In today’s episode, we are joined by Frank Licea, founder and CTO at Howdy, the service that allows US tech companies to hire and manage software developers in Latin America. Beginning as a Y-Combinator students, Frank Licea and his co-founder, CEO Jacqueline Samira, have grown Howdy from an idea to a $105M valuation. In this episode, we discuss how Frank and his co-founder built Howdy’s network of software engineers, how Y-Combinator influenced his startup process, and what insights the Y-Combinator experience gave Howdy and Frank. Stick around to the end to hear what Y-Combinator thinks is the biggest cause of company deaths, and it’s not a bad business strategy. 

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In today’s episode, we are joined by Elie Seidman. Elie is the interim CEO of Fast Growing Trees where he is leading the scale up. Elie is the former CEO of Tinder where he led Tinder’s hyper growth scale-up and internationalization with revenue growth from $350M/year to $1.3B/year. Prior to Tinder, he was the CEO of OkCupid where he led a turnaround - focused on reinventing the product and brand. Elie also sponsored and co-led Match Group’s acquisition of Hinge. 

Before OkCupid and Tinder, Mr. Seidman was an entrepreneur for 15 years. In 2007, he founded Oyster, an online travel business acquired by TripAdvisor in late 2013. At the start of his career, Elie was the co-founder and CEO of Epana, a telecom and money remittance business that he led through hyper growth. 

He is a member of the Advisory Board of Cove Hill Partners, L.P., a private equity fund. He has previously served as an advisor at both General Atlantic Partners and Lime Rock Partners. He is a member of the Board of Governors of Tel Aviv University.

Elie received his BSE in Materials Science Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He is an active supporter of Penn’s school of engineering where he has lectured on entrepreneurship and leadership. 

In this episode, we discuss Elie’s biggest learnings from his time at Fast Growing Trees, the keys to Tinder’s fast growth, Elie’s philosophy on consumer marketing, and how Elie was able to make Tinder an international brand. Stick around to the end to hear Elie’s advice for young people who want to be successful in business. 

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Es un honor tener mi primer podcast en español con alguien tan impresionante e inteligente como Peter Lozano Alcolea. Peter es el cofundador de Imascono, una empresa que ayuda a otras empresas con su transformación digital mediante tecnologías como la realidad virtual y la inteligencia artificial. Después de tener una carrera destacada en el fútbol, jugando para el Real Zaragoza, sufrió una lesión que puso fin a su carrera profesional. No obstante, justo después, fundó Imascono, que en ese momento era una empresa que vendía ropa profesional. Sin embargo, después de conocer a su cofundador, cambió la orientación de su empresa para enfocarse en la realidad extendida. Ahora, Imascono cuenta con clientes como Adidas, Disney y Marvel, y gracias a su trabajo en Imascono, Peter ha sido reconocido como una de las 100 personas más creativas en los negocios por Forbes. Hoy hablaremos sobre su experiencia como jugador profesional de fútbol, cómo fundó Imascono y cuáles son las cosas más importantes a tener en cuenta al hacer marketing. 

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