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#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...
#46: Women in Logistics Management Roles
Leaders in Supply Chain LATAM - July 31, 2023 02:00 - 36 minutesESPAÑOL: Claudia Kattan-Jordan es la Vicepresidenta para Centroamérica y Panamá en Crowley Maritime. Ha desempeñado diferentes roles dentro de la organización por más de 34 años. También ha estado participando en muchas organizaciones en Centroamérica y Honduras como Presidenta de la Cámara Amer...
#45: Maria Villablanca, Co-Founder and CEO of Future Insights Network
Leaders in Supply Chain LATAM - July 21, 2023 02:00 - 30 minutesESPAÑOL: Maria P. Villablanca es cofundadora y directora ejecutiva de Future Insights Networks durante los últimos 5 años. Presentadora de la serie de podcasts Transform Talks y una de las 100 mujeres líderes de la cadena de suministro más influyentes. En sus años anteriores, fue coanfitrión del...
#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, ...
#44: Antonio Lacerda, SVP Chemicals and Performance Products at BASF
Leaders in Supply Chain LATAM - July 10, 2023 05:00 - 33 minutesESPAÑOL: Antonio Lacerda es el Vicepresidente Senior de Productos Químicos y de Rendimiento de Sudamérica en BASF durante los últimos 8 años, con una carrera en BASF de más de 18 años. Antes de este puesto, desempeñó varios cargos: vicepresidente sénior de revestimientos, catalizadores, producto...
#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 ...
#43: Raul Samaniego, Vice President Global Supply Chain at Grupo Aje
Leaders in Supply Chain LATAM - June 26, 2023 00:00 - 32 minutesESPAÑOL: Raúl Samaniego es Vice Presidente de Cadena de Suministro Global en Grupo Aje en Perú. Anteriormente, Raúl se desempeñó como Director de Fabricación y Cadena de Suministro de ASEAN para Tailandia, Indonesia y Vietnam durante casi 4 años, y antes fue Director de Cadena de Suministro par...
#42: Heberto Castro, Head of Operations Brazil in Gallo, a joint venture with Unilever
Leaders in Supply Chain LATAM - June 23, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutesESPAÑOL: Heberto Castro es el Jefe de Operaciones de Gallo a nivel mundial, es un joint venture con Unilever, desde hace 4 años en Brasil. Previamente, Heberto estuvo trabajando para ADM como Director de Operaciones en Brasil responsable de Supply Chain, Business Planning, S&OP, Customer Service...
#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 ...
#41: Eran Ebert, Head of Global Supply Chain Transformation and Planning Excellence at Teva Pharmaceuticals
Leaders in Supply Chain LATAM - June 06, 2023 00:00 - 39 minutesESPAÑOL: Eran Ebert es el Head Global de Transformación de la Cadena de Suministro y Excelencia en la Planificación en Teva Pharmaceuticals con sede en Israel durante más de 2 años. Antes de esta asignación, Eran se desempeñó como Head de Mercados Internacionales de la Cadena de Suministro Regio...
#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...
#40: Michele Sappracone, Global Head of Sales Operations - Electrification at ABB
Leaders in Supply Chain LATAM - May 16, 2023 05:00 - 38 minutesESPAÑOL: Michele Sappracone es el Director Global de Electrificación de Operaciones de Ventas en ABB, ubicado en Dubai, durante los últimos 4 años. Michele tiene 15 años ABB. Con anterioridad a este cargo, se desempeñó como Gerente Regional de Mejora Continua para Asia, Medio Oriente y África. A...
#39: Gabriela Alejandra Lopez Orantes, Mexico Managing Director at CEVA Logistics
Leaders in Supply Chain LATAM - May 15, 2023 02:00 - 28 minutesESPAÑOL: Gabriela Alejandra es Directora General de Ceva Logistics en México en los últimos 3 años. Antes de este cargo, fue Gerente General Regional en la Región de Monterrey y Gerente de Estación durante más de 4 años, Gerente de Operaciones en Guadalajara durante aproximadamente 5 años y func...
