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
179 episodes
Why LatAm? ESOPs with Norte Ventures and Credit Saison
What’s the best way to make employees have skin in the game? Giving them a true chance at ownership. This is what employee stock ownership plans are all about. An impressive 85% of Latin American startups have already set ...
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Season 6
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Episode 179
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42:50
The Growth Playbook of Rodrigo Tognini, Conta Simples
From his first days at university, Rodrigo realized he wasn’t going to follow a traditional path. An internship at the Brazilian payment company Stone was enough to inspire him to create his own startup. Through a mix of expense...
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Season 6
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Episode 178
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55:26
The Growth Playbook of Lucas Vargas, Nomad
Groupon, VivaReal, Nomad: Lucas Vargas spent over a decade sharpening his growth playbook for startups in Latin America.The end result is the true embodiment of founder mode. Be it product or marketing decisions, Lucas went aga...
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Season 6
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Episode 177
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50:22
The Playbook for Building in Health for LatAm of Thomaz Srougi, Dr.Consulta and Carecode
If you're Brazilian or have lived in Brazil but you've never heard of Dr. Consulta, you've probably been living under a rock. So many people in the world don't have access to healthcare plans, and this is definitely the case in Brazil.O...
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Season 6
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Episode 176
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44:41
LatAm does it best: Atlantico’s Latin America Digital Report 2024
Download Atlantico’s Latin America Digital Report 2024: https://www.atlantico.vcThe new edition of Atlantico’s Latin America Digital Report is out today — and it’s all about how La...
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Season 6
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Episode 175
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39:59
Taking AI to SMBs in LatAm with Lautaro Schiaffino, Darwin AI
Lautaro Schiaffino and Ezequiel Sculli are two startup founders with a clear mission: enabling small and medium businesses to compete with players of all sizes. Working with these SMBs for over a decade in Latin America, t...
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Season 6
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Episode 174
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43:15
The Growth Playbook of André Penha, Quinto Andar
The Latitud Podcast is back with a new season — but that’s not all. We’re entering a new phase: Tomas Roggio will join me, Brian Requarth, as we uncover the playbooks used by founders and investors transforming Latin America. We hope you’ll ...
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Season 6
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Episode 173
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36:13
#172 — Scott Hartley, Everywhere VC: discovering and developing the best founders around the world
Scott Hartley was a researcher and went on to work with product and operations at companies like Facebook and Google. But the most well-known part of Scott’s journey began when he hit Sand Hill Road.Scott went on to become a c...
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Season 5
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Episode 172
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45:04
#171 - Santiago Gomez, Simetrik: the journey to a $55M Series B
Back in 2018, Santiago Gomez and Alejandro Casas were just two young and hopeful founders, fresh into YC. However, with a team of 25 working on an e-commerce business, they struggled to find funding. "There's no founder-produ...
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Season 5
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Episode 171
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38:11
#170 – Building companies in LatAm and the US: Matias Recchia, Keyway
Over a decade ago, Matias Recchia created a startup to take home maintenance services online. IguanaFix expanded across Latin America, and eventually attracted the Brazilian unicorn Madeira Madeira.After the sale, Matias dived into a new...
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Season 5
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Episode 170
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41:07
#169 – Transforming banks through AI: Rohan Ramanath, Hyperplane
AI has been the talk of the town for a while. But have you seen it in your run-of-the-mill bank yet? Well, Hyperplane is changing that.About a dozen banks in Brazil are already getting all the information they have, running it ...
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Season 5
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Episode 169
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44:28
#168 — What makes a unicorn: Daniela Binatti, Paulo Veras, and Rodrigo Baer at Vamos Latam Summit
Unicorn stories generally look at the beginning and the end of the journey. There's not a lot out there about the messy middle, filled with patience and hard work.That's why we invited the co-founders of Pismo, 99, and Upload V...
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Season 4
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Episode 168
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33:33
#167 — The myth of overnight success: GetNinjas, Madeira Madeira, and Silverguard at Vamos Latam Summit
Most of the time, the road to startup success is not a straight and short one. Founders can face unexpected roadblocks and then take detours – especially in Latin America.Kristen Durham, the VP of SMBs and Startups at Ze...
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Season 4
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Episode 167
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40:18
#166 — The path to your Series A: Latitud Ventures, Canary, Valor Capital Group, and Fintech Collective at Vamos Latam Summit
A Series A is a crucial moment for every venture-backed business. Raising this round is a turning point for startups, from validation to scale.So at our most recent Vamos Latam Summit, we invited investors from Latitud Ventures, Canary,...
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Season 4
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Episode 166
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35:39
#165 — Fundraise and manage your cap table the right way: BZCP, Campbells, Gunderson Dettmer, and Carta at Vamos Latam Summit
Fundraising the right way to end up with a healthy cap table isn't usually a top-of-mind priority for startup founders. But it should be. Making a dilution mistake in the earlier stages can bring you and your startup a lot of problems when it's...
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Season 4
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Episode 165
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59:26
#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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Season 4
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Episode 164
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42:32
#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...
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Season 4
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Episode 163
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38:34
#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...
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Season 4
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Episode 162
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37:21
#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...
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Season 4
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Episode 161
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35:26
#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...
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Season 4
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Episode 160
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48:42
#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...
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Season 4
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Episode 159
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42:48
#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...
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Season 4
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Episode 158
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21:46
#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...
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Season 4
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Episode 157
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1:00:57
#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...
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Season 4
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Episode 156
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46:58
#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....
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Season 4
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Episode 155
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42:44