[Operator Stories] From El Salvador to Malaysia - Gerardo Salandra (Co-Founder, Respond.io) on scaling, people management, decentralized teams and opportunities in emerging markets

This episode takes us into the story of Co-Founder and CEO, Gerardo Salandra of Respond.io, a business platform that revolutionizes customer interaction across messenger platforms.
We dive into his journey of becoming an entrepreneur, the challenges he has faced on the way, building the team and his take on why tech solutions for emerging markets are future-proof and actually ahead of developed markets.

On this episode you will learn: 

1. Motivations for starting a company and how experience working at a scale-up can help 
2. Implications of a decentralized team and balancing operating cost with finding the right tech talent 
3. Gerardo's perspectivo on people management and self-learning - get insights on how to find out at what you are good at and even more importantly at what you thought you were good at but actually aren't 
4. Insights on finding the right legal structure to set-up your global company
5. Why tech opportunities across emerging markets are huge and actually more future-proof than building your business out of a more mature market
   
   

You can find out more about respond.io on their website and follow Gerardo on LinkedIn here.
Also you can watch his TEDx Talk on 'The Future of AI', here
If you are interested in more shows and content on emerging markets investing and company building follow me on twitter @pat_travels or via LinkedIn.

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