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Latitud Podcast
Get inspired by Latin America’s most prominent tech founders and investors. They share personal and actionable insights on how to scale, raise capital, and become a better leader. Presented by Brian Requarth, Latitud’s cofounder.
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Episodes
189 episodes
#164 — How to craft founder-investor relationships: Investo, Cumbuca, and Lightspeed Venture Partners at Vamos Latam Summit
A founder-investor relationship is like a marriage: hopefully, you're both sticking to each other through thick and thin, for years to come.Finding the right partner and crafting this lasting relationship is no easy task. That's why we c...
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#163 — How to reach product-market fit: BHub, Foodology, and Pomelo at Vamos Latam Summit
Product-market fit can make or break your startup. Being in a good market with a product that can satisfy that market is an essential but difficult task.That's why we asked the founders of BHub, Foodology, and Pomelo to com...
#162 — Fireside chat with Brian Requarth and Sebastian Mejia at Vamos Latam Summit
Sebastian Mejia is the co-founder and president of Rappi. And for the past 18 months, he’s been focused on a single goal: having the best team in the world. At Vamos Latam Summit, Sebastian shared how we went ab...
#161 — Fireside chat with Gina Gotthilf and Hernan Kazah at Vamos Latam Summit
Here’s Gina Gotthilf, co-founder of Latitud together with Brian and Yuri. You might have noticed this episode’s a bit different — but not only because I’m the one presenting it.This week onward, we’ll be sharing the most impressi...
#160 – Leveling up in life and in startups: Eduardo della Maggiora, Betterfly
After spending a decade at JP Morgan, all the way to becoming VP, Eduardo della Maggiora decided he wanted to go from company advisor to company builder. Betterfly got 99 nos and 1 yes in the beginning, as Eduardo puts it. After fun...
#159 – Being an angel and VC in LatAm: Derek Hall and Miguel Burger-Calderon, BFF
Derek Hall and Miguel Burger-Calderon weren't born in Latin America but saw just how many opportunities the region has. They went from founders to angel investors in the US and LatAm, putting money into companies such as Clara, Cobli, and Nowpo...
#158 – MISTO, an investment template for Brazilian startups: Christel Moreno, Gunderson Dettmer
We've been hearing startup founders all over LatAm for a while now. And we noticed a common reflection from those on a fundraising journey: how a simple and clean investment template could take much of the friction away.That's why we par...
#157 – The renewal of the entrepreneurial spirit: Ana Martins and Julio Vasconcellos, Atlantico
Atlantico's back with its annual Latin America Digital Transformation Report. The study reflects on some of the forces transforming LatAm today, from the renewal of the entrepreneurial spirit in the region to the rise of artificial intelligence...
#156 — Balancing curiosity and focus as a startup founder: Parker Treacy, Cobli
Parker Treacy voyaged down from the US to Brazil back in 2014 for two reasons. First, for the adventure. Second, and that's in his own words, for being irrationally convinced that he'd be successful. In the end, Parker stuck the lan...
#155 – A startup pivot years in the making: André Ferraz, Incognia
From the Brazilian city of Recife, André Ferraz co-founded a startup out of a research project. That was In Loco Media, a company that used geopositioning technology for marketing. Eventually, the retail giant Magazine Luiza bought the startup....
#154 — Betting on Latin America’s e-commerce power: Sujay Tyle, Merama
Sujay Tyle sold his used cars marketplace to Naspers back in 2019. He could have stopped there. But he decided to double down on a segment and a market that still had a lot to offer.Sujay co-founded Merama, a marketplace that invests in ...
#153 — Memorable events as a startup strategy: Brian Requarth, Latitud
Wanna win a free ticket to Vamos Latam Summit, and bring your friends along with a discount? Participate in our exclusive raffle for Latitud Podcast listeners! Click the following link and ...
#152 – Startups' best practices and mistakes on product: Irit Epelbaum, Product Management Coach
Irit Epelbaum has managed product teams for more than a decade. From San Francisco to São Paulo, she's worked in companies like Trulia, Peixe Urbano, and VivaReal. Now, Irit makes use of that experience to coach founders on the best practices o...
#151 – Focus and efficiency as a startup founder: Manoela Mitchell, Pipo Saúde
Manoela Mitchell went from investor to founder because she wanted to crack one of Brazil's most challenging markets: healthcare. She's now the co-founder and CEO of Pipo Saúde, a startup that currently has 100,000 lives under management....
#150 – Latitud Podcast's special on how to overcome difficult times: 99, Buser, Loggi, Atlantico, Cracks Fund, Ganas Ventures, General Atlantic
Latitud Podcast has been going strong for three years, and we’ve finally reached episode #150. So we decided to take a trip down memory lane and revisit some stories about how to survive through difficult times. These difficult moments can appe...
#149 – Carving your own path: Alejandra Ríos, Ambrosía and Shark Tank
Alejandra Ríos started her studies in the food industry. But she already had another plan in mind: entering the finance and business world.Now, Alejandra is the CEO of the culinary education and events company Ambrosía. She's also a shar...
#148 - How to build products your customers want: Steve Blank
Get out of the building! If you've never heard this advice before as a founder… wait, what am I saying, of course you have. Today, we welcome a true titan of the startup world, the man who coined "GOOB" and pioneered the Customer Dev...
#147 – How to master M&As and media as a startup founder: Luis Lora, Globo Ventures
Luis Lora has been in the media and tech scene for a long time – from writing a check into Napster and negotiating deals for iTunes to dealing with M&As, private equity, and venture capital deals in Latin America.Now, Luis is ...
#146 – LatAm's startup opportunity in the eyes of Silicon Valley: Anna Piñol, NFX
Anna Piñol moved from Spain to Silicon Valley to become a startup founder. She not only got invested by the venture capital firm NFX but decided to join them to fund other startups.Anna's now a Principal at NFX. Day after day, she sees a...
#145 – M&A and debt lessons for LatAm startup founders: Arthur O'Keefe, Bamboo
Arthur O' Keefe is no stranger to pressure. He started his professional journey by working in a nuclear submarine for the United States Navy, but later decided to go to Harvard Business School and make a career in finance.Arthur has led ...
#144 – Unlocking Latin American startups' potential: Rafael Costa, Across Capital Partners
Rafael Costa has been investing in Latin American startups for a decade. He's seen the development of the tech investing scene in LatAm by being an investor in growth equity firms like Vulcan Capital, and by sitting on the board of companies li...
#143 – Lessons from fundraising in public: Brian York, Cubbo
Born in Colombia but raised in the US, Brian York went back to Latin America a few years ago. He not only discovered his roots but also a mission -- driving value to the Colombian startup ecosystem, and generating economic and social progress w...
#142 – A serial fintech founder's journey: Jorge Vargas Neto, BHub
As a lawyer, Jorge Vargas Neto met fintech founders like David Vélez from Nubank and Sergio Furio from Creditas. He got so inspired that he decided to become a fintech founder himself.After exiting two startups to the unicorns PagSeguro ...
#141 – Creating and scaling a deep tech startup in Latin America: Leonardo Vieira, Tractian
Tractian is part of a small LatAm startup club that focuses on hardware and software. This was a decision that Gabriel Lameirinhas, Igor Marinelli, and Leonardo Vieira took early on. And it was a necessary step to solve a massive global problem...
#140 – From an epic fail to a unicorn: Fabien Mendez, Loggi
Fabien Mendez grew up in France but discovered his entrepreneurial vein in Latin America. That calling led to one of Brazil's biggest startups. Loggi became a unicorn back in 2019. Now, it moves 300 thousand packages every day acros...