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The success of direct-to-consumer brands and e-commerce stores in Latin America is well-known – Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico have annual e-commerce retail growth of . 9.7% above the global average But as an investor in Latin America, I emphasize that the driver of e-commerce is B2B technology. B2B brands are taking retail challenges in marketing, fraud, customer service, payments, and shipping as an opportunity to develop innovative solutions and revenue. The need for marketplace technologies is growing, and B2B startups need to scale their solutions to the markets. This means 2023 will be a decisive year for innovation, and investors are paying close attention. Predictions for LatAm's B2B tech Throughout 2021 and 2022, underwent their first digital transformation, aiming at more efficient and streamlined supply chain processes. However, facing structural challenges with digital payments, supply chains, and infrastructure, many brands have yet to digitize their business truly – and they are looking for external help on these matters. many Latin American companies Most B2B marketplace developers in this space understand the ever-evolving challenges small businesses and vendors face. They know the importance of improving retail activities' productivity, efficiency, and profitability, making them work on many levels simultaneously, such as automation, cloud, and communication technologies. Some take a challenge and target traditional and hard-to-enter markets, such as Nuqlea and Agrizon. Many experts believe that the B2B marketplaces’ abilities to offer efficiencies for businesses at multiple levels are the key selling points. Expecting a high ROI, strong market demand, and high growth potential from this sector, forward-thinking VCs will invest in those developing tech for B2B marketplaces this year. Remaining barriers in 2023 But despite this optimistic forecast, there are still crucial barriers to entry, including: Lack of education To succeed in B2B, you need executives in the e-commerce business to want your solution. Unfortunately, in many parts of Latin America, there are still significant gaps in the adoption and understanding of digital tools. Small and mid-sized retailers, in particular, need to be persuaded with marketing and cold outreach to demonstrate the value of B2B solutions to them. Regulatory challenges The regulatory environment in some Latin American countries can be complex and challenging. There are numerous rules and regulations that B2B companies must comply with to establish and operate in the market. Therefore, startups collaborate with local associations, long-established investors, and often politically savvy lawyers to ensure they navigate the red tape. Competition The Latin American B2B market is highly competitive, with many incumbents and big marketplaces, such as Mercado Libre or Rappi. For example, . To compete, startups must home in on unique experiences for buyers and sellers, such as increased buyer credit through data or transaction transparency. Mercado Libre's user base is now 88.3 million Business model In 2022, demonstrated e-commerce growth of 33% – its brother Mercado Pago, the fintech solution, showed 115%. This is because there is a high demand for infrastructure technology, such as payments, as these are the necessary basics to fuel marketplaces’ success. Given this demand, startups specializing in supporting existing enterprises with highly innovative tech on all fronts will grow comparably fast and might have a massive impact. Mercado Libre So what's next in 2023? With B2B marketplaces continuing to catalyze growth in LatAm’s e-commerce industry, 2023 will be critical. The better B2B brands get at strengthening themselves, offering quickly deployable solutions for small to midsize businesses, and incorporating customers' buying experience, the more likely they will continue driving e-commerce’s success. This article mentions portfolio companies from Newtopia VC as examples.

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Every year the blockchain ecosystem gets together to take part in , one of the top blockchain conferences in the industry. Coindesk puts on a top speaker lineup with some surprises to keep the FUD away from attendees that are supporters of decentralized platforms and technologies being presented at the event. Consensus This year was my first time attending the event in its online format, which to be honest had a few connection difficulties as every conference call I have been on for the last year. Nothing to be considered a huge problem, but we witness dropped speakers and overlapping conversations. The norm for this post-covid digital interactions :P Personally, I was looking forward to the panels around Latin America state of crypto for Colombia and Brazil. This is something that has been recently in everyone's mind with the of more than 200 million USD. Which gave the Mexico-based startup a Unicorn status, with online banking incumbents such as and setting up operations throughout Latin America. recent round raised by Bitso Albo Nubank The interest is definitely there, with some Ethereum based projects launched such as which is led by Argentinian entrepreneur Santiago Siri, the Universal Basic Income project built on top of the platform. Proof of Humanity Kleros Also getting to know the founders and the communities behind Layer 1 and Layer 2 solutions such as , and ; the Coindesk team allocated more than two hours to each track which gave viewers a good chance of interacting with community members from the protocols and platforms in the chat rooms for networking opportunities. Also with enough content to then go and research some of the ideas discussed by the speakers or audience. Avalanche NEAR Polygon Those four days were quite exciting with the market “hopefully” recuperating. And the teams building the next generation of applications on top of the different blockchain protocols busy launching and delivering solutions to scale for the surging demand that we are seeing right now. But most importantly we got together to see what the future will hold for NFTs, scaling, mining and creating value for users of these blockchain protocols. America Latina the next frontier I have been a fan of the for the last year and half, so it was great to hear their thesis around Ultrasound money with the audience. Their research is one of the best I have seen and essay is one not to be missed. As a Mexican citizen I for one know how difficult