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The Enthusiast
"Amazing businesses can be built from anywhere" - On the Enthusiast host Pat Alex chats with some of the most fascinating founders, operators and investors outside Silicon Valley.
Every two weeks, he sits down with the likes of Arjuna Costa (Flourish), Paulo Passoni, Jeffrey Paine (Golden Gate Ventures), Gerry Giacoman (Clara) and Monica Brand Engel (Quona) to dissect their challenges around scaling, fundraising, managing boards and company leadership. Taken together, the guests have raised venture capital in the hundreds of millions and are behind their regions' biggest business and venture successes paving the way towards a more equitable and diverse future.
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The Enthusiast
[Operator Stories] Gerry Giacomán (Clara) on always be changing, building compounding value and how to balance profitability and growth
On this episode Pat sits down with Gerry Giacomán, CEO and Co-Founder of leading B2B fintech Clara. We dive into Gerry's journey into the world of startups, his learnings along the way, how he scaled the company in rapid pace and what role culture and team-building played in this. Crucially we explore the intersection between profitability and growth and why it pays to always be changing.
On this episode you will learn about:
- How to be ready for hypergrowth mode for your startup
- The value proposition of Clara within the LatAm space and how to differentiate your product through continuous innovation
- Why ABC - always be changing is one of the core values for Clara
You can find Gerry on LinkedIn here.