DTC POD: How The Best Brands Are Built #194 - Tono Mandly, Riogrande: Taking on the $100B LATAM DTC Market
Tono Mandly stopped by DTC Pod's Miami studio to discuss the current consumer landscape in Latin America and how Riogrande is filling a gap in the consumer market, the startup scene in LatAm, the challenges of building DTC Brands in Latin America, and the incredible potential for this $100 billion e-commerce market.
3:47 - 10:22 Tono's background
10:36 - 14:22 Ecommerce landscape in LatAm
14:28 - 16:47 Challenges in LatAm Ecommerce
17:03 - 21:18 What is Riogrande
21:21 - 23:46 Consumer landscape in LatAm
26:22 - 29:12 Operating in different countries
30:07 - 33:59 Startup scene in LatAm
34:17 - 36:12 Fixing the lack of trust between consumers and businesses
38:12 - 40:10 Opportunity in LatAm
40:12 - 41:53 VCs in LatAM
41:55 - 43:07 Who should join YC
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Tono Mandly- CEO of Riogrande
Ramon Berrios - CEO of Trend.io
Blaine Bolus - COO of OmniPanel