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trading placesWhy LatAm Beats Other Emerging Markets, 2026 IPOs, & Discord Valuation | Guest Nathan Lustig | Ep19In this episode of Trading Places, Dave McClure and Aman Verjee break down the reopening IPO market, sky-high AI valuations, and the growing push for private-market liquidity — before diving deep into Latin America’s venture ecosystem with Nathan Lustig (Magma Partners) and Karin Tenenboim (Practical VC).Karin explains why Latin America has quietly outperformed other emerging markets on $1B+ exits, how Brazil’s Pix payments system changed fintech overnight, and why secondaries are still underdeveloped across the region. The episode closes with a valuation corner on Discord, including its rejected Microsoft offer and what its IP...
2026-01-141h 44
Crónicas del capitalLa historia de Magma Partners, contada por el Co fundador y General Partner Nathan LustigEn este episodio conocemos la historia de Magma Partners, Nathan Lustig nos cuenta cómo su pasión por el futbol americano, basketball y otros deportes colegiales fueron el kick off para empezar está maravillosa carrera del emprendimiento que ha estado llena de triunfos, retos y trabajo de equipo.
2023-11-272h 02
Tracks'n'TopicsEin Abend mit Taylor Swift, TMI vom Ehepaar Smith, Troye Sivan-Hype und Nathan Trent & seine Nonna😍 Ja ja, die Gerüchte sind wahr, Christl & Peter waren auf Datenight und haben sich gemeinsam "The Eras Tour" aka den Konzertfilm von Taylor Swift angesehen und ja, sagen wir mal so, sie haben Meinungen dazu... Das hier ist übrigens der cringy Milli Vanilli Doku Trailer über den alle sprechen.Weil sie schon bei Konzerten sind, thematisieren sie auch den, sagen wir mal so, etwas holprigen Tourstart von Madonna. #ConfessionsTourAußerdem wirds etwas juicy, weil wir machen hier zwar keine Promo, aber natüüüüürlich spricht man auch über das Ehedrama von Will Smith und sei...
2023-10-1933 min
How To Be The DifferenceHow to be the Difference Holiday Special 2022, Ep 45In this episode of How to be the Difference, hosts Johanna Molina and Paul Lynskey selected eight clips of the most interesting and exciting interviews that were presented this last season. In this special edition, we include the best insights from experts working in very different industries: from foreign affairs to venture capital, all the way to funding startups and working in the corporate world.Stay ahead of the curve with actionable insights that are reshaping the processes of talent acquisition, human capital management, remote and hybrid workforce development among others.Tune in every other Monday...
2022-12-191h 09
Fundadores: Startups y Venture CapitalNathan Lustig 🇺🇸 | Magma Partners | Invirtiendo en Chile desde USA | Ep. 129Hoy estoy con Nathan Lustig, Managing Partner de Magma Partners, un fondo de venture capital chileno que ha invertido en startups como Kushki, Nuvocargo, Truora y muchas otras. Magma nació queriendo ser un fondo regional.Hablamos de sus primeras startups en Estados Unidos y luego cómo llego a latinoamerica. Nos da varios tips para levantar capital para tu startup y de una estrategia muy peculiar que les ha generado valor a largo plazo. No te lo pierdas! Libros mencionados:Factfulness - Hans RoslingThe Razor's Edge - W. Som...
2022-10-261h 09
Levantando Podcast016 | Nathan Lustig - Magma Partners | Riesgo de ser VC vs riesgo de ser emprendedorNathan Lustig, Co-Founder y Managing Partner de Magma Partners, nos cuenta sobre los riesgos que existen al ser Fund Manager, la construcción única de portafolio que tienen dentro de Magma, y los errores que cometió al levantar capital. Además, nos platica de cómo la creación de contenido a través de podcasts y libros lo han ayudado profesionalmente.
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2022-10-1138 min
Crossing Borders with Nathan LustigLaura Martínez, Magma Partners: How an investment analyst evaluates Latin American startups, Ep 184Laura Martínez is a Senior Investment Analyst at Magma Partners, and she joined the team in 2021. Previously, she spent two years at Mastercard, where she helped launch an in-house accelerator program and fell in love with startups. In this episode, we went through Magma’s investment process, what Magma looks for in startups, and Laura’s experience working as an Investment Analyst. How to get funded by Magma PartnersMagma invests in Latin American startups solving the region’s biggest problems. The best way to get in touch is by creating a Magma Memo, which e...
2022-09-0827 min
Innovación Sin Barreras101. Nathan Lustig — Consejos en cómo levantar capital para fundadores subestimadosEn el episodio de hoy tenemos como invitado a Nathan Lustig, Managing Partner en Magma Partners. Magma Partners es un fondo de Venture Capital que invierte en entre $25k y $5M en fundadores levantando rondas pre-semilla, semilla y serie A en America Latina.En nuestra conversación, Nathan nos compartió la historía de cómo comenzó y creció Magma Partners. A la fecha han invertido, mediante sus cuatro fondos, en más de 85 startups. Además, Nathan nos brindó consejos de levantamiento de capital para aquellos founders subestimados, es decir, los que quizás no asistieron a una univer...
2022-08-2650 min
Crossing Borders with Nathan LustigJuan José Leaño, Parco: Digitalizing Latin America’s parking industry, Ep 181As an intern at a law firm, Juan hated parking in cash-only parking lots. After having to go to the ATM or getting countless parking tickets, he thought there had to be a better way. In 2016, Parco was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, and has since expanded into 28 cities across the country. Parco allows parking lot operators to install a software system to their existing parking systems for consumers to pay using a credit card via the Parco app. Users can also pay for parking tickets and get information about their driving history. In this episode, we discuss how...
2022-08-1828 min
Crossing Borders with Nathan LustigAlexa Clark, Magma Partners: From International Relations to investing in startups in Latin America, Ep 180Alexa Clark is an Associate at Magma Partners, an early-stage venture capital fund based in Latin America. After working for four years at an accelerator in Guadalajara, Mexico, Alexa joined the Magma team as an Investment Analyst and worked her way up to Associate. Although she majored in International Relations, she pivoted to the startup world to create more impact in Latin America. In this episode, Alexa talks about her unconventional path toward venture capital, explains what are some red and green flags when she meets startups, and shares lessons learned from her time in venture capital.
2022-08-1125 min
LatamList EspressoNowports is LatAm's latest unicorn after a $150M Series C round. Bornlogic raises $10M in Series A round, Ep 96This week’s Espresso covers updates from Nowports, Pandas, Bornlogic, and more!Outline of this episode:[00:28] -Pandas raises $6.3M in pre-seed round[00:57] -Nowports becomes a unicorn after a $150M Series C[01:49] -Welbe raises its first pre-seed investment round of $3M[02:31] -Experian acquires 51% stake of Brazilian fintech MOVA[03:10] -Bornlogic raises $10M in a Series A round[03:39] -New episode of How to be the difference with Nathan Lustig, Managing Partner at Magma Partners[03:56] -New episode of Entrepreneurship in Latam 101 on the successes and failures of leading a startup.Resources & people me...
