Silicon Valley Luminaries Light Up Mexican Tech Scene
With the re-election of President Barack Obama and as Mexico’s President Calderon’s Administration hands the reigns over to president-elect Peña Nieto on December 1, Mexico has heated up news headlines about Mexico’s rising. Although recent headlines have focused on Mexico’s growing economic advantages over China as a manufacturing country, there is another rising taking place south of the border– a “tech rising” spurred by the growing early stage and venture capital ecosystem. The M.I.T.A. (Mita Institute and Technology Accelerator) is uniting Silicon Valley leaders with Latin American