R/07 · 2000 – 2016

# Founder years — Chile and the early web

PymeFacil, Guubie, Biletu, SubmitMyStartup, Lanuu, Orange Media Labs.

- Founder
- Chile
- Self-taught

Before the scale-ups, I built my own things. Most of what I know about early-stage chaos comes from here: when you've put your own money on the line, you stop caring about vanity metrics and focus on what brings in customers.

93 startups helped launch through PymeFacil

~65% made it off the ground

## The ventures

### PymeFacil — CTO & co-founder · 2010 – 2012

Co-founded the first entrepreneurship agency in Chile, helping 93 startups and companies start their ventures — about 65% of them made it.

### Guubie.com — Founder & CEO · 2011 – 2015

A marketing automation platform for startups: newsletters, automated emails and landing pages. Part of Startup Incubator Catalyst.

### Biletu.com — Founder · 2012 – 2015

A mobile app to pay between friends and skip the awkwardness, with gamification and social features. Santiago, Chile.

### SubmitMyStartup.com — Founder & CEO · 2014

A service for startups to submit their profile to 70+ relevant websites, blogs and directories — an intro to investors, journalists and bloggers.

### Lanuu.co — Founder · 2015 – 2016

A simple drag-and-drop web builder for non-technical people.

### Orange Media Labs — Founder · 2000 – 2016

Ran every project, from web development to web consultation.

## Honors

- Start-Up Chile — accepted
- Startup Wise Guys accelerator
- LeWeb Paris 2012
- The Next Web Chile Awards
- Guubie — Startup Incubator Catalyst

Related: [GTM, the way I run it](https://fmillan.com/gtm/)

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