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The J Curve with Olga Maslikhova

Julio Vasconcellos and Ana Martins / Atlantico on The Key Forces Shaping the Future of Latin America, Why LatAm Tech Ecosystem is Globally Competitive and How To Build Lasting Partnerships

Aug 31, 2023
01:00:22

For this in studio episode I am thrilled to welcome Julio Vasconcellos, founding partner at Brazilian early stage venture capital firm Atlantico, founder at Canary, former Brazil country manager for Facebook and former entrepreneur-in-residence (EIR) at Benchmark. I am also thrilled to welcome Ana Clara Martins, partner at Atlantico and co-founder at Brazil at Silicon Valley, one of the largest annual conferences that connect entrepreneurs, executives and investors from Brazil with global tech community.


This is the special edition of The J Curve in which we go into the nitty gritty details of The 2023 Atlantico Digital Report , the most comprehensive overview of key tech trends in Latin America.


In today's episode we will discuss:


1. Tectonic shifts: what are the five key forces shaping the future of Latin America?

2. From LatAm to the world: why will we see more global companies coming out of Latin America?

3. Beyond US and China: the rise of LatAm's startup ecosystem

4. Top reasons startups fail: what to avoid?

5. Lessons from Pix: what the world can learn from Brazil's instant payment method?


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Follow Olga on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ or ⁠Instagram⁠ Olga is an entrepreneur, venture capital investor, mentor at Techstars and founder at The J Curve, Latin America's leading English speaking podcast about tech builders. She's been investing in the USA, SEA and Latin America for over 13 years. Companies she backed include tech unicorn ClassPass (acquired by Mindbody) and Vitalk (acquired by Gympass).


Shownotes:

Curious article on Pix: https://thefintechtimes.com/the-story-of-pix-and-what-us-banks-can-learn/

Eric Schmidt interviewed by Julio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TesYzPxN7AU





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