2022-05-3104 min
How To Be The DifferenceA decade supporting and investing in Latin American entrepreneurs: Nathan Lustig, Magma Partners, Ep 32The future of work is here! Are you ready for it?As the working environment continues to evolve, many companies and professionals around the world are adapting, and better yet, leading the way.Join our knowledgeable hosts, Johanna Molina, Talanta’s Co-founder and Head of Impact and Paul Lynskey, Talanta’s Head of Experience, as they delve into deep discussions with industry thought leaders from top companies around the globe, only on How to be the Difference.Stay ahead of the curve with actionable insights that are reshaping the processes of talent acquisition, human capital management, remote and...
2022-05-3044 minLatamList EspressoTreinta raises $46M in a Series A. Softbank launches fund for Latin America called Upload Ventures, Ep 90In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Treinta, Crehana, Softbank and more!Outline of this episode:[00:27] - Jüsto raises $152 million in a Series B. [01:07] -Treinta raises $46 million in a Series A.[01:41] -Crehana acquires the talent management startup Acsendo.[02:14] -Softbank’s investment arm creates a new fund for Latin America called Upload Ventures.[02:39] -Alejandro Guízar’s article on The future of work in the digital economy.[02:52] -Latest episode of Crossing Borders where Nathan Lustig revisits Caterine Castillo’s interview.[03:04] -New How to be the difference podcast episode with Jaime...
2022-04-1904 min
Crossing Borders with Nathan LustigStefan Moller, Klar: Transforming Mexicans’ relationship with money, Ep 167Stefan Moller, CEO of Klar, a Mexican fintech democratizing access to banking, wants to change the way Mexicans think about money.Stefan grew up between Mexico and Germany and worked traditional jobs to finance his own ventures. His experience working traditional jobs and startup companies led him to start Klar to try to make Mexicans' lives better.According to Stefan, traditional banking in Mexico is monopolistic and most Latin Americans have a negative experience dealing with banks. Klar makes it easy for Mexicans to use their smartphones to access better loans, savings, and investment products. ...
2022-03-1732 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigGreatest Hits Episode: The Story Behind the Cornershop Acquisition, Ep 164Daniel Undurraga never thought he would sell even one Latin American company to a company in the US market, but with the recent US$225M acquisition of Cornershop, a grocery-delivery app he has officially sold two startups to US companies. His first startup, Needish, was the basis for Clan Descuento, a Chilean Groupon clone that was acquired by Groupon in 2010. Clandescuento’s acquistion was before most people in Chile had heard of startups!Daniel is a lifelong entrepreneur with his share of failed projects, but ever since he and his business partner Oskar Hjertonsson found their niche in La...
2022-02-2441 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigDaniel Peña, LocalAdventures: Helping Latin Americans travel around the world, Ep 161From a young age, Daniel knew he wanted to create something new, but he didn’t know exactly what it would be. His curiosity and drive led him to always have several side businesses, even as a teen when he started a (painful!) business raising bees and honey. Daniel pushed himself to try new projects, which helped him deal with adversity when starting Local Adventures, a travel startup that not only survived, but grew during the pandemic. 7 out of 10 Latin Americans don’t travel internationally. Daniel saw this reality and he wanted to fix it. With LocalAdventures he open...
2022-01-2726 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigMiguel Medina, Plerk: Building Latin America’s next generation of employee benefits, Ep 160Miguel Medina has been an entrepreneur for as long as he can remember. From selling backpacks at traffic lights to doing magic tricks at bars and selling candy to his classmates to earn extra money, Miguel is a pure entrepreneur.So when his travel startup Isibit was torpedoed by the pandemic, he decided to solve a big Latin American problem: improving the lives of the region's employees and team members.At least 23 million people transitioned to remote work during the Covid-19 pandemic in Latin America. Miguel is improving employees’ well-being via a product specially designed to fit th...
2022-01-2025 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigGreatest Hits Episode: Mariana Castillo, Ben & Frank: Direct-to-Consumer Eyewear for the Mexican Market, Ep 159For this week’s episode of Crossing Borders, we’re revisiting one of our greatest hits episodes featuring Ben & Frank’s co-founder Mariana Castillo.Mariana Castillo believes that the eyewear shopping experience in Mexico is broken. It’s generally reduced to an impersonal exchange that only considers the basic optical measurements, rather than catering the product to the customer’s style and personality. Mariana is the co-founder and co-CEO of Ben & Frank, a direct-to-consumer eyewear brand that seeks to transform the way Mexicans buy eyewear by providing fashionable and affordable options.I sat down with Mariana to talk about...
2021-12-1630 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigSantiago Aparicio, Ontop: Transforming the future of work, Ep 158I sat down with Santiago to talk about his experience as an entrepreneur, while Santiago shared the story of Ontop and their meteoric growth in their first fifteen months (actively operating in over 190 countries, transacting over $2M per month).
2021-11-3037 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigMaricel Saenz, Compound Foods: Coffee without Coffee Beans, Ep 157In this episode, I sat down with Maricel to talk about Compound Food’s mission in tackling climate change, her career in science without being a scientist, her journey of building a company at the start of the pandemic and the future of the coffee industry.
2021-11-2329 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigJuanma Gironella, Guros: Reshaping The Latin American Insurance Industry, Ep 156In this episode, I sat down with Juanma to discuss how Guros is making inroads into the insurance industry and gaining market share with a digital model that is democratizing access to insurance and bringing new opportunities to innovate, improve customer experience, and ultimately, driving growth.
2021-11-1934 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigGreatest Hits Episode: Christian Van der Henst: Helping Latin America Learn with Platzi, Ep 155Greatest Hits Episode: Christian Van der Henst: Helping Latin America Learn with Platzi, Ep 155For this week’s episode of Crossing Borders, we’re revisiting one of our greatest hits episodes featuring Platzi’s Christian Van der Henst.How did a curious young web developer from Guatemala become one of the first Latin American entrepreneurs to enter YCombinator? Christian Van der Henst fell in love with the internet in the 90s when he realized he could use it as a tool to communicate with the whole world. He knew he wanted to share his knowledge with peopl...
2021-11-0347 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigXimena Aleman, Prometeo: Transforming Latin America’s financial landscape via Open Banking, Ep 154Ximena Aleman, Prometeo: Transforming Latin America’s financial landscape via Open Banking, Ep 154~70% of Latin Americans are unbanked or underbanked. That means that there’s a huge opportunity to improve access to financial products and services across the region by leveraging data and technology. Ximena Aleman is co-founder and CEO of Prometeo, a startup that develops Open Banking APIs for fintechs and financial companies in Latin America. We invested in Prometeo in 2019 to support its mission to provide the infrastructure needed to help the region’s fintech ecosystem evolve with better products and services.I sat...
