19 Udemy Courses on How To Build a Startup in Latin America

This bundle of courses is designed for IT entrepreneurs who want to start and scale a business in Latin America. The Latin America startup movement has accelerated recently. We’re seeing lots of e-commerce in various domains, of course, but also FinTech, AgTech, even B-to-B SaaS.

Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Nectarine Credit CEO Alex Armitage (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: How did you get your first customers? Alex Armitage: We have some other businesses. A couple of them are e-commerce companies. We knew that space quite well. We knew that this was a problem. We had hundreds of relationships with companies in various industries. We had hundreds of contacts in that space. We

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Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Nectarine Credit CEO Alex Armitage (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: The trend that I’ve seen in this market is, people zero in on one set of data and develop a set of heuristics based on which they are making these decisions. You look at Kabbage for example. They weigh heavily on online transactions. They are willing to lend against that transaction volume. That’s

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Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Nectarine Credit CEO Alex Armitage (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: You started with the dozen beta customers who ordered the product in advance. You built the product. They came on board as paying customers. They brought on 400 to 600 prospects.  Alex Armitage: That’s a simplification of it, but that’s essentially how we’re moving forward. It’s a huge problem. Thousands of companies are

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Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Nectarine Credit CEO Alex Armitage (Part 1)

One of the biggest trends in FinTech is digitizing and speeding up the credit application and approval process. Another trend is using proprietary data to bring new financing options to cater to different segments of borrowers. Alex discusses a very interesting niche context within which he’s building a wonderful FinTech company. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start

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Building a Fintech Company from Luxembourg: STOKR CEO Tobias Seidl (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Much is happening by way of innovation in fund raising exchanges in the field of FinTech. Here is a story from Europe. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind

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Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: OppFi CEO Jared Kaplan (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. Consumer credit is getting destroyed at a furious pace. OppFi helps credit-challenged borrowers access credit and heal their credit scores. Sramana Mitra: Let’s introduce OppFi and yourself to our audience.

Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Epic River CEO Jeff Grobaski (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  This interview focuses on an important piece of innovation that has the potential to relieve the financial pain of many consumers who suffer under the pain of high health insurance deductibles. https://www.sramanamitra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/506th-1Mby1M-Entrepreneurship-Podcast-With-Jeff-Grobaski-Epic-River.mp3 Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well Epic River.