By Sramana Mitra and guest author Rajesh Nair Sramana Mitra: What is happening in Buenos Aires? In 2007, I did strategic planning for MercadLibre, a client of mine. l learned a lot about what was going on in Buenos Aires then, and I learned at that time that entrepreneurship was about to happen in a
By Sramana Mitra and guest author Rajesh Nair Sramana Mitra: What kind of investors have you been able to attract ? Martin Migoya: Well, we have investors from Silicon Valley with private equity funds, which do not invest in early stage companies. They invest in companies that have the potential to grow, that are tapping
By Sramana Mitra and guest author Rajesh Nair Sramana Mitra: Who are your competitors and how do you compete with India’s players? There are players in India who are also focusing on these kinds of niche applications. They have different cost structures, and in terms of cost structure, India still has an advantage over Latin
Sramana Mitra: Interesting. I have spent a lot of time in Buenos Aires. One of the observations you are making is that there is more of an artistic blend, I suppose, in the workforce that you are trying to hire, and that workforce one that sits on the cusp of design and technology and is
By Sramana Mitra and Rajesh Nair Sramana Mitra: You are all over Argentina, so is the workforce in Argentina more distributed? Is the talent pool you are trying to tap more distributed? Martin Migoya: No, it is not that way. For the most part, we grew first in Argentina; hence, we are distributed there and
By Sramana Mitra and guest author Rajesh Nair Sramana Mitra: And that’s where you have succeeded, in doing mobile and social apps and user interface (UI)-intensive stuff and so forth, yes Martin Migoya: Yes, exactly right. Sramana:There are two questions that come to mind based directly on what you have just said. First, It is
By Sramana Mitra and guest authors Rajesh Nair and Aditya Modi About Martin Migoya Martin Migoya is the CEO of Globant. Together with three of his friends, Martin established Globant, a company that desgins software products. Under Martin’s leadership, Globant grew from four people in 2003 to 1,500 today. He has won many awards such