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WeXchange: What will you do differently come Monday morning?



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Still a little tired from my morning flight, I am very excited about the MIF’s first ever pitching conference, WeXchange, held in Miami this week with over 50 women entrepreneurs – and an equal number of investors.

I hope they were energized by the sessions, speakers, and mentoring sessions. I myself was impressed by the creativity and dynamism of these women and their business ideas, led of course by the winner of our pitching competition, Angela Cois, whose start-up Last Room makes last minute hotel reservations really easy. But the runners-up were also impressive: Cecilia Calderon of Chile-based DentiDesk, Sylvia Chebi of Greentizen, Uruguay; Ana Hornstein of Fotter, Argentina; Montse Piquer of Nidmi, Spain; and Yanina Baglieri of DineroTaxi, Argentina, and all the other businesswomen I talked to over the couple of days.

To help you come back Monday morning ready to take on your next big idea, I wanted to briefly put together some of the recommendations by the speakers Nicolette Moreno, Joan Lyman, Silvina Moschini and from the panels. In the hope that these quotes will be useful when facing the reality of thinking BIG, here are the best tweets.

What will you implement first thing Monday morning?

"Innovation brings chaos, don't expect things to be perfect" @RoblesSusanaro in #WeXchange @ellas2 @nextplabs @marta_cruz @Endeavor_Uy

— Sylvia Chebi (@sylchebi) December 12, 2013

"Become a risktaker". @RoblesSusanaro #WeXchange @PitchBullcom

— Lupita Angel (@LupitaAngelR) December 12, 2013

@marta_cruz "las redes te sirven para acompañarte en la montaña rusa de la vida de la mujer emprendedora"! #weXchange

— Victoria Kenny (@emp_red) December 12, 2013

Consejo para las emprendedoras - "Aprendan a alzar la voz." @marta_cruz @NXTPLabs #WeXchange

— Nadjalisse (@Nadjalisse) December 12, 2013

Es importante que las mujeres aprendan a trabajar con los medios comunicando sus historias @BryanPearce1 #WeXchange

— NXTP Labs (@NXTPLabs) December 12, 2013

"@ellas2: "Mejor pedir perdón que pedir permiso" Joan Lyman #WeXchange Streaming en http://t.co/q45RlZCfG2"

— Ángela Escribano Mar (@Angelasororidad) December 12, 2013

#WeXchange "Learn the Word NO. Never Avoid It" @ellas2 #Emprendedora

— Alondra'B (@Alondriux25) December 12, 2013

Joan Lyman at #weXchange: it takes a lot of years to have an overnight success.

— Sylvia Chebi (@sylchebi) December 12, 2013

"competitors are your colleagues" Joan Lyman #WeXchange

— Catalina Escobar (@catalinaescobar) December 12, 2013

Joan Lyman #WeXchange: live in chapters not in whole novels. pic.twitter.com/s0uXNwl1we

— MonicaPinaAlzugaray (@moni_pina) December 12, 2013

“Competitors are your colleagues. You should learn from them" Joan Lyman in #WeXchange http://t.co/sFHq63yGt1

— BBVA Open Talent (@OpenTalent2013) December 12, 2013

"Mejor pedir perdón que pedir permiso" Joan Lyman #WeXchange Streaming en http://t.co/1E4Jn7tQ6J

— Ellas² (@ellas2) December 12, 2013

"Location doesn't matter" Joan Lyman #WeXchange

— Patricia Araque (@patriciaaraque) December 12, 2013

"Failure gives us a second chance" @RoblesSusanaro #WeXchange

— Lupita Angel (@LupitaAngelR) December 12, 2013

"Mi experiencia es que las mujeres se ayudan entre sí" @thewaywomenwork en #WexChange —> La nuestra también. Yes!

— Ellas² (@ellas2) December 12, 2013

@SilviaTorresC #WeXchange "Being trustable is the most important social capital asset ... do not confuse with networking "

— Lisandro Bril (@lisandrobril) December 12, 2013

"Social capital goes beyond Networking. You need to build trust " @SilviaTorresC #WeXchange

— Itzel Lerma (@ilermart) December 12, 2013

#WeXchange 'Never take a NO to be a no about you!' when it comes to financing, says Rania Anderson. Fascinating panel on investing in women.

— Trang Ho (@TrangHo9) December 12, 2013

"If you don't have a woman as a cofounder, you should go and get one! We really have a totally different vision" #wexchange #NicMoreno

— Melina Maqueda (@melmaqueda) December 12, 2013

"@marta_cruz: Don't make desision for your team, help your team to take decisions @NicMoreno #WeXchange cc/ @NXTPLabs"

— Laru Linares (@laru05) December 12, 2013

CEO's job description by @NicMoreno #Wexchange pic.twitter.com/JQgpH8LIXr

— MonicaPinaAlzugaray (@moni_pina) December 12, 2013

And last but not least thanks to the amazing hosts, the MIF’s Susana Garcia Robles, and Patricia Araque and Marta Cruz of our partners Ellas2 and NXTPlabs!

What will you implement first thing Monday morning?

And remember:

Why women should found big companies? We'll, why leave all the fun for the guys? @nicmoreno #WeXchange

— NXTP Labs (@NXTPLabs) December 12, 2013

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