it is to live through the fluctuations of fiat, which to be honest is one of the most stable in the region and that is saying quite a lot :P Bankless podcast Going Bankless So when I got into crypto, my main focus was to leapfrog the banking system and understand how to leverage the Open Finance platforms. During the conversations in the Colombia panel, it was quite surprising to see Davivienda and Bancolombia, two of the top banking institutions leading the narrative around crypto. To be honest I am quite hesitant to support since most of these institutions are slow and with little incentive to support the users that want to go bankless. I gave them the benefit of the doubt and when I heard them discuss how they are beta testing crypto platforms it made me realize that they could be an important partner for onboarding new users into the blockchain. We are still in the early phase of crypto adoption for the masses and in Colombia we are working to create opportunities for those that are unbanked and cannot access financial vehicles such a loans. - Alejandro Beltran, CEO of buda.com It was interesting to hear CEOs from the top exchanges such as Bitso discuss the untapped potential that crypto has in the Latin America region. Brazil has one of the biggest internal markets in the region and I can attest to how quickly they adopt financial technologies, in every shop and restaurant you have cashless payments through Mercado Pago, in contrast to Mexico where it is still not widespread. This tells you how the Latin America region is leap frogging other regions in accepting solutions from fintech Startups. Making crypto platforms appealing to solve the unbanked problem that the region has. Crypto communities and platforms There were a lot of discussions happening between attendees in the chat space during the platforms for both Layer 1-2 talks and panels started. Definitely one of the most watched sessions was for the platform, getting a lot of the DeFi enthusiast to hang around. At one moment we were more than 2000 people connected in the chat; sadly just a few of us took part in exchanging ideas and networked during the talks. Polygon Polygon has delivered on its promise and we have seen how a lot of liquidity has started to move from decentralized exchanges (DEX) over to the Layer 2 solution and also have cut down drastically on the ETH gas fees so Liquidity Providers can leverage DEX’s such as and to farm on the Polygon platform. Quick Swap MaiFinance Sandeep Nailwall who is its COO shared with the Coindesk.tv that Polygon is the most used Layer 2 solution, with the most 3rd party application adoption in all the Ethereum ecosystem. Surpassing Layer 1 contenders such as Solana and Polkadot. Speaking of Layer 1 contenders, another platform showcased at Consensus was with a strong community backing it and leveraging a familiar technology stack for developers. They want to attract the creators and builders in crypto to develop the next generation of crypto solutions on top of their platform. NEAR Protocol They recently announced their Ethereum Virtual Machine called , so Ethereum projects and developers can migrate over to NEAR, leveraging their reduced gas prices and making it easier to deploy decentralized applications (DApps) with a clean user experience. Aurora Their founder Ilia Polosukin talked about how the ecosystem of DApps has grown in less than a year with the launch of which is similar to in ETH. Mintbase OpenSea He also shared how NEAR can support the creation of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) and it is being supported by , a farming platform such as with a very unique way of building game dynamics into generating yields (I recommend you read about it ) and which is a Decentralized Exchange built on NEAR. Sputnik Fund DAO Berry Club here Ref Finance We know that for platforms and protocols to keep growing in their initial stages they need to be bootstrapped and for this the NEAR Foundation is offering grants with total funding of 3.5 million USD in NEAR, also looking to invest directly into protocols and solutions with more than 2 million USD in NEAR to be allocated during 2021. They are putting their weight behind those founders and builders that can leverage the NEAR protocol to develop the next generation of blockchain solutions. We built a platform where transactions can get executed for an average of 1 cent and block time is 1 second, and with a strong community support from our Guilds who are experimenting and creating, so we can build an Open Web for everyone - Ilia Polosukin, NEAR Protocol founder Metrics to understand tokenomics growth Now one of the big questions that come up when deciding which protocol to dive deep in and maybe buy its tokens - how do I know that there is real value being created on this blockchain protocol? This question was answered by the founder of the token Emin Gün Sirer during the panel discussion. It was quite interesting to get his point of view since he has been around the blockchain ecosystem long enough to understand when a protocol has solid foundations or not. Avalanche The number one way to know if a protocol is being used is by analyzing the amount of fees burned in all the current transactions on the blockchain; this is quite difficult to fake as this will take an enormous investment from bad actor(s) - Emin Gün Sirer, founder of Avalanche Also, another metric that I heard during the in the Bankless podcast is the amount of wallets that are allocating more than $100 USD; which is a good indicator of the number of users committed to the platform. interview with the 1Confirmation crypto fund This I believe can be really important for new projects or protocols that are getting started, as it is imperative that they provide an explorer where anyone can perform this type of analysis. There are some interesting platforms such as that are providing analytic for NFT platforms on Ethereum. They will become the next frontier for investors or users, enabling them to understand if the platforms they want to be involved are not fugazi. DegenData Now that Bitcoin Conference is happening in Miami this week, let's prepare for what the next wave of innovation will bring to the crypto ecosystem. But most important is that all this technology is empowering users to have alternatives to the current fiat system and also enabling creators/developers to build valuable solutions that will give new crypto states the means to be sustainable. This is just the beginning and we are in the early stages of the means of creating value.

