The 77 Podcast
Tune in to hear what they are facing, what they are doing, and how they are solving. Click on Network (Global South Founders / Global South Investors) to collaborate, connect, and build a better world together.
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Episode 1: Adapting ‘Hiring and Retention’ playbook to ‘new models of work’ for growth in an uncertain economy.
With Where Is My Transport’s CEO, Devin de Vries
The wise would say – ‘Change before you have to’. But the pandemic forced many to change even before they had time to understand what was ahead of them. Even in those tumultuous times, the most enterprising leaders such as Devin de Vries, founder of mobility innovator Where is My Transport, not just persevered but identified new opportunities for hiring and retaining talent by accelerating the adoption of ‘new models of work’ and made a success of it. He did all this while navigating a pivot followed by substantial downsizing of his team. Tune in to learn more about what it took for Devin to turn the tide in his favor and how he kept evolving the ‘location agnostic remote model to work’ as he scaled his business in Africa, LatAm and Asia.
Episode 2: Using M&A for extending leadership from India to SEA in under a year.
With BetterPlace’s CEO, Pravin Agarwala
Some lead to win, and some lead to make a positive scaled impact that transforms the lives of millions across the world. Pravin Agarwala, founder of BetterPlace, the leading full-stack tech platform for frontline workforce management in SE Asia and India, without a doubt, falls into the latter category. And what sets him apart is his capability to identify and close the right partnerships. This capability is as crucial as the traits of audacity and undying optimism in an entrepreneur to achieve such as colossal vision that stretches beyond geographical boundaries and is driven by the motivation to incessantly deliver incremental value to customers. Tune in to hear this astute founder share valuable insights from the acquisitions and partnerships that have fuelled Betterplace’s growth across the region.
Episode 3: Finding the right balance between ‘Generalist’ and ‘Specialist’ in hiring top talent within a specialized sector.
With Agrofy’s Alejandro Larosa and EdenFarm’s Febri Gamal
Culture eats strategy for breakfast. This is something that the inspiring founders – Alejandro Larosa from Agrofy & Febri Gamal from EdenFarm, each leaders in their fields of AgTech in Argentina and Indonesia – swear by. But for finding the right talent and retaining them in a specialized sector such as AgTech, the challenge and the reward are in the doing. And being seasoned entrepreneurs, Alejandro and Febri know this too well. Tune in to hear these two visionaries share their enriching experiences, admit to failures where they burnt fingers while learning, and offer insights and their secret sauce in attracting and retaining talent as they scale their businesses in the rapidly growing emerging markets of Global South.