[Operator Stories] Every cycle is a new cycle - Marco Fisbhen (Descomplica) on scaling edtech, acquisitions & cultural fit and growing as a leader

Patrick sat down with leading edtech entrepreneur Marcos Fisbhen of Brazilian edtech scaleup Descomplica to talk about his journey, how he is scaling Descomplica to build Brazil's largest education provider and how they approached their recent acquisition of UniAmerica.
We dive into his learnings on how to grow as a leader while the company scales, building adjacent services whilst managing complexity and ensuring long-term user engagement. 

On this episode you will learn about: 

• Why we tend to overestimating experience and underestimate motivation and the implications on talent 
• Building adjacent verticals as Descomplica scales their services 
• Descomplica's approach on acquisitions and how to ensure cultural fit 
• implications this has on hiring and building your company as an entrepreneur
• It not just about automate, it is about automate what whilst you are scaling your services 
• Every new cycle is a completely new cycle, how to grow as a leader with the company

You can follow Marco Fisbhen on LinkedIn here or on Twitter here.
If you want to read more about Descomplica's journey check out this article on Lavca. 

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