If you’re looking for startup ideas. There is hugeeeeeee demand for remote labor in Latin America from millennial run (tech-oriented) SMBs and there is no way to access the talent that doesn’t suck. http://Onlinejobs.ph seems to have done well doing this for the Philippines.
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Replying to @Molson_Hart @mgirdley
Multinational contractors are able to set up shop and hire in big numbers but their is no Latin American equivalent to finding a a single person in Manila to work for you from home. There’s a huge amount of untapped talent there that is so far inaccessible. Time zones matter!
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Replying to @Molson_Hart @mgirdley
This feels like something that works very well for SA.
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Replying to @Molson_Hart
Interesting. I wonder if that’s some sort of cultural thing in LATAM?
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Replying to @mgirdley
I don’t know enough about the culture to say. I’m sure at one time working from home for a foreign company was frowned upon in the Philippines too.
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Replying to @Molson_Hart
Latam is much more hierarchical than other cultures, I find. I was wondering if that has something to do with it.
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Replying to @mgirdley
Puedo hablar un poco d'espagnol porque frances es muy similar pero no connosco la cultura latina. I don't know, but Filipino culture is definitely hierarchical compared to the USA. We are very flat here. Asia is all about the big boss. Not so en Estados Unidos!
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Replying to @Molson_Hart
Me too. Someday. I've heard stories of American executives going over there and being shocked at some kid fresh out of college telling them their ideas are stupid during all-hands meetings. And everyone is like: "Yeah, those are stupid ideas! What gives?!"
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The few interactions I’ve had have been very very direct!
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Replying to @Molson_Hart @mgirdley
I have an employee in Brazil who is great. She said it's because not many of them can speak English! % of country English Speakers: Philippines: 63% India: 13% Mexico: 11% (on a smaller base than India obviously) Brazil: 5% Colombia: 4% https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population …
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Replying to @Molson_Hart @mgirdley
I think we need to pull an early pivot to Africa haha: Nigeria: 56% Ghana: 66% Cameroon: 38% (I doubt this one)
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