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Facebook has finally disclosed the details of its cryptocurrency Libra with the long-awaited Libra whitepaper. Libra will allow its users to buy things or transfer money to others with zero fees. Libra cryptocurrency holders will also be able to cash out Libra online or purchase things at local exchange points like Grocery stores and pay out using third-party wallet apps or Facebook’s own Calibra wallet which will be integrated into Messenger, WhatsApp and its own app. Released Tuesday Morning on 18th June 2019, the 29-page Libra whitepaper explains a protocol designed to grow with a new global currency. The document outlines the information about Libra and its testnet for experimenting with the twists of its blockchain system before launching it to the public in the first half of 2020. The whitepaper opens up by trumpeting the Libra’s mission: Libra’s mission is to enable a simple global currency and financial infrastructure that empowers billions of people. In order to achieve the decentralization, a new organization called Libra Association has been established whose members will have separate tokens which will provide them with on-chain voting rights to govern decisions about Libra. Facebook is not only responsible for fully controlling Libra, but Facebook has also got a single vote in Libra’s governance like other founding members of Association including Uber, Andreessen Horowitz and Visa. Each of these organizations has invested at least $10 million into the project’s organizations. The Libra Association will market the open-source Libra Blockchain and Developer Platform with their own Move programming language. Facebook will also launch a subsidiary company named “Calibra” that will manage crypto transactions and ensure user’s privacy by never integrating Libra payments with Facebook data to avoid ad targeting. Also, the users’ identity will never be mingled to publicly transparent transactions. Source: New Atlas Facebook/Calibra and founding members of Libra Association will earn interest when users cash in money held in reserve, to maintain the stability of Libra. After evaluating the existing blockchain platforms, Facebook decided to build a new platform, Libra based on the following requirements: Highly secure, ensuring the safety of financial data and funds.
Flexibility to power the Libra’s ecosystem governance and innovation in financial services.
Ability to scale to billions of accounts that need low latency, high capacity storage system and high transaction throughput. The Libra Blockchain has adopted the BFT (Byzantine Fault Tolerance) approach with the LibraBFT consensus mechanism to facilitate agreement among validator nodes on transactions to be executed. Also, the data on the Libra Blockchain implements Merkle trees to enable detection of any changes made to the existing data, thereby storing transactions securely. How does Libra Blockchain work? Libra does not allow real identity on its blockchain system like other platforms. It is only public-private key pairs that exist. The Libra protocol never links to a real-world identity. However, a user can make multiple accounts with multiple key-pairs. Accounts managed by the same user have no link to each other. The consensus mechanism for Libra Blockchain will be dozens of organizations that will run nodes on the network to validate transactions. Every time consensus is voted for new transactions; a leader is selected randomly to count up the votes. Libra has opted to depend on familiarity instead of democracy to establish consensus in initial days. Founding members of the Libra Association are the entities who can vote at the outset by holding Libra Investment Tokens. Libra Investment Tokens provide founding members with the voting rights on the network to make decisions about letting new validators join the network and handling the reserve. Unlike Ethereum, Libra has come up with two essential changes in smart contracts. First of all, it restricts how much users can do at the protocol. Secondly, it breaks out the data from software so that one smart contract can be directed to a pool of assets, known as “resources” by Move programming language. Libra will never use a burning mechanism to improve the value of the coin. Instead, tokens will be issued and burned consistently when the association will respond to demand shifts for reserve with no minimum or maximum supply. Similar to Corda, Libra’s Blockchain Ledger is also disposable, meaning that the historical data can grow beyond the limit managed by an individual server. However, validators can choose to discard historical data when it is no more needed for the processing of new transactions. The Libra Blockchain is open source with Apache 2.0 license and developers can build apps on it using the Move programming language. Libra has launched its testnet today and it’s in developer beta mode until it officially gets launched in 2020. The Libra Association has collaborated with HackerOne to create a bug bounty system that will reward security researchers for identifying glitches and flaws safely. The Libra Association Every founding member of the association has paid a minimum amount of $10 million to join and become a validator node on the Libra Blockchain Network. In return, they have gained one vote in the Libra Association Council and are entitled to a share of dividends from interest earned on the Libra reserve. According to the report by The Block’s Frank Chaparro, the following are 28 soon-to-be founding members of the association: Source: Libra.org Technology Marketplaces: eBay, Lyft, Booking Holdings, Facebook/Calibra, Farfetch, Spotify AB, Uber Technologies, Inc. and Mercado Pago.