2021-10-2942 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigCaterine Castillo, Neivor: Streamlining real estate administration in Latin America, Ep 153I sat down with Caterine to talk about the pain points of property management in Latin America and the differences in Neivor’s reception between the Colombian and Mexican markets. We also talk about her experience in finance before becoming a founder and what it was like fundraising for the first time.
2021-10-2123 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigGonzalo Blanco, Quansa: Building the future of financial health in Latin America, Ep 152In this episode, I sat down with Gonzalo to talk about why the incentives in Latin American financial products are broken and how Quansa aims to change that. Gonzalo also shares his lessons learned from working in the corporate world, participating in Pear.vc’s accelerator, and going through the fundraising process in the US and Latin America.
2021-10-1435 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigGreatest Hits Episode: Marta Forero, Driving Economic Growth in Latin America via Corporate Education with UBits, Ep 151In this episode, Marta explains what it’s like to be a female entrepreneur in Latin America, provides tips on how to apply for YCombinator and make the most out of the experience, as well as why she and her team chose to bootstrap UBits for four years before raising money. She shares one of the more unique stories of how she met her cofounder: at a bookstore.
2021-09-1044 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigMaribel Dominguez, Círculo de Belleza: Building a vertical marketplace to supply the professional beauty industry, Ep 150I sat down with Maribel to talk about why the distribution system in the professional beauty market is broken and the enormous opportunity it presents in an industry that is often overlooked.
2021-08-3132 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigGreatest Hits Episode: Matías Rivera, Building Businesses and Replanting Patagonian Trees, Ep 149Listen to this episode of Crossing Borders to hear Matias Rivera explain how philanthropy and angel investment are connected in Latin America, and how this connection affects entrepreneurs. If you are interested in this topic, you can also check out my article on startup investing as impact investing in Latin America.
2021-08-2643 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigBenjamin Labra, Houm: Streamlining the Real Estate industry in Latin America, Ep 148I sat down with Benjamin to talk about how he’s tackling some of the industry’s deepest-rooted problems and streamlining the home buying and renting process in the region. We also discuss his experience at Y Combinator and how to build and maintain company culture once you go remote.
2021-08-1325 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigNico Barawid, Casai: Providing Consistently High-Quality Hospitality in Mexico, Ep 147In this episode, Nico Barawid explains that, as an entrepreneur, the lows are never as low as you think they are, because every past mistake or tough situation will teach you something useful to prepare you for your next attempt. It is with this mindset that Nico has taken Casai to where it is today, transforming the traveling experience for the next generation of digital nomads.
2021-08-0340 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigGreatest Hits Episode: Daniel Bilbao, Fighting Fraud in Latin America, Ep 146I sat down with Daniel for this episode to talk about why he decided to go after the Latin American market instead of Silicon Valley, how he raised money from Y Combinator, Accel, and Kaszek Ventures, and why he wants to tackle the problem of fraud in Latin America. We also discuss why he based his company in Cali and the lessons he learned building and working for three startups in Latin America and Silicon Valley.
2021-07-3039 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigGreatest Hits Episode: Federico Vega, Transforming Transport Logistics in Latin America, Ep 145Federico and I had a great time talking about how he’s changing the transport logistics industry in Brazil. My hope is that as his company grows, he’ll become like one of his favorite examples – Alibaba – and find ways to expand his influence worldwide. Enjoy listening.
2021-07-2237 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigPedro Moura, Flourish: Building the tech infrastructure to help people make better financial decisions, Ep 144In this episode, I sat down with Pedro to discuss how he landed on the idea for Flourish, what companies can do to attract foreign talent, and how to think of a business from a global perspective.
2021-07-0627 min
Startupeable: Emprendimiento | Tecnología | Venture Capital025. Nathan Lustig, Magma Partners | Inversión y Levantamiento de Capital para Emprendedores SubestimadosLevantar capital sigue siendo bastante difícil para la mayoría de emprendedores que no tuvieron la oportunidad de estudiar en una universidad de renombre, trabajar en profesiones élite como banca de inversión o consultoría, o simplemente tienen menor acceso a capital por condiciones geográficas o sociales. Para conversar de esto, invitamos a Nathan Lustig, socio y fundador de Magma Partners, uno de los fondos semilla líderes en Latinoamérica.La manera más sencilla de ayudarnos es dejando una reseña en Apple Podcasts: https://ratethispodcast.com/startupeableEste episodio es auspici...
2021-06-301h 01
CodestammtischOverengineering // What got done?Max trinkt mit dem Arrogant Bastard Ale der Stone Brewing Company ein Bier, das nicht allen schmecken dürfte. Aber wenn es euch nicht schmecken sollte, dann will das auch niemand wissen. Nathan hingegen lässt sich mit der Muntermate vom Premium-Kollektiv und dem GFK ein weiteres, koffeinhaltiges Getränk schmecken, das an die Mate aus CST044 erinnert.
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2021-06-071h 02CodestammtischOverengineering // What got done?Max trinkt mit dem Arrogant Bastard Ale der Stone Brewing Company ein Bier, das nicht allen schmecken dürfte. Aber wenn es euch nicht schmecken sollte, dann will das auch niemand wissen. Nathan hingegen lässt sich mit der Muntermate vom Premium-Kollektiv und dem GFK ein weiteres, koffeinhaltiges Getränk schmecken, das an die Mate aus CST044 erinnert.
An dieser Stellen sei auf das Buch von Uwe Lübbermann verwiesen, der Premium moderiert.
Uns hat Feedback erreicht, für das wir sehr dankbar sind: Gelegentlich knackte es in Max‘ Aufnahme. Indem wir jetzt seine lokale Spur ve...
2021-06-071h 02Crossing Borders with Nathan LustigAlexander Torrenegra, Torre: Reinventing job-matching and recruitment services, Ep 143I sat down with Alexander to talk about his entrepreneurial trajectory from getting a loan from a bank at 14 years old with his first business, to moving from his native Colombia to the US and eventually founding Torre. We also discuss Voice 123’s business model and the benefits of bootstrapping a company.
2021-06-0143 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigPete Flint, NFX: Tapping into world-class startups in Latin America, Ep 142I sat down with Pete to talk about what it was like founding startups in different Internet eras and why he decided to make the jump into Latin America with NFX. Pete also provides advice to founders for overcoming crises, having experienced himself running a travel company during 9/11 and a real estate company during the 2008 financial crisis.
2021-05-2641 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigBismarck Lepe, Wizeline: Building world class startups from Mexico and Silicon Valley , Ep 141I sat down with Bismarck to talk about his nomadic childhood between the US and Jalisco in Mexico and how he veered from wanting to study medicine to taking an interest in tech startups and eventually founding his own. We also discuss the harsh truths about what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur and how Guadalajara’s tech ecosystem has evolved over the years.
