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Santiago Suárez

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The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

Yeah.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

It's, sure, it's been a

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

So I think I would say it's been a selfish focus of mine because I think one of the reasons I didn't last as long as I did in some of my jobs is I just thought my teammates were not great.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

So I think when I decided to start my own company, I was like... My control of picking my teammates.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

Yeah, exactly.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

I get to choose who I work with.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

And as I, you know, we hosted them last week.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

We meet like six times a year in person.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

And we asked them, I said, guys, I just have a great time working with all of you, which is true.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

It took me a while to get to that place.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

But how we thought about talent was multiple ways.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

One, I think I mentioned earlier, we run the company in English.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

And we run the company in English.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

The obvious reason is it allows us to attract non-Spanish speaking talent.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

The non-obvious reason, which we figured out later, was

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

Spanish-speaking talent wants to work for great companies.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

And being English, actually, there is a certain raising of the bar.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

A premium.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

It's a premium.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

Yeah.