#61 - Building deep relationships as a founder: Sebastian Kreis, Xepelin
Fintech is extremely hot in Latin America. Chilean entrepreneur Sebastian Kreis is seeing this opportunity and is building Xepelin with the goal to be the leading SMB digital bank in LatAm. Xepelin is...
1 Okt 202142min
#60 - Pivoting to success: Pamela Valdés, Beek
About 6 years ago, Pamela Valdés was faced with an important choice between a full scholarship for university in the US or dropping out to get her business off the ground. As you may have guessed, the...
23 Sep 202157min
#59 - Building the largest tech school in Latin America: Freddy Vega, Platzi
Over the last few years, Latin America has been seeing more and more people interested in founding a startup. To them, Freddy Vega has one advice: don't do it. The deterrence may sound strange, especi...
16 Sep 20211h 6min
#58 - Dealing with a chip on your shoulder: Martin Schrimpff, Kocomo
From a young age, Martin Schrimpff was always looking for entrepreneurial opportunities, whether that was selling chocolate or doing raffles at school. His first official business, though, was founded...
9 Sep 20211h 8min
#57 - Altitud | Iona Szkurnik from Education Journey and aggregating the most innovative edtechs in one place
Born in Brazil, Iona Szkurnik arrived in California 8 years ago. After graduating from Stanford University as a Lemann Fellow, she worked at a couple of Silicon Valley companies and taught at Menlo Pa...
7 Sep 202121min
#56 - Developing the future leaders of LatAm: Diego Ontaneda & David Baptista, LALA
What does it take for Latin America to have the next Nelson Mandela, Greta Thunberg, or a few thousand more David Vélez? LALA, the Latin American Leadership Academy, believes it's about unleashing the...
2 Sep 202155min
#55 - Altitud | Salvador Rivero from Levo and building a high-yield savings account for Mexico
Salvador Rivero is a self-proclaimed fintech geek. Born and raised in Mexico City, he's trained in Political Science and Finance at Science-Po in France. With 9 years of experience in the investment i...
1 Sep 202113min
#54 - Building a $30 billion "skyscraper": David Vélez, Nubank
When he was 12, David Vélez made his first investment: a cow. Bought with birthday money and savings from summer jobs, that one cow eventually became six, which were then sold and turned into his coll...
26 Aug 20211h 1min