2021-05-1137 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigDavid Poritz, Credijusto: Helping SMEs grow in Latin America, Ep 140I sat down with David to talk about how the SME lending space in Mexico has evolved since 2015 and the impact COVID-19 has had at Credijusto. We also talk about David’s lessons learned from the nonprofit sector and why working with impact investors is such an important part of Credijusto’s trajectory.
2021-05-0428 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigMaria Fujihara, Sinai Technologies: Helping corporations mitigate climate change through decarbonization software, Ep 139I sat down with Maria to talk about what these pathways look like for a big company and why it’s important to transition to a low carbon economy. We also discuss her experience working in the nonprofit sector before entering the entrepreneurial world and Maria offers advice to other entrepreneurs on how to deal with the ecosystem’s gatekeepers.
2021-04-2226 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigAgustin Feuerhake, Fintual: Redefining what it means to invest in Latin America, Ep 138I sat down with Agustin to talk about his endeavors over the years as one of the most prolific entrepreneurs we’ve had on the podcast. He shares with us his reflections on reaching an exit with QueHambre as a young entrepreneur, as well as what it was like to have co-founded the first Chilean company to get into YCombinator.
2021-04-1240 min
Crossing Borders with Nathan LustigJose Miguel Cortes, Fondo de Fondos: Supporting the venture capital industry in Mexico and Latin America, Ep 137I sat down with Jose Miguel to talk about what a fund of funds model entails, from their investment criteria to what it’s like raising capital. We also discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the VC market in Mexico and Latin America and the vision behind Fondo de Fondos’ new impact fund.
2021-03-2329 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigDaniel Rodriguez, Picap: Delivery and Logistics in Latin Americans, Ep 136I sat down with Daniel to talk about some of his first endeavors from selling empanadas at school to eventually founding his first startup Smart Taxi. We also discuss the real problems that Picap is solving through its ride-hailing and logistics services, as well as how they overcame the regulatory hurdles that disruptive businesses often have to face.
2021-03-1124 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigBrynne McNulty Rojas: Leading Colombia’s Real Estate Industry into the Future, Ep 135I sat down with Brynne to talk more about her experience in real estate and decision to start Habi. We also discuss the process of buying and selling a property in Colombia and how Habi is improving it, and some of her learnings from raising US capital.
2021-02-1919 min
The Reboot PodcastWhat Is My Work To Do? - with Nathan Lustig & Jerry ColonnaAfter spending the last seven years routinely moving from country to country in Latin America, Nathan Lustig's nomadic life was upended when the Coronavirus pandemic began to grip the entire world. As the Managing Partner of Magma Partners, Nathan became accustomed to a transient lifestyle as he worked to build his early-stage venture capital firm. Now facing the first prolonged travel hiatus of his recent career, Nathan sits down with Jerry to unpack the ways in which his aversion to setting roots has served him personally and professionally. Jerry reminds Nathan that in this moment lives an opportunity to reflect...
2021-02-1645 min
Lessons From A Failed StartupWill investors invest in a founder who has had a failed startup? w/Nathan Lustig of Magma PartnersNathan Lustig, the managing partner of Magma Partners, a seed stage investment fund, shares his perspective on how he views founders with a failed startup under their belt.Learn more about Nathan:- Blog: https://www.nathanlustig.com/about/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/nathanlustig- Magma Partners website: https://www.magmapartners.com/- Crossing Boarders podcast with Nathan Lustig: https://latamlist.com/crossing-borders-with-nathan-lustig/- Episode with Alejandro Freund: https://latamlist.com/alejandro-freund-the-path-to-shutting-down-a-latin-american-startup-ep-132/
2021-02-1635 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigRodrigo Sánchez-Ríos, La Haus: Helping Latin Americans Find their Ideal Homes, Ep 134I sat down with Rodrigo to learn more about his decision to go into finance and his experience working at Lehman Brothers until right before the firm declared bankruptcy in 2008. We also talk about Colombia’s broken real estate industry, how he first bootstrapped La Haus with Jaguar Capital before raising outside funding, and the importance of mentorship and role models.
2021-02-0934 min
Voices of Women in Venture 🌊Antonia Rojas, ALLVP: Investing in Latin America's Human Capital & Smart Cities, Ep 111 Podcast: Crossing Borders with Nathan Lustig (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Antonia Rojas, ALLVP: Investing in Latin America's Human Capital & Smart Cities, Ep 111Pub date: 2020-07-21Notes from Voices of Women in Venture 🌊:Antonia Rojas Eing, Partner at ALLVP. (https://www.allvp.vc)Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn this episode, I sit down with Antonia to talk about her journey as an entrepreneur-turned-investor and her views on the future of Latin America’s tech ecosystem. We also talk about he...
2020-10-2224 minLatamList EspressoNathan Lustig: How Magma Partners thinks about InsurTech in Latin America, Ep 6In this week’s Espresso, we invited Nathan Lustig, Managing Partner at Magma Partners, to talk about the enormous opportunity insurtech presents in Latin America. Latam’s ecosystem also saw investment news from two Argentine unicorns, SVB Financial Group, and FitBank, along with updates from Cofece and Cornershop.
2020-07-2107 min
Aquí & Ahora (El TecnoLatino Habla)Nathan Lustig (Magma Partners, Rampa Ventures, Crossing Borders) & Juan Pablo Cappello (PAG.law) ENGLISHIn 2010 Nathan Lustig moved to Latin America as part of the “Startup Chile’s” accelerator program. When Nathan arrived in Santiago Version 2.0 of the TecnoLatino was just coming together. In the past 10 years since Nathan’s arrival in Chile the amount of dollars invested in tech enabled businesses in LatAm has grown 31x times, from $150mm invested in 2010 to $4.6 billion invested in 2019.From the get-go Nathan began to give back to help grow the tech ecosystem throughout LatAm. He has written two books that help foreigners doing business in Chile. And he hosts the popu...
2020-06-0856 min
¡Ahoy! PodCastSophia Wood_"Olvídate de tu ego y trabaja duro""Lo que más hemos visto que funciona en el emprendimiento es el trabajo duro. El mayor problema del emprendedor, es un problema de ego". Sophia es norteamericana nacida en la ciudad de Seattle, famosa por ser cuna del grunge y además donde se han desarrollado negocios y emprendimientos como los de Starbucks, Microsoft y Amazon. Así que Seattle produce gente excepcional y Sophía lo es. Sophía es inversionista, emprendedora y conservacionista. Graduada en la Universidad de Georgetown con una Licenciatura en Asuntos Internacionales, Sophia ha seguido su pasión por el desarrollo s...
