Tell HN: Buenos Aires Meetup on Wednesday

Post by barmstrong » Fri, Nov 13, 2009, 8:31 PM UTC

mfalcon wrote: post #9

Great!, I'll try to be there. All of you are from US?(I'm argentine).

Post by hypermatt » Fri, Nov 13, 2009, 9:14 PM UTC

Post by nir » Sat, Nov 14, 2009, 8:41 PM UTC

barmstrong wrote: post #12

nir wrote: post #8

Would any on you guys care to tell a little about the Buenos Aires dev/founder experience? Never been to Argentina but it seems like something interesting is building up there...

It does seem like something is brewing here. I think it got popular with Tim Ferriss' The Four Hour Work Week where he talks about it...lots of founders came down here. It's easier to bootstrap a web business because: 1. costs are much lower here 2. earning in dollars and spending in pesos means your money goes a long way (geo-arbitrage) It's by no means huge yet, but there is a band of renegade expat coder/entrepren…

Post by awerner » Sun, Nov 15, 2009, 4:09 AM UTC

nir wrote: post #15

barmstrong wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It does seem like something is brewing here. I think it got popular with Tim Ferriss' The Four Hour Work Week where he talks about it...lots of founders came down here. It's easier to bootstrap a web business because: 1. costs are much lower here 2. earning in dollars and spending in pesos means your money goes a long way (geo-arbitrage) It's by no means huge yet, but there is a band of renegade expat coder/entrepren…

How about visas etc? Do you need to leave every few months to renew your visa?

Post by eknudtson » Mon, Nov 16, 2009, 6:55 PM UTC