Latest Brian requarth Podcast Episodes
#172 — Scott Hartley, Everywhere VC: discovering and developing the best founders around the world
Latitud Podcast - April 16, 2024 22:00 - 45 minutesScott 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 co-founder of Two Culture Capital and Everywhere Ventures. Across the...
#171 - Santiago Gomez, Simetrik: the journey to a $55M Series B
Latitud Podcast - March 05, 2024 21:00 - 38 minutesBack 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-product fit", the investors would say. After a while, it clicked that thei...
#170 – Building companies in LatAm and the US: Matias Recchia, Keyway
Latitud Podcast - January 23, 2024 15:00 - 41 minutesOver 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 challenge: bringing more efficiency to the US real estat...
#169 – Transforming banks through AI: Rohan Ramanath, Hyperplane
Latitud Podcast - January 11, 2024 21:00 - 44 minutesAI 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 by the startup's artificial intelligence, and then predicting custo...
#168 — What makes a unicorn: Daniela Binatti, Paulo Veras, and Rodrigo Baer at Vamos Latam Summit
Latitud Podcast - December 19, 2023 23:00 - 33 minutesUnicorn 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 Ventures to our most recent Vamos Latam Summit. By the way, you can ...
#167 — The myth of overnight success: GetNinjas, Madeira Madeira, and Silverguard at Vamos Latam Summit
Latitud Podcast - December 15, 2023 14:00 - 40 minutesMost 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 Zendesk, chatted with the founders of GetNinjas, Madeira Madeira, and Silver...
#166 — The path to your Series A: Latitud Ventures, Canary, Valor Capital Group, and Fintech Collective at Vamos Latam Summit
Latitud Podcast - December 06, 2023 20:00 - 35 minutesA 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, Valor Capital Group, and Fintech Collective to share thei...
#165 — Fundraise and manage your cap table the right way: BZCP, Campbells, Gunderson Dettmer, and Carta at Vamos Latam Summit
Latitud Podcast - December 06, 2023 20:00 - 59 minutesFundraising 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 time to raise new rounds. That's why we called exp...
#164 — How to craft founder-investor relationships: Investo, Cumbuca, and Lightspeed Venture Partners at Vamos Latam Summit
Latitud Podcast - November 16, 2023 18:00 - 42 minutesA 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 called founders and investors to share their experiences d...
#163 — How to reach product-market fit: BHub, Foodology, and Pomelo at Vamos Latam Summit
Latitud Podcast - November 07, 2023 13:00 - 38 minutesProduct-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 come to Vamos Latam Summit and share their own journey of reaching PMF. I...
#162 — Fireside chat with Brian Requarth and Sebastian Mejia at Vamos Latam Summit
Latitud Podcast - November 01, 2023 18:00 - 37 minutesSebastian 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 about it, and his journey as a startup founder. This is only one of the impressive ...
#161 — Fireside chat with Gina Gotthilf and Hernan Kazah at Vamos Latam Summit
Latitud Podcast - October 25, 2023 13:00 - 35 minutesHere’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 impressive panels we’ve had at Vamos Latam Summit. By the way, you can al...
#160 – Leveling up in life and in startups: Eduardo della Maggiora, Betterfly
Latitud Podcast - October 17, 2023 20:00 - 48 minutesAfter 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 fundraisings and pivots, the corporate benefits platform became a...
#159 – Being an angel and VC in LatAm: Derek Hall and Miguel Burger-Calderon, BFF
Latitud Podcast - October 04, 2023 20:00 - 42 minutesDerek 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 Nowports. Now, Derek and Miguel are venture capital inve...
#158 – MISTO, an investment template for Brazilian startups: Christel Moreno, Gunderson Dettmer
Latitud Podcast - September 20, 2023 13:00 - 21 minutesWe'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 partnered up with law offices such as Gunderson Dettmer to l...
#157 – The renewal of the entrepreneurial spirit: Ana Martins and Julio Vasconcellos, Atlantico
Latitud Podcast - August 31, 2023 14:00 - 1 hourAtlantico'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. We had early access to these findings here at La...
#156 — Balancing curiosity and focus as a startup founder: Parker Treacy, Cobli
Latitud Podcast - August 24, 2023 14:00 - 46 minutesParker 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 landing. He took his experience in the auto industry to create Co...
#155 – A startup pivot years in the making: André Ferraz, Incognia
Latitud Podcast - August 16, 2023 14:00 - 42 minutesFrom 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. But years before that sale, André was already work...
#154 — Betting on Latin America’s e-commerce power: Sujay Tyle, Merama
Latitud Podcast - August 08, 2023 22:00 - 49 minutesSujay 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 and partners with e-commerces brands all over Latin Ameri...
#153 — Memorable events as a startup strategy: Brian Requarth, Latitud
Latitud Podcast - August 02, 2023 13:00 - 39 minutesWanna 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 comment your favorite episode's title + tag two friends: https://bit.ly/latitud-podcast-vls-raffle Connect...
#152 – Startups' best practices and mistakes on product: Irit Epelbaum, Product Management Coach
Latitud Podcast - July 20, 2023 22:00 - 44 minutesIrit 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 of product management. She's both the product operati...
#151 – Focus and efficiency as a startup founder: Manoela Mitchell, Pipo Saúde
Latitud Podcast - July 11, 2023 20:00 - 50 minutesManoela 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. Pipo Saúde's growth is a lesson on focus and efficiency, ...
#150 – Latitud Podcast's special on how to overcome difficult times: 99, Buser, Loggi, Atlantico, Cracks Fund, Ganas Ventures, General Atlantic
Latitud Podcast - July 06, 2023 17:00 - 1 hourLatitud 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 appear in your upbringing, in your startup’s ups and dow...
#149 – Carving your own path: Alejandra Ríos, Ambrosía and Shark Tank
Latitud Podcast - June 28, 2023 01:00 - 46 minutesAlejandra 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 shark at Shark Tank Mexico. We share the stage in the show's ...
#148 - How to build products your customers want: Steve Blank
Latitud Podcast - June 20, 2023 19:00 - 59 minutesGet 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 Development methodology, which has been instrumental in shaping ...
#147 – How to master M&As and media as a startup founder: Luis Lora, Globo Ventures
Latitud Podcast - June 13, 2023 14:00 - 56 minutesLuis 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 a managing partner at Globo Ventures. The investment firm writes che...
#146 – LatAm's startup opportunity in the eyes of Silicon Valley: Anna Piñol, NFX
Latitud Podcast - June 07, 2023 17:00 - 47 minutesAnna 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 and writes checks for transformational business models in ...
#145 – M&A and debt lessons for LatAm startup founders: Arthur O'Keefe, Bamboo
Latitud Podcast - May 31, 2023 08:00 - 1 hourArthur 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 M&A efforts for years at Movile, the Brazilian tech compa...
#144 – Unlocking Latin American startups' potential: Rafael Costa, Across Capital Partners
Latitud Podcast - May 23, 2023 21:00 - 37 minutesRafael 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 like Loft and Neon. This experience has opened Rafael...
#143 – Lessons from fundraising in public: Brian York, Cubbo
Latitud Podcast - May 17, 2023 01:00 - 47 minutesBorn 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 with that. Brian's now a co-founder and the CEO of C...
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