2019-12-021h 09
Crossing Borders with Nathan LustigNathan Lustig on Mixergy: A VC's Inside Look at Latin America, Ep 82Mixergy's Andrew Warner interviews Nathan Lustig on the Mixergy Podcast. I decided to cross post this interview, since we cover my story getting to chile, what it's like doing business in Latin America and my experience with previous startups. You can find Andrew's original podcast and show notes on his website: https://mixergy.com/interviews/magma-partners-with-nathan-lustig/ From Mixergy: Nathan Lustig is the co-founder of Magma Partners, an early-stage investment firm that supports the best Latin American entrepreneurs to launch and scale in the US. Nathan literally wrote the book on what it’s like to do business in different parts of...
2019-07-161h 03Crossing Borders with Nathan LustigMaricel Saenz, NextBiotics: Defeating the Next Superbug, Ep 76Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest global threats that most people don’t know much about. It has the potential to take us back to the days when a small cut could kill you. Maricel Saenz is tackling this problem head on with NextBiotics, a company creating new tools to kill antibiotic resistant bacteria. If that wasn’t enough, she’s taking on antiquated stereotypes of Latin American and female founders. Have you ever heard of a male entrepreneur getting asked if he is dating his female co-founder? Maricel Saenz was advised that she should disclose that she had no per...
2019-04-2245 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigEugenio Perea: Building Mexico’s Startup Ecosystem, Ep 70Eugenio Perea is a Mexican entrepreneur, investor, and company builder, and Magma Partners’ newest Venture Partner. Based in Mexico City, his career path has crisscrossed the Mexican ecosystem, consistently returning to the idea that businesses can improve society by creating excellent products that directly solve their customers’ problems. This thesis led Eugenio from his first corporate jobs to his first companies, and finally to VC firm ALLVP, where he learned the ins and outs of startups. Despite initially planning to become a “soldier in the corporate world,” Eugenio has been a key actor in building out Mexico’s ecosystem over the past d...
2019-02-2647 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigEmmanuel Oquendo: How Brainhi Rebounded from Hurricane Maria to Become Puerto Rico’s First YCombinator Company, Ep 68On September 20th, 2017, Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, leaving a permanent mark on the Caribbean island and its people. Most budding startups shut down operations for up to a few months as the nation recuperated. One company, BrainHi, doubled down after the hurricane, helping doctors and dentists treat more patients by automating the process of taking appointments through their AI technology. I sat down with BrainHi co-founder and CEO, Emmanuel Oquendo to share his story of how BrainHi survived the hurricane to become the first Puerto Rican startup to get into YCombinator. I’m lucky to be able to wo...
2019-02-0545 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigBrian York, Liftit: How Entrepreneurship Paved a Path Back to Colombia, Ep 67Brian York left Colombia when he was two weeks old, adopted by a US family and didn’t come back until 2009. Although he grew up south of Boston, Brian never forgot his Colombian heritage and always planned to travel back to try to meet his biological family. Most people would probably go on vacation to Colombia to accomplish that mission, but not Brian. Instead, he started several businesses in his birth country (including current venture, Liftit), raised millions of dollars, and began supporting and angel investing in Colombian startups. Brian is now tackling one of Latin America’s most pressing chal...
2019-01-2250 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigFederico Casas: Helping Build Mexico’s Startup Ecosystem, Ep 66Some entrepreneurs are born, others are made. Federico Casas identifies as the former. A lifelong entrepreneur, Federico started his first business at age eight, and hasn’t stopped since. As one of the first movers in Mexico City’s budding startup ecosystem in the early 2000s, Federico has watched Mexico and Latin America undergo a tech revolution and has been evolving his work alongside it every step of the way. After starting and selling multiple businesses, Federico dabbled in venture capital and now works on both sides of the table as an angel investor. I sat down with Federico to disc...
2019-01-1553 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigDaniel Undurraga: The Story Behind the Cornershop Acquisition, Ep 65Daniel Undurraga never thought he would sell even one Latin American company to a company in the US market, but with the recent US$225M acquisition of Cornershop, a grocery-delivery app he has officially sold two startups to US companies. His first startup, Needish, was the basis for Clan Descuento, a Chilean Groupon clone that was acquired by Groupon in 2010. Clandescuento's acquistion was before most people in Chile had heard of startups! Daniel is a lifelong entrepreneur with his share of failed projects, but ever since he and his business partner Oskar Hjertonsson found their niche in Latin American e-commerce...
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Quantified Health, Wellness & Aging‘Scientific Wellness’ as Dominant Paradigm of 21st Century Healthcare – EP07: Nathan Price (ISB)In this seventh episode, Nathan Price, Professor & Associate Director of the Institute for Systems Biology, explains the concept and aspiration of 'scientific wellness'. He predicts that it will become the dominant paradigm of 21st century healthcare.
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He explains ‘personal, dense, dynamic data clouds’ will enable both peak wellness and disease avoidance. Possibilities that China may leapfrog the United States.
Topics we discussed in this episode
What is systems biology
What are 'Personal, dense, dynamic data clouds'
Quantification of health and wellness
Quantification of disease states and transitions into disease states
Types of data in a 'data cloud'
'Den...
2018-12-1000 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigJean Boudeguer. Clay: Start-Up Chile, Cumplo, and Accounting in Latin America, Ep 62As Start-Up Chile’s first Executive Director, Jean Boudeguer was one of the first people I met when I arrived in Chile. Jean is actually the only ex-Start-Up Chile Executive Director who had not yet appeared on Crossing Borders! Jean faced unique challenges as Start-Up Chile's first director. He had to build the program, yet didn't have any previous governmental experience. After Start-Up Chile, Jean went on to build two fintech startups, Cumplo, a peer to peer lending business and Clay, an accounting software for Latin America. I sat down with Jean on this episode to discuss how he transitioned fro...
2018-11-2037 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigCarlos Moyses: How iFood Delivers 11M Monthly Orders & Is Just Getting Started Ep 61With the recent acquisition of Cornershop, Rappi's $200M round and Uber Eats continued expansion, Latin America’s last mile delivery market has heated up. In the past 10 years, over 50% of the region connected to the Internet, creating a booming market for e-commerce and other online businesses. The growth of food delivery startups, especially in Latin America’s biggest markets, has been propelled by this trend. The Brazilian market leader is iFood, with over 6 million users, 1000 employees, and 10,000 independent delivery drivers. In this episode of Crossing Borders, I sat down with iFood CEO, Carlos Moyses, to talk to him about the deli...
2018-11-1337 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigHoracio Melo, Solarity: From Start-Up Chile to Solar Energy, Ep 60Horacio Melo and I have been trying to organize a time to do this podcast for a few years and I'm excited to finally be able to share it. Once the Executive Director of Start-Up Chile, Horacio went on to build his own startup - just two months after becoming a Dad for the first time. Horacio knows what it takes to build a great company; after all, he watched and mentored over 1000 startups as they passed through Start-Up Chile. His solar energy company, Solarity, has raised three rounds of investment, starting with US$650K in their seed round, then...
