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Building a Global Hardcore Financial Technology Company from Brazil: Ricardo Josua, CEO of Pismo (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Were these Brazilian banks?

Ricardo Josua: The first ones, yes. The first one we went to was the largest bank in Brazil. We ended up closing this large contract. It was an experiment. Just having the open door there changed everything.

Sramana Mitra: Now you can go to all the other Brazilian banks and say that you’re working with the largest bank.

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From Developer to Serial Entrepreneur: Michael Morris, CEO of Torc (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Tell me what is the beginning of Torc. How much funding did Frank put in?

Michael Morris: That was an important piece for me. Through my experiences at Appirio and Topcoder, I knew about the effort it takes to fundraise. I was concerned about it. I didn’t want to spend all my time constantly fundraising. I just wanted to build something and focus on that. The fact that they were private equity was a little bit of a different structure. I don’t see myself going to somebody else. We had a commitment for a large level of funding, but we’ve only taken $5 million.

Building a Global Hardcore Financial Technology Company from Brazil: Ricardo Josua, CEO of Pismo (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Pinpoint for me exactly what problem you are solving now.

Ricardo Josua: We are solving agility with robustness for core banking capabilities. What banks have done for the past 10 years is take an agile team or a group of young developers and build experiences that are very cool but have to integrate with old legacy infrastructure. In 99% of the cases, that’s a major bottleneck. What we were providing is the backbone to match the chops of their customer experience needs. We have agile, microservices-oriented solutions for banking infrastructure.

From Developer to Serial Entrepreneur: Michael Morris, CEO of Torc (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Is it all word-of-mouth that developers found out about you?

Michael Morris: Word-of-mouth. I referenced that Social Network movie because it mostly started in Computer Science departments at universities across the globe. Once we got a foothold in the US, it started going globally. Once we went global, it expanded. There was a point in time when we were adding about 50,000 people per quarter to the community. It was hugely viral growth. We did a great job of celebrating the top talent. That helped.

Sramana Mitra: That was helping their careers.

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Building a Global Hardcore Financial Technology Company from Brazil: Ricardo Josua, CEO of Pismo (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Now we’re in 2012?

Ricardo Josua: 2014. I started another venture in finance providing structuring for asset-backed security. It was lateral to the business we were doing at that point. I also began working with EdTech on modernization for schools.

Sramana Mitra: In what capacity were you involved in these ventures?