#142 – A serial fintech founder's journey: Jorge Vargas Neto, BHub
Latitud Podcast - May 10, 2023 08:00 - 49 minutesAs 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 and Rappi, Jorge is now on his third journey as a fintech...
#38: Mauricio Galindo, Vice President of Business Development Latin America at CEVA Logistics
Leaders in Supply Chain LATAM - May 04, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutesESPAÑOL: Mauricio Galindo is the Vice President Business Development Latin America at Ceva Logistics based in Brazil. He has developed his career In Ceva Logistics for over 19 years, performing roles as Managing Director Colombia and Peru for over 3 years, Country Manager Colombia for over 4 yea...
#141 – Creating and scaling a deep tech startup in Latin America: Leonardo Vieira, Tractian
Latitud Podcast - May 03, 2023 08:00 - 46 minutesTractian 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: making factories more efficient. The hard work ha...
#37: Santiago Duarte, Vice President Global Technology Supply Chain at Anheuser-Busch InBev NV
Leaders in Supply Chain LATAM - April 28, 2023 06:00 - 40 minutesESPAÑOL: Santiago Duarte es el vicepresidente de la cadena de suministro de tecnología global en Anheuser-Busch InBev NV con sede en Brasil. Antes de esta asignación, Santiago fue VP Global Tecnología Delivery en Bangalore, India. Anteriormente estuvo en Bogotá Colombia como Director Regional de...
#140 – From an epic fail to a unicorn: Fabien Mendez, Loggi
Latitud Podcast - April 26, 2023 08:00 - 46 minutesFabien 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 across the country. But these numbers don't tell how hard the journ...
#139 - Lessons from a startup pioneer in Mexico: Bernardo Cordero, Flat
Latitud Podcast - April 19, 2023 15:00 - 44 minutesBernardo Cordero has always liked to be one of the first people to arrive at the scene. That was the case with Linio, an e-commerce company created more than a decade ago. That was also the case with STARTegy, his venture builder for fintechs. Finally, history repeated itself when he co-founded ...
#139 – Lessons from a startup pioneer in Mexico: Bernardo Cordero, Flat
Latitud Podcast - April 19, 2023 15:00 - 44 minutesBernardo Cordero has always liked to be one of the first people to arrive at the scene. That was the case with Linio, an e-commerce company created more than a decade ago. That was also the case with STARTegy, his venture builder for fintechs. Finally, history repeated itself when he co-founded ...
#36: Jose E. Abascal, APAC Regional Head of Marketing and Commercial Excellence at PETRONAS
Leaders in Supply Chain LATAM - April 16, 2023 23:00 - 54 minutesESPAÑOL: José Abascal es el Director de Marketing y Excelencia Comercial de Asia Pacífico en Petronas durante casi 2 años. Anteriormente, José fue Gerente General Gerente General de Dicermex en Colombia. Antes de este desafío, José fue vicepresidente de marketing/desarrollo de nuevos negocios – ...
#138 Successfully teaching, creating, founding, and investing: Mar Hershenson, Pear VC
Latitud Podcast - April 11, 2023 18:00 - 49 minutesMar Hershenson has done it all. She's been a VP of product development and a co-founder of three successful startups. With 14 patents under her belt and a passion for teaching, Mar has joined us today to share her insights on: What it takes to succeed in the startup world, Experience as a ma...
#138 – Successfully teaching, creating, founding, and investing: Mar Hershenson, Pear VC
Latitud Podcast - April 11, 2023 18:00 - 48 minutesMar Hershenson has done it all. She's been a VP of product development and a co-founder of three successful startups. With 14 patents under her belt and a passion for teaching, Mar has joined us today to share her insights on: What it takes to succeed in the startup world, Experience as a ma...
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