2018-11-0654 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigFederico Antoni, ALLVP: Investing in the Mexican Startup Ecosystem, Ep 59The Mexican venture capital and startup ecosystem is changing fast. And ALLVP’s Federico Antoni has been there helping it grow since 2012 when he and his partner Fernando Lelo de Larrea started their first fund. The once-CEO of a Mexican fashion company started investing after he failed to reinvent an aging consumer brand. The transition from a corporate position to the world of entrepreneurship might not be obvious, but Federico leveraged his experience teaching at universities to help him raise not one, but three venture capital funds that have gone on to support not only Mexican but also Latin America st...
2018-10-2343 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigCarlos Jordan: Starting Ultracasas, The Zillow of Bolivia, Ep 58Most people skip over Bolivia when talking about Latin America’s startup ecosystem. The landlocked 11-million person country has yet to develop a thriving homegrown tech scene, but it shows tremendous potential for growth. It often just takes one or two success stories to catalyze the whole industry. Carlos Jordan, founder of UltraCasas and UltraCreditos, might be just the entrepreneur Bolivia needs. After raising the biggest round in Bolivian history from international investors, Carlos became one of the most influential actors in Bolivia’s nascent tech ecosystem. He takes this responsibility seriously, reserving a fierce optimism for Bolivia’s development potent...
2018-10-0941 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigIgnacio Guglielmetti, Cuida Mi Mascota Airbnb for Pets in Latin America, Ep #57If you don’t believe entrepreneurship is a grueling job, just ask Ignacio Guglielmetti. Ignacio says he has never worked harder than he does for his startup Cuida Mi Mascota, and he used to be a management consultant - one of the most demanding jobs out there. His path from consulting to building a pet-sitting startup was far from clear; it took him to the Netherlands, USA, Mexico, Argentina, Puerto Rico, and Brazil. One might say that Ignacio knows a thing or two about doing business across borders. In this episode of Crossing Borders, I invited Ignacio to discuss his tw...
2018-10-0250 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 54 Andres Moreno: Helping Latin America Learn English Through OpenEnglishNot all global startups were founded in a Silicon Valley garage. OpenEnglish, an online platform for teaching English with over 500,000 students in 40 countries, started in a student apartment in Caracas, Venezuela in 2007. Open English started as in person English classes for Fortune 500 companies’ Latin American offices and morphed online so that it could reach a wider audience. While Andres Moreno understood the importance of speaking English for Latin Americans, he might not have guessed how far OpenEnglish would go. Today, Andres Moreno is the CEO of OpenEducation, the parent company of OpenEnglish, Next U, and OpenEnglish Jr. and has raised ov...
2018-09-1121 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 47 Paulo Duarte: Broterra, a Paraguayan Superfoods CompanyParaguay is often overshadowed by neighbors Brazil and Argentina in conversations about the Latin American startup ecosystem. Despite being one of the world’s largest hydroelectric energy producers, Paraguay has yet to emerge on the global or regional stage as a tech hub. However, Paulo Duarte, founder of Broterra, a Paraguayan superfood company that provides wages for more than 2500 families and has ambitions of selling on the US market, says that Paraguay has the potential to develop as a startup hub, especially in the food and agtech sectors. I sat down with Paulo for this episode of Crossing Borders, my fi...
2018-07-0232 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 46 Pedro Neira: Innovating for the Latin American Dating IndustryWhen Latin America shifted abruptly to mobile in the early 2010s, the online dating industry had to change with it. Luckily, Pedro Neira, the founder of Mi Media Manzana, now Latin America’s most-downloaded dating app, had enough experience from his three previous startups to know when to make changes. Mi Media Manzana now has over one million downloads and recently received an undisclosed investment from Axon Capital Partners. I sat down with Pedro Neira in this episode of Crossing Borders to hear about his journey founding four startups, what it’s like doing business in Peru, advice for raising capi...
2018-06-2653 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 45 Antonio Nunes: Delivering Latin America’s Groceries with MercadoniAccording to Antonio Nunes, Latin American families spend up to four hours per week in the supermarket. When combined with crippling traffic and safety concerns in many Latin American cities, it becomes clear why delivering groceries in Latin America could be a highly lucrative business. Antonio Nunes noticed that opportunity while living in Bogota and sold everything to go on a mission to deliver Latin America’s groceries in under an hour. In this episode, I sat down with Portuguese entrepreneur, Antonio Nunes, to talk about why Latin America is growing so quickly, why last mile delivery is a better bu...
2018-06-191h 00Crossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 44 Lauren Cascio: How Abartys Health is Upgrading the Insurance IndustryThe US healthcare market loses up to US$750B in fraud and inefficiencies every year. The insurance industry is famously bureaucratic and relies on antiquated technology to communicate with healthcare providers and patients. My guest today is Lauren Cascio, co-founder and COO of Abartys Health, a health insurance tech company that created a system that allows seamless data flow and communication between insurers, doctors and patients in Latin America and the United States. Lauren was selected by Walmart as one of Puerto Rico’s most promising business leaders, made the Caribbean’s 40 under 40 list, and was a finalist for the Forb...
2018-06-1251 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 43 Lisa Besserman: Startup Buenos Aires & Building Argentina’s Startup CommunityLisa Besserman escaped the New York winter in 2012 to work remotely from Buenos Aires, and never came back. She fell in love with the city’s entrepreneurial culture and began to build Startup Buenos Aires (SUBA), an organization that helps represent the startup, tech, and entrepreneurial community in Buenos Aires. With SUBA reaching its five-year anniversary this year, I sat down with Lisa Besserman to learn how Argentina’s startup ecosystem has grown and changed since she moved to Buenos Aires. In this episode, we talk about what it’s like doing business in Argentina, new opportunities for venture capital invest...
2018-06-0547 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 42 Pierpaolo Barbieri: How Uala is Increasing Financial Inclusion in ArgentinaAccording to Pierpaolo Barbieri, Argentina is a country where young people would prefer to visit the dentist than to go to the bank. More than half of Argentina’s population is excluded from traditional financial institutions and few efforts have been made to help the middle class access services like savings and credit. My guest on the podcast today is Pierpaolo Barbieri, the founder and CEO of Uala, the first fully-mobile and free bank card for the Argentinean market, which is trying to bring financial inclusion to Latin America’s second largest economy. We talk about Uala’s efforts to serve...
2018-05-2931 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 41 Marcus Dantus: From Mexico.com to Startup MexicoMarcus Dantus launched his first tech startup in 1993, selling email addresses through a portal that he hosted on the domain Mexico.com. Born in Mexico City, Marcus studied Media Communications at the University of Pennsylvania, but his career quickly switched to technology when a friend introduced him to the Internet. Since then, Marcus never looked back. He founded a telecommunications company, acted as CEO of a medical device business, was on the founding team of Wayra Mexico, and finally developed and launched Startup Mexico, where he acts as CEO. In this episode, I sat down with Marcus to talk about h...