Telecommunications: Vodafone Group and Iliad.
Payments: PayPal, Stripe, Visa, Mastercard and PayU.
Venture Capital: Andreessen Horowitz, Ribbit Capital, Breakthrough Initiatives, Union Square Ventures and Thrive Capital.
Blockchain: Bison Trails, Xapo Holdings Limited, Coinbase, Inc. and Anchorage.
Nonprofit and multilateral organizations and academic institutions: Kiva, Mercy Corps, Creative Destruction Lab and Women’s World Banking. Who can be a part of Libra Governance? In order to join the Libra Association, members must have a half rack of server space, the dedicated internet connection of 100Mbps or above, enterprise-grade security and a full-time reliability site engineer. Businesses must hit two of three goals of a $1 billion USD market value, reach 20 million people in a year and/or recognition as a top 100 industry leader by a group like S&P and Interband Global or $500 million in customer balances. Wrapping up If Facebook achieves the success and a lot of people cash in money for Libra, the founding members of the association could obtain big dividends on the interest. Once it becomes super quick to buy things using Facebook’s cryptocurrency, businesses would also like to boost their ad spend in it. The announcement news of the launch of Libra cryptocurrency has made every tech enthusiast more excited and everyone is curious for more updates from Facebook’s Blockchain Team. Visit our website to know more about our blockchain work and technologies we understand. Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to stay updated with developments around Blockchain. Facebook has finally disclosed the details of its cryptocurrency Libra with the long-awaited Libra whitepaper. Libra will allow its users to buy things or transfer money to others with zero fees. Libra cryptocurrency holders will also be able to cash out Libra online or purchase things at local exchange points like Grocery stores and pay out using third-party wallet apps or Facebook’s own Calibra wallet which will be integrated into Messenger, WhatsApp and its own app. Released Tuesday Morning on 18th June 2019, the 29-page Libra whitepaper explains a protocol designed to grow with a new global currency. The document outlines the information about Libra and its testnet for experimenting with the twists of its blockchain system before launching it to the public in the first half of 2020. The whitepaper opens up by trumpeting the Libra’s mission: Libra’s mission is to enable a simple global currency and financial infrastructure that empowers billions of people. Libra’s mission is to enable a simple global currency and financial infrastructure that empowers billions of people. Libra’s mission is to enable a simple global currency and financial infrastructure that empowers billions of people. In order to achieve the decentralization, a new organization called Libra Association has been established whose members will have separate tokens which will provide them with on-chain voting rights to govern decisions about Libra. Facebook is not only responsible for fully controlling Libra, but Facebook has also got a single vote in Libra’s governance like other founding members of Association including Uber, Andreessen Horowitz and Visa. Each of these organizations has invested at least $10 million into the project’s organizations. The Libra Association will market the open-source Libra Blockchain and Developer Platform with their own Move programming language. Facebook will also launch a subsidiary company named “Calibra” that will manage crypto transactions and ensure user’s privacy by never integrating Libra payments with Facebook data to avoid ad targeting. Also, the users’ identity will never be mingled to publicly transparent transactions. Source: New Atlas Facebook/Calibra and founding members of Libra Association will earn interest when users cash in money held in reserve, to maintain the stability of Libra. After evaluating the existing blockchain platforms , Facebook decided to build a new platform, Libra based on the following requirements: blockchain platforms Highly secure, ensuring the safety of financial data and funds. Flexibility to power the Libra’s ecosystem governance and innovation in financial services. Ability to scale to billions of accounts that need low latency, high capacity storage system and high transaction throughput. Highly secure, ensuring the safety of financial data and funds. Flexibility to power the Libra’s ecosystem governance and innovation in financial services. Ability to scale to billions of accounts that need low latency, high capacity storage system and high transaction throughput. The Libra Blockchain has adopted the BFT (Byzantine Fault Tolerance) approach with the LibraBFT consensus mechanism to facilitate agreement among validator nodes on transactions to be executed. Also, the data on the Libra Blockchain implements Merkle trees to enable detection of any changes made to the existing data, thereby storing transactions securely. How does Libra Blockchain work? Libra does not allow real identity on its blockchain system like other platforms. It is only public-private key pairs that exist. The Libra protocol never links to a real-world identity. However, a user can make multiple