The Importance of Connections in Latin America

Gina Gotthilf is the co-founder and COO at Latitud, a platform helping build the next generation of iconic tech startups in Latin America through products, a dedicated fellowship and fund. Gina met her co-founder, Brian Requart, through On Deck. Before Latitud, Gina was the VP of Marketing and Growth at Duoloingo, helping scale the company from 3 to 200 million users, and worked on the Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign. Continuing with our series on the meta-problem of helping people start companies, we talk to Gina about the bottlenecks to starting companies outside the United States.