Alexander Torrenegra, Torre: Reinventing job-matching and recruitment services, Ep 143

<p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 24pt;">Alexander Torrenegra, Torre: Reinventing job-matching and recruitment services, Ep 143</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alexander Torrenegra believes that most talent is going to waste because it’s not being exposed to the right opportunities. That’s why he founded Torre, a platform that streamlines the application, recruitment, and selection process for remote work. This new professional network matches the best talent in Latin America with companies around the world.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before Torre, Alexander co-founded and bootstrapped Voice123 and BunnyStudio, forever transforming the voice acting industry. He’s also been an angel investor with his wife for over two decades, won many entrepreneurship awards, and written several practical guides. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I sat down with Alexander to talk about his entrepreneurial trajectory from getting a loan from a bank at 14 years old with his first business, to moving from his native Colombia to the US and eventually founding Torre. We also discuss Voice 123’s business model and the benefits of bootstrapping a company.</span></p> <h4><span style="font-weight: 400;">Getting a loan as a 14-year-old</span></h4> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alexander explains that becoming an entrepreneur has always been a decision he’s made out of necessity, rather than passion. For him, it’s a means to an end–that at 14 years old, was buying a computer. He’d fallen in love with computers at a very young age, sneaking into classrooms in the after hours at the university where his mom was a secretary. He soon figured out that with a loan from the bank he would be able to buy a computer. However, he hadn’t factored in that his age might be an issue.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Learn more about the incredible story behind Alexander’s first bank loan at 14 years old and how he paid it off in this episode of</