The J Curve with Olga Maslikhova
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The J Curve with Olga Maslikhova is a business podcast hosted by Olga Maslikhova. It has 107 episodes, with the latest published March 2026.
The J Curve, hosted by seasoned investor and Stanford GSB alum Olga Maslikhova, is your front-row seat to Latin America’s tech revolution. Ranked in the top 5% of global videocasts, we bring you unfiltered conversations with the visionaries—entrepreneurs and investors—who are redefining the tech landscape in Brazil and beyond. Tune in bi-weekly for insider stories, hard-earned lessons, and strategies behind some of LATAM’s most groundbreaking tech successes.
business ·en-us ·107 episodes
Building Brazil’s Most Efficient Bank | Pedro Conrade, Neon (TJC Originals)
The Operating Playbook Behind a $100B Company | Stelleo Tolda (TJC Operators)
Building Breakout Companies in Latin America | Hernan Kazah
Why Exit Thinking Destroys Value - Round Two with Paulo Passoni ( Valor Capital)
Moats, Unit Economics, Retention: What Makes a Great Business - with Dileep Thazhmon (Jeeves) and Bruno Maimone (Warburg Pincus)
What Money Means Is About to Change - with Roberto Dagnoni (Mercado Bitcoin), Gui Gomes (OranjeBTC) and Ben Lizana (SoftBank)
Complexity Is Your Unfair Advantage - with Olga Maslikhova (The J Curve)
The Aviation Principle That Built a Unicorn - with Daniel Vogel (Bitso)
The WhatsApp MVP that became a $200M exit - w Caique Carvalho (ex-Gringo)
The Anti-Hustle Culture Behind One of Brazil’s Fastest-Growing Fintechs — with Piero Contezini (Asaas)
Brazil vs Mexico: The Playbook for Betting on LatAm’s Giants — with Julio Vasconcellos (Atlantico)
Building Olist: Pivots, M&A, Product-Market Fit & AI-Powered Commerce in Brazil w Tiago Dalvi
Why 90% of LATAM Founders Fail at VC Fundraising (And the Playbook That Actually Works) w / Olga Maslikhova
The $1B Pismo Playbook: How Brazilian Startups Beat Silicon Valley at Global Scale
How Sami Tripled Gross Margin in Brazil's $60B Private Health Insurance Market w / Dr. Vitor Asseituno
Federico Vega (Frete.com) on Cracking Network Effects in a $100B Legacy Freight Market
Olga Maslikhova, Host of The J Curve: LATAM’s Volatility Builds Better Operators
Caetano Lacerda & Raphael Dyxklay (Barte) on How to Win Mid-to-Large B2B Customers in Latin America
Joao Del Valle (EBANX) on The Future of Payments and Why Being Global by Default Is EBANX’s Biggest Moat
Mike Packer (QED) on the Post-2021 Reset—and Why AI-Driven Platforms Win
Marcelo Lutz & Roberto Biselli (Capim) on the $14B Dental Market—and the Credit Wedge That Cracked It
Olga Maslikhova, host of The J Curve on What Latam Founders Get Wrong About Exits
Gustavo Mapeli (Kanastra) on the $300B Market Built on Excel—And the Startup Replacing It
Roberto Oliveira (Blip) on Why WhatsApp, Not ChatGPT, Will Own AI Commerce
Guilherme Horn (Agora, Orama, WhatsApp) on How WhatsApp Took Over Brazil’s Economy—And What’s Next
Andre Penha (QuintoAndar, IBBX): $5B QuintoAndar Was Just the Start—This Is Bigger.
Paulo Passoni (Valor Capital) on IPOs, M&A, and AI’s Impact on Startups in Latam
Olga Maslikhova, host of The J Curve: LATAM’s tech explosion—blockbuster M&As, IPOs, and a pipeline of unicorns
Allen Taylor, Managing Partner at Endeavor Catalyst: How U.S. IPOs Can Unlock Billions for LATAM Startups
The J Curve After Hours: Dirty Martinis and Making It in Latin America
Marcelo Lombardo CEO at ERP giant Omie: What no one tells you about building a $100M in ARR startup
Adhemar Milani Neto, CEO at Brazilian car subscription platform Kovi: Why Brazil is poised to dominate the global EV market
Sergio Furio, founder and CEO of $4.8B Brazilian fintech lender Creditas: Why the wrong market will sink even the best team
Marcelo Abritta, founder and CEO at Buser: How a simple marketplace model took over Brazil’s $10B bus industry
Igor Marinelli, founder & CEO at Tractian: First Principles Approach to Disrupting Legacy Industries
Marcelo Maziero and Fernando Fontes, founders of Brazil’s leading receivables exchange firm CERC: The $5 trillion opportunity—How CERC is changing the capital market infrastructure in Brazil
Andre Maciel, founder at Brazilian VC Volpe Capital: the $700B LATAM question for Meta, Google and ByteDance
Marcelo França, founder & CEO at Brazilian fintech infrastructure company Celcoin: three critical choices that made Celcoin a fintech leader in Brazil
Dileep Thazhmon, founder and CEO at $2.1B tech unicorn Jeeves: LATAM is the future of fintech
Rafael de Albuquerque, CEO & founder at global data analytics company Zoox Smart Data: $200M data giant built without VC funding
Dave Nangle, founder and CEO of VEF, an emerging markets-focused, growth-stage fintech investment firm: Forget billion-dollar IPOs; M&A is the name of the exit game in venture capital!
Geraldo Thomaz, founder and co-CEO at NYSE-traded e-commerce platform VTEX: Key decisions that built a $1.3B+ e-commerce empire
Susan Segal, CEO of Americas Society/Council of the Americas: Pioneering LATAM Venture Capital and Why the Region Will Thrive with AI
Daniela Binatti, Founder at Financial Infrastructure Company Pismo: Pismo's Rise to a Billion Dollar Acquisition by Visa
Alexandre Zolko, Founder at $400M Customer Loyalty Platform CRM&Bonus: Build to Last, Not to Sell
Andre Florence and Gui Azevedo, founders at Brazil's largest health-tech startup Alice: The reality is a rollercoaster
Thibaud Lecuyer, CEO at $2B Logistics Startup Loggi: Sustainability Is a Drug
Joao Barbosa, Co-Founder at Corporate Wellness Platform Gympass: From Brazil to the World: The $2.4B Gympass Story
Vitor Torres, Founder and CEO at Accounting Platform Contabilizei: Pioneering the De-bureaucratization of Accounting in Brazil
Michele Levy, Fashion Entrepreneur Behind Melissa USA: How to Build and Sell Consumer Brands
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