Marathon Series: A conversation 500 Startups VC Santiago Zavala

Santiago Zavala, 500 Startups, B2B, International Founders, Scaling

I don’t typically interview VCs because I’m not that interested in the financing of companies. But even people who today’s guest hasn’t funded have told me that he’s the guy who is helping to grow companies in the Latin America.

I want to understand how he’s doing it and also how he built two companies himself from scratch.

Today’s guest is Santiago Zavala and he is the founder of 500 Startups in Latin America.

Santiago Zavala

500 Startups

Santiago Zavala is the founder of 500 Startups in Latin America, which invests in entrepreneurs.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy where I interview entrepreneurs about how they build their businesses. And I do it for an audience of entrepreneurs. I believe that entrepreneurs, this sounds so cliché, but it’s so freaking true, they have the power to change the world. When you look at the world the way it exists today versus the way it existed 20, 30 years ago, the big dramatic changes, not all of them, but many of the big dramatic changes that impact your life are made because of entrepreneurs. And I unfortunately have been focused too much on entrepreneurs in the U.S. and neglecting entrepreneurs and the way that they change the world outside the U.S.

When I first said that I was going to go to Mexico to interview entrepreneurs in Mexico about how they build their businesses, how they build their ecosystem, how they actually change the country and I believe will eventually change the world if they...

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