Oct 27, 2020
Andrea Baba, FitCo: Digitizing Fitness Centers
in Latin America, Ep 125
Andrea’s first experience as an entrepreneur was starting her own Zumba studio when she was 18 years old. Within a year of operating, she started to expand her business, hiring more instructors and gaining more clients. However, Andrea saw that...
Oct 20, 2020
Mariana Castillo, Ben & Frank: Direct-to-Consumer Eyewear for the Mexican Market, Ep 124
Mariana Castillo believes that the eyewear shopping experience in Mexico is broken. It’s generally reduced to an impersonal exchange that only considers the basic optical measurements, rather than catering the product to...
Oct 14, 2020
Claire Díaz-Ortiz, Magma Partners: Investing in Latin American Female Founders, Ep 123
Claire Díaz-Ortiz has been passionate about investing in women and supporting the underrepresented since her days at Stanford, where she completed an undergrad in Feminist Studies and History. However, it wasn’t until later in...
Oct 7, 2020
Dan Green, Gunderson Dettmer: Legal Structures for Startups in Latin America, Ep 122
An avid traveler from a young age, Dan Green’s relationship with Latin America stretches all the way back to his childhood trips to Mexico and Ecuador and visits from an aunt who dazzled him with stories about doing business...