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Encontramos el mejor talento para potencializar el crecimiento de las Startups en LatAm 

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<h3>Nuestro producto es EL TALENTO</h3>&nbsp;Tenemos experiencia construyendo equipos fundadores y claves en el crecimiento de nuestras startups; atrayendo y desarrollando perfiles estratégicos, emprendedores y alineados a la cultura.&nbsp; &nbsp;Haber construido empresas durante 10 años, nos ha permitido conocer de primera mano las necesidades de una startup y lo que buscan en un aliado estratégico para construir equipos de impacto.

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<ul><li>Planteamos experimentos lean a partir de hipótesis, que nos ayudan a barrer sistemáticamente el mercado.</li><li>Analizamos los resultados y extraemos información clave que nos ayudan a acelerar nuestros proceso.</li></ul>

- Planteamos experimentos lean a partir de hipótesis, que nos ayudan a barrer sistemáticamente el mercado

- Analizamos los resultados y extraemos información clave que nos ayudan a acelerar nuestros proceso


Enfoque científico basado en data

<ul><li>Nos cuestionamos continuamente cómo hacemos las cosas y encontramos formas de mejorar.</li><li>Somos ágiles y aprendemos en Sprints cortos.</li></ul>

- Nos cuestionamos continuamente cómo hacemos las cosas y encontramos formas de mejorar.

-Somos ágiles y aprendemos en Sprints cortos.

Metodología de aprendizaje

<ul><li>Conocemos de primara mano la forma de trabajo de startups y cómo la velocidad es clave.</li><li>Entendemos cómo la flexibilidad es importante y que no pueden haber reglas fijas. La idea es construir juntos y lograr resultados eficientes.</li></ul>

- Conocemos de primera mano la forma de trabajo de startups y como la velocidad es clave.

- Entendemos cómo la flexibilidad es importante y que no pueden haber reglas fijas.. La idea es construir juntos y lograr resultados eficientes.



