On this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Nina Alag Suri, CEO at X0PA AI.

Key Takeaways

1. The importance of a strong purpose: how to adopt a bias-free hiring process

2. Walk the talk on Diversity & Inclusion by having investors from different regions

3. How to A/B test international expansion from Singapore to India, the UK, UAE and the US/Canada

4. The importance of building a strong leadership team to navigate different time zones

5. Lessons learned navigating fundraising as woman CEO

On this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Casper Rasmussen, CEO at Monta.

Key Takeaways

- From CTO to CEO, having self-awareness to impact the most within your organization.

- How to go from idea to Series A in 18 months.

- Challenges of the EV sector.

- Understanding the context and details of a market before expanding.

- How to define the success metrics in a very new industry?

On this brand-new episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias and his Co-Founder, Andrew Wong, Co-Founder of Scale Up Valley speak with Janson Seah, CEO & Co-Founder at StaffAny. This is the first podcast of the 'Asian Edition' series, dedicated to cover the best scaleups across the region.

Key takeaways:

-Lessons learned leading the team during the pandemic

-How to involve junior leaders on recruiting and onboarding senior talent in later stages of growth

-Expansion from Singapore to Indonesia and Malaysia

On this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Oriol Tintoré, Co-CEO & Co-Founder at Belvo.

Key takeaways:

-The advantages of the Co-CEO Model to mitigate the loneliness of the CEO role.

- In Brazil, be Brazilian. In Mexico, be Mexican. In Colombia, be Colombian. Embrace the local culture to build the team to win the market. That’s why the Country Managers sit at the Leadership Team.

-LATAM first and only. It is critical to be local in the region. Huge proof of focus and clarity of the business strategy.

- Empower your teams to make decisions.

On this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Miguel Arroja, Regional Sales Manager at Salesforce

Key takeaways:

-“You always take a little more of the blame and a little less of the credit” You are The person in charge of the team, so it’s really your responsibility.

- The three pillars of a team leader: Recruiting, Onboarding and Coaching.

- Incentives guide behavior. Don’t be afraid to compensate your top performers.

On this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Benoit Menardo, Co-Founder at Payflow

Key takeaways:

- How to be professional in your ideation process in order to leverage a market opportunity.

- How to choose the right timing to surf an existing market category instead of creating a new one.

- Why LATAM represents a great opportunity in the salary advance category.

-“You don’t achieve product-market fit at the global level.” You need to adapt your product to each country to win the region.

- How to set up the organizational structure to execute the expansion strategy. What is the ideal profile of a country manager to open a new country (“builder”) and to scale an existing one (“scaler”)?

On this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, in collaboration with Bridgewhat, Paulo Morgado and Ana Paula Reis speak with Michael Durante, CEO & Founder of The Interna

Key takeaways:

- Empowering your teams: Giving them knowledge and freedom to make their own decisions.

- The power of diversity

- Learning from your mistakes and recognize them in front of your people

This podcast is a collaboration with Bridgewhat. Let's Scale!

On this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with G Cohen-Skalli, CEO at Paloma Health

Key takeaways:

The courage to doubling down on your niche

How to leverage the no code revolution to scale your operations

The importance of hiring “doers” in the early stages

In this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Zaedo Musa, CEO at Superb

Key takeaways:

1. The concept of radical differentiation. How can you master the art of doing things differently and much better for the customer?

2. Finding new opportunities in an already established market

3. Fresh insights on how to be a great CEO. How to be a mirror of your culture by truly taking care of your people on a personal level. Focus on the outcome of work, not time in front of your computer.

On this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Andreas Cleve, CEO at Corti.ai

Key takeaways:

1. How to radically improve the experience of patient consultations with AI.

2. The role of AI in the digitization of the healthcare industry.

3. How to leverage Denmark as an innovation hub and pilot market.

4. How to conquer the US as the largest healthcare market in the world.