accounts with multiple key-pairs. Accounts managed by the same user have no link to each other. The consensus mechanism for Libra Blockchain will be dozens of organizations that will run nodes on the network to validate transactions. Every time consensus is voted for new transactions; a leader is selected randomly to count up the votes. Libra has opted to depend on familiarity instead of democracy to establish consensus in initial days. Founding members of the Libra Association are the entities who can vote at the outset by holding Libra Investment Tokens. Libra Investment Tokens provide founding members with the voting rights on the network to make decisions about letting new validators join the network and handling the reserve. Unlike Ethereum, Libra has come up with two essential changes in smart contracts. First of all, it restricts how much users can do at the protocol. Secondly, it breaks out the data from software so that one smart contract can be directed to a pool of assets, known as “resources” by Move programming language. Libra will never use a burning mechanism to improve the value of the coin. Instead, tokens will be issued and burned consistently when the association will respond to demand shifts for reserve with no minimum or maximum supply. Similar to Corda, Libra’s Blockchain Ledger is also disposable, meaning that the historical data can grow beyond the limit managed by an individual server. However, validators can choose to discard historical data when it is no more needed for the processing of new transactions. The Libra Blockchain is open source with Apache 2.0 license and developers can build apps on it using the Move programming language. Libra has launched its testnet today and it’s in developer beta mode until it officially gets launched in 2020. The Libra Association has collaborated with HackerOne to create a bug bounty system that will reward security researchers for identifying glitches and flaws safely. The Libra Association Every founding member of the association has paid a minimum amount of $10 million to join and become a validator node on the Libra Blockchain Network. In return, they have gained one vote in the Libra Association Council and are entitled to a share of dividends from interest earned on the Libra reserve. According to the report by The Block’s Frank Chaparro, the following are 28 soon-to-be founding members of the association: According to the report by The Block’s Frank Chaparro , the following are 28 soon-to-be founding members of the association: report by The Block’s Frank Chaparro Source: Libra.org Technology Marketplaces: eBay, Lyft, Booking Holdings, Facebook/Calibra, Farfetch, Spotify AB, Uber Technologies, Inc. and Mercado Pago. Telecommunications: Vodafone Group and Iliad. Payments: PayPal, Stripe, Visa, Mastercard and PayU. Venture Capital: Andreessen Horowitz, Ribbit Capital, Breakthrough Initiatives, Union Square Ventures and Thrive Capital. Blockchain: Bison Trails, Xapo Holdings Limited, Coinbase, Inc. and Anchorage. Nonprofit and multilateral organizations and academic institutions: Kiva, Mercy Corps, Creative Destruction Lab and Women’s World Banking. Technology Marketplaces: eBay, Lyft, Booking Holdings, Facebook/Calibra, Farfetch, Spotify AB, Uber Technologies, Inc. and Mercado Pago. Technology Marketplaces: Telecommunications: Vodafone Group and Iliad. Telecommunications: Payments: PayPal, Stripe, Visa, Mastercard and PayU. Payments: Venture Capital: Andreessen Horowitz, Ribbit Capital, Breakthrough Initiatives, Union Square Ventures and Thrive Capital. Venture Capital: Blockchain: Bison Trails, Xapo Holdings Limited, Coinbase, Inc. and Anchorage. Blockchain: Nonprofit and multilateral organizations and academic institutions : Kiva, Mercy Corps, Creative Destruction Lab and Women’s World Banking. Nonprofit and multilateral organizations and academic institutions Who can be a part of Libra Governance? In order to join the Libra Association, members must have a half rack of server space, the dedicated internet connection of 100Mbps or above, enterprise-grade security and a full-time reliability site engineer. Businesses must hit two of three goals of a $1 billion USD market value, reach 20 million people in a year and/or recognition as a top 100 industry leader by a group like S&P and Interband Global or $500 million in customer balances. Wrapping up If Facebook achieves the success and a lot of people cash in money for Libra, the founding members of the association could obtain big dividends on the interest. Once it becomes super quick to buy things using Facebook’s cryptocurrency, businesses would also like to boost their ad spend in it. The announcement news of the launch of Libra cryptocurrency has made every tech enthusiast more excited and everyone is curious for more updates from Facebook’s Blockchain Team. Visit our website to know more about our blockchain work and technologies we understand. Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to stay updated with developments around Blockchain. Visit our website website to know more about our blockchain work and technologies we understand. Follow us on Facebook , Facebook LinkedIn LinkedIn and Twitter Twitter to stay updated with developments around Blockchain.

