87:60 by Virtuoso Shaping CT's Future Pitch Competition: Niko Zurita, Co-Founder, Vamos + VP, People & Culture, Inbox Health
Aug 25, 2025
Niko Zurita, co-founder of Vamos and VP of People & Culture at Inbox Health, shares his insights on creating intentional workplace cultures and the chaotic world of group travel. He discusses how Vamos simplifies planning for remote teams through collaboration and data-driven tools. Niko delves into hiring trade-offs, the challenges of pricing in travel tech, and the importance of amplifying a CEO's vision. He also highlights the future role of AI in travel planning and the key to making group trips efficient and enjoyable.
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Amplify Leadership To Shape Culture
- Amplify the CEO's values instead of inventing your own separate culture as head of people.
- Build a culture that aligns with leadership actions to avoid hypocrisy and broken trust.
Different Skills At Each Scale Stage
- Startup roles change with scale; skills needed at 0→1 differ from 10→100 or 100→300.
- Key inflection points (around 50, ~150, ~300) shift focus from innovation to process and optimization.
Chaos Behind One Company Retreat
- Niko Zurita messed up a company boat charter due to distributed planning across Google Drive, Slack and texts.
- That PTSD moment inspired him to build Vamos to centralize group travel planning.