Tag: online marketplaces

Alessandra Angelini, Influur: Reaching the unreachables for organic growth, Ep 182

Category : Crossing Borders Podcast
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You can now find the full show notes of the Crossing Borders podcast on LatamList.com’s new podcast section. I’ll still post the audio of the podcast on my blog and I’m planning to start writing more again on my blog, like I used to.

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Outline of this episode

  • [01:10] – Introduction to Alessandra
  • [01:29] – About Influur
  • [02:17] – The world of influencers
  • [04:36] – Alessandra’s background
  • [07:06] – Meeting her co founders
  • [08:04] – Finding a problem
  • [12:28] – From idea to launching a startup
  • [13:55] – Fundraising
  • [19:47] – Why should brands invest in influencer marketing?
  • [23:10] – Alessandra’s favorites podcasts and books
  • [24:27] – Advice to a younger Alessandra

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Greatest Hits Episode: Maribel Dominguez, Círculo de Belleza: Bringing scalable technology to the professional beauty market, Ep 175

Category : Crossing Borders Podcast
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You can now find the full show notes of the Crossing Borders podcast on LatamList.com’s new podcast section. I’ll still post the audio of the podcast on my blog and I’m planning to start writing more again on my blog, like I used to.

Subscribe to the LatamList Weekly newsletter to get updated on the week’s top tech news and stories from the region.

Thanks for listening to Crossing Borders all these years! If you have any feedback or questions, please feel free to reach out here, or contact me on social media.

Outline of this episode:

  • [1:39] – About Círculo de Belleza
  • [6:45] – Maribel’s path to entrepreneurship
  • [20:00] – Lessons learned from a nonscalable business
  • [23:00] – The fundraising process
  • [27:09] – Books, blogs, and podcast recommendation
  • [30:52] – What’s next for Círculo de Belleza?

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Ep 18 Guimar Vaca Sittic, Building and Investing in International Online Marketplaces

Category : Argentina, Crossing Borders Podcast, Dominican Republic
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Guimar Vaca Sittic - online marketplaces funding

With the success of huge marketplace companies like Amazon, it might be easy to think that new online marketplaces are not going to work out very well, but my guest on this episode has demonstrated over and over that it’s simply not the case. Guimar Vaca Sittic is an Argentinian entrepreneur who has built successful online marketplaces himself and who now is a venture parter at FJ Labs, which focuses primarily on US and international marketplaces. You’ll find his story and perspective very inspiring and helpful.

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