Building and scaling tech companies: Yuri Danilchenko, co-founder of Latitud

<p><b>Yuri Danilchenko</b> grew up in Russia during one of the most defining moments in history. He&apos;s had a knack for tech and entrepreneurship since before he noticed it, having sold cell phones for pocket money when he was only 13, and fixing his friends&apos; computers even though he didn&apos;t own one. Then, after living in the US and getting his masters in AI, he moved to Brazil and worked at several startups.</p><p>He liked the challenges of startup life so much he ended up co-founding a business himself, called Vemos. But they eventually had to move on, and Yuri joined Kaszek-backed <b>Escale</b> as CTO, bringing in dozens of new engineers to the team and scaling product development through series C.</p><p>In this episode, he shares:</p><ul><li>Some of the early-stage pitfalls he fell into</li><li>How to attract and select tech talent when you don&apos;t have a tech brand</li><li>How to factor in diversity during your hiring process</li><li>And what kind of culture you need to build a tech and product company</li></ul><p><br/>Starting something new? <br/>Visit <a href='https://latitud.com'>latitud.com</a> to learn about the Latitud Fellowship program</p>