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Emerging Markets Startups

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by Dianna Yau

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21 episodes

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Venturing through 90+ countries, we’ve discovered one commonality. From Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East to Eastern Europe, there are growing tech startup ecosystems transforming the world. Emerging market startups are generating market-creating innovations, leapfrogging Silicon Valley’s innovations, and solving local problems faster than governments. Join us to hear from startup ecosystem champions, entrepreneurs and investors in emerging markets. We discuss what makes these markets culturally unique, local trends, challenges consumers and founder face, and the opportunities.

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April 22, 2021

The Growth of Latin America’s Superapp ft. Rappi’s Product Lead

Rappi is one of the largest superapps in Latin America with over 15M users. The company started out as an on demand delivery service and today has become an everything store across Latin America’s population of 650M people. We’re joined by Rappi’s Product Lead, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ddvanegas/">David Vanegas</a>, who attributes Rappi’s success to their users’ creativity, and the company’s speed and obsession with user feedback. Tune into this episode to hear how Rappi acquired its first 250 downloads with donuts, and ways the company captures user feedback via Whatsapp to continuously innovate.

April 22, 2021

Scaling Southeast Asia’s largest Superapp, ft. Grab’s Head of Product

Grab is the largest superapp tech company in Southeast Asia with over 250M downloads in a region with 600+ million people. Grab first started out as a ride sharing company but quickly grew into food delivery, payments and so much more. In this episode, we speak to Grab’s Head of Product for Deliveries, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhibosun/">Zhibo Sun</a>. Zhibo shares insights into Grab’s product culture, growth strategies and how the company has pivoted during Covid.

February 23, 2021

Nigeria's Fastest Growing Fintech w/ the COO of PiggyVest

Like many emerging markets, saving money in Nigeria was expensive. Then came PiggyVest, a free savings and microinvestment product, that's now one of the fastest growing fintech startups out of Nigeria. PiggyVest built a strong following and grew to millions of people by word of mouth. Seriously, check their Twitter mentions. We spoke to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/odunayoeweniyi/">Odunayo Eweniyi</a>, the co-founder and COO of PiggyVest, about the company’s growth trajectory and product culture. In the first 20 mins we talk about Nigeria's challenges and local culture that gave rise to PiggyVest. The last 20 mins is all about growth strategies and how PiggyVest builds a user obsessed product culture. Key takeaways for building a product loved by the community: <ol> <li>Help users feel heard by including their ideas into your roadmap </li> <li>Give users a sense of trust, it can be more important than efficiency </li> <li>Building loyal users who advocate for the product will stretch further than traditional marketing tactics </li> <li>Pay attention to tweets that go viral on New Years eve, they may just inspire your next startup idea ;) </li> </ol>

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What is Emerging Markets Startups?: Venturing through 90+ countries, we’ve discovered one commonality. From Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East to Eastern Europe, there are growing tech startup ecosystems transforming the world. Emerging market startups are generating market-creating innovations, leapfrogging Silicon Valley’s innovations, and solving local problems faster than governments.

Join us to hear from startup ecosystem champions, entrepreneurs and investors in emerging markets. We discuss what makes these markets culturally unique, local trends, challenges consumers and founder face, and the opportunities.
How often does this podcast release new episodes?: This podcast updates daily.
Where can I listen to this podcast?: This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
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