2018-05-2253 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 40 Jie Hao: How China Sees Latin America StartupsJie Hao is a partner at Magma Partners who previously built and sold two companies before heading to Chile to look at investment opportunities in 2012. To make this podcast, I repurposed a segment of a conversation we had while I was in Shanghai for the launch of the partnership between Kr Space and Magma Partners to create the Sino-Latin American Accelerator. This conversation was a part of our doing business in Latin America course through 36Kr, China's version of TechCrunch, where we taught Chinese entrepreneurs and investors about the growing opportunities for investing in Latin America. In this short form...
2018-05-1519 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 39 Kevin Valdez: From Guatemala to GroupRaiseGroupRaise is an online platform that helps groups raise money for the causes they care about by eating at restaurants. I previously interviewed two of the other founders of GroupRaise, Devin Baptiste and Sean Park, in Episode 5 and Episode 31 of Crossing Borders, so please check out those podcasts if you are interested in learning more about GroupRaise. In this episode, I sat down with Kevin Valdez, one of the co-founders of GroupRaise to learn more about how he moved to the US from Guatemala in middle school, helped build the family business, and eventually joined Devin and Sean to found...
2018-05-0658 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 38 Nathan Lustig Startups and Venture Capital in Latin AmericaThrough my Crossing Borders podcast, I’ve had the opportunity to interview dozens of Latin America’s most inspiring entrepreneurs. In this special episode, I decided to turn the tables to bring a former guest, GroupRaise CEO Devin Baptiste, back to the show to ask me about my first days as an entrepreneur, and how that eventually brought me to Chile. I sat down with Devin, a close colleague and friend, to delve into how ticket reselling, and helping people plan for their deaths, brought me to Latin America and put me on a path to help found Magma Partners. Don't...
2018-03-021h 52Crossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 37 Fabricio Bloisi, Movile Has a Plan To Make Life better For 1 Billion PeopleMovile is a global leader in mobile marketplaces with a dream to make life better for 1 billion people through marketplaces on their mobile devices. Movile is a remarkable story of innovation from Latin America, driven by people who are willing to take risks to learn and grow quickly. I sat down with the CEO and founder of Movile, Fabricio Bloisi, to talk about why he started Movile and how he and his team grew it to the largest mobile company in Brazil and Latin America. Movile focused on innovating and exploring advanced technologies In its early stage, Movile focused on...
2018-02-1531 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 36 Alba Rodriguez, Gricha: Using insects to solve food insecurity and improve nutritionAlba Rodriguez is on a mission to solve hunger and malnutrition in Mexico. Alba is the founder and CEO of Gricha, a company that sources crickets as the main ingredient in a high-quality, sustainable protein powder. On this episode, I sat down with Alba to talk about how she came up with the idea to feed people crickets, how she got started as an entrepreneur and what it's like building a business from the ground up. Her story will inspire you, whether you are launching your own startup or looking for a creative way to solve a problem. Thanks for...
2018-01-2248 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 35 Nestor de Haro: Building the Alibaba or MercadoLibre of Auto Parts in MexicoNestor de Haro grew up in Guadalajara, where he learned about the auto parts industry from his father. After obtaining a B.S. Degree in Industrial Engineering, Nestor co-founded Rigs Inc, an online marketplace for selling auto parts in Latin America. We talk about his inflection point from an underperforming business model to a new marketplace model and his advice for other entrepreneurs who are just getting started. If you speak Spanish, be sure to stay tuned after the normal outro, as I am testing a new segment where I put new content in Spanish after we finish the English...
2017-12-111h 15Crossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 33 Nathan Lustig, Advice for Foreign Entrepreneurs Doing Business In Latin AmericaWhen I first got to Chile in 2010, it took me five years to understand all the nuances of how business was conducted. There are several important cultural differences between LatAm and the US that foreign entrepreneurs should pay attention to if they want to be successful. There are also very important differences across Latin American countries that should also be accounted for. Here is a distilled list of what I’ve learned about doing business across borders. Adapting to a local culture If you're planning to do business in Latin America, start by learning Spanish. If you plan to do bu...
2017-11-1342 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 32 Amir Salihefendic, Working Remotely is the Way of the FutureAmir Salihefendic joins me on this episode of Crossing Borders to talk about why working remotely is the way of the future. Listen to hear how he helped bootstrap a fully remote company, his perspective on funding a startup and how to create products that help solve real problems. Amir also shares how companies can gain a competitive edge, find outstanding talent and increase workplace productivity by being fully remote. Fully bootstrapped and fully remote Amir is the founder and CEO of Doist, a productivity software that helps simplify and organize daily tasks. Doist was fully bootstrapped and is fully...
2017-11-0752 min
The Content Marketing LoungeColin Theriot Runs a Cult | Episode 3Colin Theriot is the founder and admin of The Cult of Copy. Links from the episode: The Cult of Copy Facebook Group The Cult of Copy Job Board Facebook Group The Cult of Copy Colosseum Facebook Group Copywriting Training Wheels Facebook Group Victor Lustig sold the Eiffel Tower (Twice)
2017-10-121h 17Crossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 27 Juan Vera, Scaling Start-ups from Latin America To USAJuan Vera joins me in this episode of Crossing Borders to talk about entrepreneurial business in Latin America. Juan’s experience as an engineer and CEO has helped him start several businesses, then scale those businesses to Mexico and the United States. Listen to hear Juan share how he bootstrapped his early startups to eventually raising several million in venture capital, and everything he learned along the way. The early adopter Juan shared that his love of building new things and automating systems started as an engineer in college. Even though he is now known for his expertise in the te...
2017-10-0244 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 28 Neil Coleman, Creating an International Market Expansion Strategy.What would it look like to manage sales teams and business units in multiple countries simultaneously? On this episode of Crossing Borders, my guest Neil Coleman shares exactly what that looks like, and offers advice for companies looking to scale sales teams and business internationally. Neil Coleman is an Irish entrepreneur and technology professional. His interest in tech started while he was attending Dublin City University and he has since gone on to manage international teams for companies like IBM, Google, AdRoll, and Snapchat. This is one conversation you don’t want to miss! You adapt to your team, don’t ma...
2017-09-2551 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 18 Guimar Vaca Sittic, Building and Investing in International Online MarketplacesWith the success of companies like Amazon, it’s easy to think that new online marketplaces are not going to work out very well, but my guest on this episode has demonstrated over and over that it’s simply not the case. Guimar Vaca Sittic is an Argentinian entrepreneur who has built successful online marketplaces himself and who now leads a startup incubator and funding company that focuses primarily on international marketplaces. You’ll find his story and perspective very inspiring and helpful. A good startup accelerator / incubator needs to be lead by successful entrepreneurs. As Guimar has become familiar with t...
