Santiago Pineda, Mensajeros Urbanos: Transforming Latin America’s Last-Mile Delivery Industry, Ep 120

<p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 24pt;">Santiago Pineda, Mensajeros Urbanos: Transforming Latin America’s Last-Mile Delivery Industry, Ep 120<br /> <br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Santiago Pineda started his entrepreneurial journey straight out of highschool at 18 years old. He would spend hours at his university’s library learning how to code to launch his company’s website. Originally from Colombia, where the floral sector represents one of the main industries for the country, Santiago decided to start an e-commerce for flowers during his university years.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After his first experience as a founder, Santiago was hooked on the idea of building a big company. Today, he is the CEO of Mensajeros Urbanos, a last-mile logistics platform that is using technology and a diverse collaborative logistics network to bring fast low-cost deliveries to Latam.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I sat down with Santiago to talk about his early entrepreneurial beginnings, followed by his experience founding a stock simulator with his brother, to eventually joining Mensajeros Urbanos. We also discuss the opportunity that the last-mile logistics industry represents in Latam and Santiago identifies Mensajeros Urbanos’ inflection points.</span></p> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Getting acquired after Startup Chile ‘11</span></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following a significant financial loss in Colombia’s Forex market, Santiago discovered his next business opportunity. He decided to start a stock simulator to promote financial education. First, he did it for the Colombian market. And after two years of good traction, he decided to start another stock simulator with his brother, focusing on the Latam market. They participated in Startup Chile, and after five years, their company got acquired.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Learn more about the process behind Santiago’s first exit in this epi