Crossing Borders With Nathan Lustig

Investing in Latin American startups is not the first thing that was on Santiago Zavala’s radar growing up. Even though he grew up in a home where his father was working in tech from the early days of the internet, Santiago wasn’t drawn to the finance side of business at that point. He was totally into programming. He’d have been the last person to anticipate what would happen in his life. This conversation tells of the unexpected path of a man who’s become intricately involved in the VC scene for startups in Latin America. His involvement in his own Mexico-based startup accelerator and then transitioning onto the team at 500 Startups has given him a wealth of experience and insight into what it takes for a startup in Latin America to be successful. It's an intriguing conversation you won't want to miss. The teams that are able to achieve have founders who are willing to walk through walls. One of the things I like to know from the people I interview is what characteristics they’ve seen in the founders of com