Facebook announces the Libra Cryptocurrency with the release of Libra Whitepaper

Many millennials dream of being their own boss. It’s easy for some of us to make excuses for why “now isn’t the right time” to start your business — the economy is heading toward recession (it has to be, right?), your corporate job offers great and stable health benefits, and even a 401K. But succumbing to these easy outs can rob you of the freedom to explore the endless realm of potential your next great idea could have for you and the world around you. You’re Going to Be Told No, So Deal With It You may never live on a yacht enjoying the seven-figure life, but you know what? There’s lots of opportunity out there. The average consumer’s needs and wants evolve daily. And whatever you create just might be the next thing your peers desire and expect to see in the marketplace. Today’s fast changing world provides an unlimited opportunity for self-making entrepreneurs that want to capitalize off of the latest consumer trends, many of which are fueled by technology. There is one reality you need to grow accustomed to in the business world, regardless of your experience, and that’s recognizing that at some point, you will be told “no.” And, that’s okay. Accept it and move on. Even Michael Loeb, the founder and creator of magazine subscription giant, The Synapse Group — also known for for CNBC’s hit show, — is no stranger to hearing the word “no.” But he hasn’t let it impede his forward momentum. In fact, in 2002, Loeb was inducted into the Direct Marketing Association’s because of his experience and affiliation with over 50 startups; among them Priceline.com. And he hasn’t stopped yet. volunteering his home Billions Hall of Fame While delivering his keynote address to the attendees of Advertising Week in New York last year, Loeb went into a rare inside glimpse of the challenges he faced when he first created Synapse. Getting fired from Time, Inc. in the early ‘90’s was the impetus for Loeb to start The Synapse Group, the world’s largest magazine retailer. Through his audacity and his unwillingness to limit Synapse’s growth, he outlined how he was able to expand his startup to partner with all major credit cards and a variety of publishers which represented more than 700 magazine titles. At the end of the day, he ultimately sold the business back to his former employer for $800 million. As a side note, incubated inside of Synapse was Priceline, which was founded by Synapse’s co-founder, Jay Walker, and co-funded by Loeb. When It Comes to Your Idea, Take the Plunge Before Someone Else Does As I always say, good isn’t good enough, good is for the other guy. For Loeb, having a great idea today could mean it’s gone tomorrow. As the CEO ended his keynote, he told attendees that “ .” [he] wished he had started [his] entrepreneurial journey sooner Taking into account the opportunity, the available resources, willpower, and, of course, timing can make all the difference between success and failure, especially in today’s digital age. “ .” We are living in a time of major disruption and I encourage everyone here to not hesitate. Seize your passion, energy, and conviction and funnel it into making your startup a company that can truly create positive change for a specific industry or community Had Loeb not built Synapse at the precise moment he did, he wouldn’t have been able to disrupt the subscription market. And he likely wouldn’t have been able to help build Priceline and earn the knowledge and experience to start Loeb Enterprises. Today, Loeb’s fast establishing Loeb.nyc, something he calls a ‘venture collective,’ that is comprised of roughly two-dozen startups and early stage investments including digital platforms, direct-to-consumer products, and enterprise solutions. The ever-growing portfolio of Loeb.nyc companies includes All The Rooms, Butler Hospitality, Mercato, Payoneer, SummitSync, and Thnks — among other top names. With holdings around the country, Loeb.NYC is headquartered in a Midtown Manhattan tower where it occupies three floors. In a recent interview, Loeb identified five other entrepreneurs — Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison, Tom Brady, Roger Federer, and his very own father, Marshall Loeb –who have each in their own way inspired him to continue on his journey of building, backing, and/or funding successful companies. Forbes

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