Category: Community

Este espacio podría ir dedicado al clásico discurso del por qué apoyar el emprendimiento, soltando datos como que las nuevas empresas de alto crecimiento generan hasta 50% de los nuevos empleos; o que por cada trabajo en compañías de base tecnológica, se generan 5 trabajos fuera del sector . Luego de estar 3 años como beneficiario del concurso, desde UTEC Ventures, y 1 año trabajando como parte del equipo de Startup Perú, les puedo decir que eso no es lo más importante, si no lo que representa como iniciativa pública. Continue reading “La importancia de Startup Perú (no es lo que crees)”

Telefonica recently teamed up with Prodem and BID to conduct a comprehensive overview of corporate venturing in Latin America. Continue reading “Corporate Venturing in Peru”

Founders took center stage at the PVCC this week. The panels that launched the conference were filled with entrepreneurs and, later, ten founders gave pitches throughout the content-packed day. Continue reading “A founder (and female) led ecosystem”

Peru Startups is 6-months old today. This is the 55^th post. It has been a fun journey that has allowed us to connect with founders and ecosystem actors. Continue reading “6 months of storytelling”

Lima tech talent was a key issue mentioned in the Techstars Lima Startup Community Assessment, which recommended that we “greatly expand the entrepreneur funnel” by holding informal events, formal workshops and broadening the media coverage of the startup community.

Here is a list of places founders are looking for tech talent:

1. GetOnBoard: Fernando Langschwager of Aprendiendo.la used GetOnBoard to find a CTO and two other people on his team. BlazingDB and AmigoCloud, two startups based outside of Lima, have also looked to find candidates in Lima on this platform.
2. PagePersonnel: Ximena Caballero entered Page Group to lead a talent acquisition role for startups. She has helped Culqi look for experts in database administration, Java developers, and frontend developers. PagePersonnel also helps startups with other functions outside of technology. Ximena helped find a head of finance for Karaoke Smart. Here is a link to the PagePersonnel corporate presentation.
3. Social Media: There are many groups on social media for developers, often divided by functional expertise and programming language.
4. Accelerator programs: A great way to mix with other teams, compare notes on talent and build a team is at an accelerator programs. Especially programs like UTEC Ventures or EmprendeUP that are part of universities
5. Teach: Teaching is a great way to share ideas and identify talented students that may want to work for you as interns or full-time professionals. Jaime Chiarella, a founder at Riqra, teaches at Kurios, a startup founded by Carlos Lau.
6. Tech Founders: Tech-savvy founders like Ragi Burham, Eddie Wong, Rodrigo López are great at identifying talent. Reaching out to people like them to ask for ideas and vet potential candidates can help point you in the right direction.
7. CTOs: Good CTOs know how to identify and cultivate talent. Julio Canares of Riqra, recently held a CTO Meetup event to share best practices and foster a community among his peers.
8. Arequipa: There are great universities in Arequipa. Get on a plane and go see for yourself! Kenny Lazo is a great resource there who is part of a local group of tech-savvy people in the city
9. Co-working, co-living spaces: Comunal and WeWork are top co-working destinations in Lima. Tap into these coworking communities to find people. Tekton Labs, led by Kenneth Lopez, and Endeavor Entrepreneur, works out of WeWork and has an entire team of top tech talent. Selina, a destination for digital nomads, is coming to Lima and will add an extra boost to our ecosystem. Pretty exciting!

Takeaway:

Founders who have success finding talent try more than one of the above channels to build their teams. I hope the above list is a good start to broaden your search and find the right people. How to hire and retain them is a subject for another post!

Prior to the PVCC here are some trends in Peru’s startup community: Continue reading “Doing your homework prior to the PVCC”

Como en todo, la clave es el contenido y les aseguro que el contenido del PVCC va a ser de primer nivel. Continue reading “¿Por qué tienes que ir al Peru Venture Capital Conference (PVCC)?”