The J Curve with Olga Maslikhova

Marcos Salama / Inventa on his key learnings from scaling Rappi's grocery business, focusing on growth, building multicultural organization at Inventa and

Dec 12, 2022

29:32

December 12: For the final episode of the J Curve in 2022 I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Marcos Salama, founder and CEO at Inventa, Brazil's leading digital marketplace for small retailers and suppliers in Latin America that has raised over $80m in venture capital from the likes of Greylock, a16z, Founders Fund, Tiger Global, monashees, One VC and MAYA.

In today's episode we will learn:
1. What are the unique challenges of building and scaling a B2B marketplace solution in Latin America?
2. How did the product-market fit look like for Inventa?
3. What is Inventa's high growth playbook? What are the key challenges of managing high pace of growth for Marcos and Inventa's leadership team?
4. What are the ultimate benefits of building a multicultural team from day Zero? How does being hybrid and multicultural impact corporate culture at Inventa?
5. What's Marcos's take on the future of Inventa if everything goes right?