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
[Strategic DeepDive] Angie Udry (KASZEK) on scaling culture, incentive structures and managing multi-cultural teams
Angie Udry is a partner at leading Latin American fund KASZEK (backer of many of the region’s greatest success cases). Before joining KASZEK (for a second time) Angie was an HR leader for companies such as AT&T, MercadoLibre, IBM and Selina.
We talk about how to set up companies for success, how to manage culture, build teams and incentivise them successfully.
On this episode you will learn about
- Angie’s journey into VC and working with entrepreneurs
- How to take full advantage of diversity on your team
- The interplay between the HR function and company leadership
- How to manage conflicts among team members
You can find Angie Udry on LinkedIn.
This week's episode is sponsored by global talent platform Turing.
For more information check out their website.
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