Tell HN: Buenos Aires Meetup on Wednesday

Re:Tell HN: Buenos Aires Meetup on Wednesday by barmstrong on Friday November 13, 2009 @03:36PM (#940754)

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/entrepreneurs I've met up with. A sampling:

uplifted.net easybroker.com areatresworkplace.com rubyrescue.com mixergy.com

and my own site startbreakingfree.com

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Re:Tell HN: Buenos Aires Meetup on Wednesday by nir on Saturday November 14, 2009 @03:41PM (#942104)

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

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Re:Tell HN: Buenos Aires Meetup on Wednesday by barmstrong on Wednesday November 18, 2009 @11:55AM (#948577)

Yeah the Ferry is full of foreigners doing the Uruguay trip to renew their visa for another 3 months.

I learned recently though that the fine for overstaying your visa is almost the same as the Uruguay trip if you stay a few nights. The fine is (around 300 pesos or $80 US) no matter how long you stay so since I've already been to Uruguay once I'll probably just overstay it. At least is what I'm told, I'll find out if it's true soon :)

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Re:Tell HN: Buenos Aires Meetup on Wednesday by awerner on Saturday November 14, 2009 @11:09PM (#942613)

I believe so, but all you have to do is take a $30 ferry out to Uruguay (not a terribly torturous procedure in itself!).

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