Far From Silicon Valley, Cuba Cultivates Startup Scene
Far From Silicon Valley, Cuba Cultivates Startup Scene
By
Leani García
Cuba’s startup community is developing despite a lack of funding, equipment, or fast internet.
The barriers to founding a tech startup in Cuba are high. For starters, hardly anyone has access to internet connections faster than dial-up.
But that’s not stopping a generation of young entrepreneurs on the island, where a nascent tech community is challenging the idea that tech innovation has to come from places like Silicon Valley.
Two of those entrepreneurs, Eliecer Cabrera Casas and Pablo Rodríguez Yordy, spoke with AQ at a recent tech startup event...
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