiago Bilinkis has also a strong involvement in entrepreneurship (sitting at the Board of institutions such as Endeavor Foundation, Prosperar Foundation) and public transparency (as member of the Board of Administration of CIPPEC). Santiago was one of the organizers of the first TEDxBuenosAires and developed TEDxRiodelaPlata. In 2010 he assisted a course called Singularity University in a NASA Center in Mountain View. During 2012, Santiago created Quasar Ventures, a company builder which is responsible for the launching of Restorando, Avenida.com among other succesful startups.

Date and Time
March 25, 2014
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
 
Address

NXTP Labs
Malabia 1720
1414 Buenos Aires

 
Agenda
06:30 PM Networking and Food
07:30 PM Fireside Chat
08:30 PM Networking
 

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Nora Palladino

Buenos Aires Director

Nora Palladino is tech marketing and public relations passionate. After some years at multinationals and call centers, she pivoted her career to the government area and then to private sector again. At the end of 2008 she was invited to join the team of Undersecretary of Investments at the City Government. There she developed the launching platform of the Technology District of the City of Buenos Aires. During her management role, the Technology District succeed to get over a hundred of companies moving to the south of the city and generating 2400 new jobs. In 2011 she was invited to join NXTP Labs as a first employee. She collaborated in the creation of the first acceleration programs, and ever since, helped startups to grow. For over four years she has worked to help women to succeed in tech áreas working with employees first and entrepreneurs, afterwards. She volunteers at Vital Voices, Women 2.0 and Ellas2.0. Her most beloved credentials are being Ale's wife and Bruno's mom.

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Camlia Brughera

Buenos Aires Co-Director

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