#85 - Building from first principles: Francisco Larraín, Topsort
Francisco Larraín's professional journey tells a story of coming full circle. It all started as a founding team member for advertisement network Tapjoy. Having gotten a taste for the world of startups...
22 Mar 202246min
#84 - The paths to founder liquidity: Pierre Schurmann, nuvini
Pierre Schurmann has never shied away from great adventure: he and his family left Brazil when he was 15 with the goal of sailing around the world, and after 4 years of traveling with them, he disemba...
15 Mar 202248min
#83 - Changing the VC narrative: Lolita Taub, Ganas Ventures
Lolita Taub has made it her mission to create generational wealth in community. As the daughter of a Mexican immigrant family, providing underestimated founders and funders with resources is at the c...
8 Mar 202240min
#82 - Earning a seat at the table: Bedy Yang, 500 Global
Born and raised in a chinese-brazilian family, Bedy Yang has a lengthy track record of consulting for global companies on go-to-market strategies in Brazil. She moved to the US at a time when there we...
1 Mar 202249min
#81 - Altitud | Building the e-commerce landscape in Venezuela: Vicente Zavarce, Yummy
Vicente Zavarce was born and raised in Venezuela, but went abroad to study in the US during his university years. He quickly found his way into their booming startup ecosystem, and went on to join Pos...
24 Feb 202215min
#80 - From 0 to unicorn in 8 months: Gerry Colyer, Clara
Before he knew he wanted to build a company, Gerry knew he wanted to make people’s lives better. Born in Monterrey, Gerry Colyer left Mexico to attend Yale University, then went on to pursue a degree ...
22 Feb 202238min
#79 - Altitud | Bridging the technical skill gap: Fabio Muniz, Awari
Fabio Muniz is a product designer turned founder and CEO. He worked with clients such as Google and Viacom before transitioning to VC-backed startups until he found out we wanted to build his own. Aw...
17 Feb 202220min
#78 - Upskilling and reskilling for growth: Marta Forero Sepúlveda, UBITS
There's a famous anecdote in which a CFO asks the CEO: "What happens if we invest in developing our people and they leave us?" To that, the CEO responds: "What happens if we don't and they stay?" Upsk...
15 Feb 202242min