2017-08-1549 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 17 Codie Sanchez, Championing Diversity and Encouraging Investment in Latin AmericaCodie Sanchez is not your ordinary financial expert. She started out as a journalist, writing about human trafficking and abuses going on just over the southern border of the U.S. That is, until she wrote her last story about the abandoned women of Mexico. That’s when she realized that she needed to be doing more than just writing about the issues in the world - she needed to do something about them. You need to hear this chat with Codie. You'll hear how she’s used the opportunities afforded her as a U.S. citizen to learn all she...
2017-08-101h 02Crossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 14 Sebastian Vidal, Building a Powerful Startup Accelerator in Puerto RicoIt’s always exciting when I get to sit down with someone like Sebastian Vidal. In his experience working as part of the Startup Chile team and now as the leader of Parallel18, a startup accelerator based in Puerto Rico he’s been part of the launch of over 1000 startups. Can you imagine the insights, connections, and lessons-learned a guy like that has? That’s what I wanted to tap into in this conversation, so be sure you take the time to listen. Why a startup accelerator in Puerto Rico? The Parallel18 team welcomes innovators from around the globe and helps...
2017-07-2749 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 8: Nathan KlarerWelcome to Crossing Borders with Nathan Lustig, where I interview entrepreneurs doing startups across borders and the people who support them, with a focus on companies that have some relationship to Latin America. Last week, I talked with Nora Leary Co-Founder and Head of Marketing and Business Development at Launchway Media, about how to get press in the US and what it's like starting up with three female cofounders in Latin America. My guest today is Nathan Klarer, founder of Bridgecrest Medical, a wearable that helps mining and oil companies around the world track employee performance to avoid accidents and...
2017-06-2754 minCrossing Borders with Nathan LustigEP 7: Nora LearyHello and welcome to Crossing Borders with Nathan Lustig, where I interview entrepreneurs doing startups across borders and the people who support them, with a focus on companies that have some relationship to Latin America. If you're new to the podcast be sure to check out Episode 2 with Adrian Fisher who went from selling hotdogs to raising three million dollars and Episode 5, with Devin Baptiste, cofounder of one of the most diverse startups in the world. My guest today is Nora Leary Co-Founder and Head of Marketing and Business Development at Launchway Media, a marketing agency that works with global st...
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Crossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 6: Jose "Caya" CayassoWelcome to Crossing Borders with Nathan Lustig, where I interview entrepreneurs doing startups across borders and the investors who support them, with a focus on companies that have some relationship to Latin America. My guest today is Jose "Caya" Cayasso, a Costa Rican entrepreneur who is cofounder and CEO of Slidebean, a software company that helps people stop wasting time wresting with presentation design. Slidebean's product, presentations that design themselves, is used by thousands of people around the world, from students to business executives. We'll cover Caya's journey from Costa Rica to New York to launch his first business, what he...
2017-06-0859 min
Crossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 5: Devin BaptisteHello and welcome to Crossing Borders with Nathan Lustig, where I interview entrepreneurs doing startups across borders and the investors who support them, with a focus on companies that have some relationship to Latin America. My guest today is Devin Baptiste, cofounder and CEO of GroupRaise, a company with more than 50 employees in 3 offices in Houston, Texas, Santiago, Chile and the Philippines. GroupRaise is a platform that allows groups of 15-50+ to book events in more than 6000 restaurants across the united states. These restaurants then donate 10-20% of their bill to the organization or charity of the group's choice. As D...
2017-05-311h 58
Crossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 4: David Assael and David Basulto, ArchdailyHello and welcome to Crossing Borders with Nathan Lustig, where I interview entrepreneurs doing startups across borders and the investors who support them, with a focus on companies that have some relationship to Latin American. My guests today are chilean entrepreneurs David Basulto and David Assael, the cofounders of Archdaily, the largest architecture website in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese in the world. Based out of Santiago, Chile and 100% bootstrapped, the two Davids have built a truly world class business on their own terms the way they wanted to from their base in Santiago. We talk about their story of how...
2017-05-311h 04
Crossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 3: Nicolas SheaHello and welcome to Crossing Borders with Nathan Lustig, where I interview entrepreneurs doing startups across borders and the investors who support them, with a focus on companies that have some relationship to Latin American. Today's guest is Nicolas Shea, a chilean entrepreneur, philanthropist and now a presidential candidate running for Chile's presidency. Nicolas has been a teacher, started nonprofits, worked in government and built businesses that have expanded across Latin America. He cofounded Eclass, one of Latin America's largest education companies, and was the cofounder of Start-Up Chile, an innovative program that gave foreign entrepreneurs visas and equity free g...
2017-05-3154 min
Crossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 2: Adrian FisherHello and welcome to Crossing Borders with Nathan Lustig, where I interview entrepreneurs doing startups across borders and the investors who support them, with a focus on companies that have some relationship to Latin American. My guest today is my friend Adrian Fisher, ceo and founder of PropertySimple, a real estate technology company with offices in Santiago, Chile and the United States. I've known Adrian for about five years now and PropertySimple was our first investment at Magma Partners back in 2014. Adrian and I cover his journey from Scottsdale, Arizona to Argentina, Chile and then back to the United States, du...
2017-05-281h 49
Crossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp1: Crossing Borders - David LloydHello and welcome to Crossing Borders with Nathan Lustig, where I interview entrepreneurs doing startups across borders and the investors who support them, with a focus on companies that have some relationship to Latin America. My guest today is David Lloyd, cofounder and CEO of The Intern Group, an education company that has helped more than 5000 students from more than 125 countries around the world find top internships abroad. We'll talk about how David left his job at a City of London investment bank to start The Intern Group, how he came up with the idea, started the ball rolling and hi...
2017-05-2848 min
Lifestyle Archives -Nate Lustig – Learn How To Diversify Your Assets – Invest In Latin America!Listen in as Nathan Lustig, co founder of Andes Property, and Host Max Coursey discuss the differences between the real estate market in the US and in Latin America, as well as some investment best practices.
2017-05-0400 min
Real Estate Insiders RadioNate Lustig – Learn How To Diversify Your Assets – Invest In Latin America!Listen in as Nathan Lustig, co founder of Andes Property, and Host Max Coursey discuss the differences between the real estate market in the US and in Latin America, as well as some investment best practices.
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2017-05-0400 min
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Real Estate Insiders RadioNate Lustig - Learn How To Diversify Your Assets - Invest In Latin America!Listen in as Nathan Lustig, co founder of Andes Property, and Host Max Coursey discuss the differences between the real estate market in the US and in Latin America, as well as some investment best practices.Real Estate Insiders Radiohttp://businessinnovatorsradio.com/real-estate-insiders-radio/
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