Pamela Valdez is the CEO and founder of Beek.io; one of the top-rated audio platforms in Latin America, known for its original, high-quality audio content, produced in Spanish. In this podcast we discuss the details of creating high-quality audio content in the Latin American market, the unique opportunities and experiences being the founder of the first Mexican company to be sponsored by Y Combinator have brought her, the challenges of growing a start-up and dealing with investors in Mexico, her philosophy and much more. You can find Pamela on Twitter on @pamevls and visit her company website: beek.io

(4:38) The current big opportunity available for content creators in the Spanish speaking market.

(10:30) What she learned from Netflix about localizing international content.

(16:18) How she navigated investors and raising funds and what she feels investors who can afford less should focus on.

(20:56) Getting into Y-combinator.

(22:13) The major benefit of being part of the Y-combinator network for companies based outside Silicon Valley, asides the investments, and how Pamela takes advantage of it.

(26:19) The one skill a founder needs that no one tells him or her to cultivate; the huge part it plays in helping Pamela refine her ideas for her company, and how she knows she’s used it effectively.

(33:56) What meditation and God mean to her; how surfing helps her meditate, and what it has taught her about life.