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The venture studio model keeps growing in the world and Latin America. It doesn’t come as a surprise for the venture capital ecosystem. Studios have been getting a lot of attention since <a href="https://www.idealab.com/">Idealab</a> first started to implement this model back in 1996It seems like the entire world has changed since then. Today there are around 560 Venture Studios in the world, according to<a href="http://gan-7000682.hs-sites.com/disrupting-venture-landscape-white-paper"> GSSN</a>.There are many ways to call this Asset Class. Some call themselves Startup Studios, Company Builders, Venture Capital Studios, Venture Builders, etc…The point is that we all share the particular goal of changing the game on how to build and scale companies from scratch. That’s something every <a href="https://polymathv.com/venture-studio-model">Venture Studio</a> can agree on, even when we all do it in different ways.That “way” of doing things is what we have synthesized in our methodological approach to company building. You can see the effects of the model by looking at how rapidly it has grown in the past few years.The growth rate goes up to 625% in the last seven years, getting to a point where there is at least one Venture Studio in each region of the world.Polymath is the <a href="https://polymathv.com/venture-studio-model">Venture Studio for Latin America</a>. In the last 9 years, we have focused our work on ideating, validating, and scaling companies to empower the middle-class of LATAM.As we enter a new era of entrepreneurship in Latin America with Venture Capital growing more than 2X during 2021, we keep focusing our efforts on using human-centered design to create technologies and business models that solve the biggest and more urgent problems of a segment that has been underserved by business: The middle-class.Latin America craves a social and economic boost. Real social and economic development will come from efficient and vibrant solutions designed to enable and empower the middle class.We believe the Venture Studio model is the right way to achieve that breaking-through moment in the ecosystem for the region, we are convinced it is.Here are 6 reasons to believe in the Venture Studio Model.<h2>1. Methodology goes first</h2>Over nine years building companies leveraging the Venture Studio Model has helped us to develop a methodology that reflects our founders, EIRs, and talent<a href="https://polymathv.com/polymath-ventures-lessons/"> learnings in the company building process.</a>We learned from our failures and successes and now we have a methodological approach to understanding a market’s needs and developing scalable digital solutions.Following this approach, we have explored over 200 business concepts which have led us to launch 11 companies into the market.<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1CvgwUDFveqf-PD3gD-4RTpnAy3qa2q2jwkVRkOeUc9Y/edit?usp=drive%5Fweb">Download our company building playbook to learn more about our process.</a><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:54.82%;"><img src="/uploads/Company_Building_8940e0f2a3.png"><figcaption>Company Building Methodology</figcaption></figure><h2>2. Talented and diverse teams across the Studio</h2>People are an important part of what we do. We wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for talented, risk-taker and a little bit crazy individuals that share our view of purpose and transformation for the region.Having more than 500 collaborators across the group is also a great competitive advantage, giving us the diverse background necessary to address complex problems from different perspectives and areas of expertise.Our<a href="https://polymathv.com/the-road-to-building-a-winning-startup-culture/"> culture and way of working</a> allows structured learnings and encourages know-how transfer within the group and with external investors, not to count our alumni network, which is all around the globe and working across industries, normally maintaining contact with us.<h2>3. Proven track record</h2>It’s not the same to invest in first-time or even experienced entrepreneurs as it is to do it in a group of people that systematically create companies for a living.Up until now, we have 3 operating ventures that have reached Product-Market-Fit and 2 more on their way there. Creating a portfolio that has risen USD 45M from external investors.Building for emerging markets requires a completely different approach to company building and scaling. What we have achieved up until now is only the beginning of our learning journey.<h2>4. Partnership with great entrepreneurs</h2>A Venture Studio is meant to be a perfect co-founder to proven and successful entrepreneurs. This is one of the main differences we encounter when comparing our business model with accelerators or VCs.We are looking for the TOP entrepreneurial talent who are enthusiastic to transform the middle-class in Latin America.This is a matter of both purpose and skills, something that’s not easy to find, but it’s a formula that has proven to be a huge success for Venture Studios (and Polymath).All this provides an unmatched learning (and life) experience both for them, us and the people we are impacting.<h2>5. Strong leadership and advisory</h2>Our founders,<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/wenyi-cai-5a99876/"> Weny Cai</a> and<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-fern%C3%A1ndez-de-la-pradilla-a786711/?originalSubdomain=co"> Carlos Fernandez de la Pradilla</a> both come from strong business experience and are deeply committed to the purpose of transforming the region of LATAM.Over the years we have also created and strengthened a top<a href="https://polymathv.com/advisors-2/"> advisory board</a> composed of friends, investors, and business leaders internationally renowned.Combining that with the context of opportunity the region is going through right now and the methodological approach to business we have developed, we feel more confident to do the work and continue to grow our expertise as well as our connections to be more impactful and successful within our portfolio.<figure class="image image_resized" style="width:52.41%;"><img src="/uploads/Strong_Leadership_0a96e45a2d.png"><figcaption>Wenyi Cai and Carlos F. de la Pradilla &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><h2>6. Higher success rate.</h2>In general, the Venture Studio Model achieves better success rates than other similar approaches to entrepreneurship.For example Studios around the world are getting a 34% exit rate VS 21% for Accelerators and 19% for the average venture industry.But it doesn’t all come down to exit, we are giving higher investor returns too. The average in the venture industry is 21%, but when we look at studios it goes all up to 55%.Today, taking into account our seed investment we are offering up to 32% IRR over our portfolio in which 32 investors have already believed in, including international funds like<a href="https://www.bullpencap.com/"> Bullpen</a>,<a href="https://www.cendanacapital.com/"> Cendana</a>,<a href="https://fjlabs.com/"> FJ Labs</a>, and more.<h2>To summarize</h2><ul><li>Entrepreneurship is about risk.</li><li>The Venture Studio model aims to reduce that risk and maximize the learnings.</li><li>Studios make sense within the venture ecosystem. This model is even more relevant in emerging markets where uncertainty is higher and a deep understanding of context and people is necessary.</li><li>Polymath Ventures builds companies to address the problems of an emerging middle-class with huge opportunities for growth and innovation.</li></ul>&nbsp;

6 reasons to believe in the Venture Studio Model

Moving from corporate to <a href="https://polymathv.com/">startup</a> may seem daunting. For years you have been used to the traditional corporate ways and immersing in a new, shiny, and uncertain world has its own challenges and rewards. If you come from corporate and just got hired in a startup or if you are considering doing the jump, then this blog piece is for you.<figure class="image image_resized" style="width:63.88%;"><img src="/uploads/Startup_Pearks_97687437c8.jpeg"><figcaption>Young startup employees pretending to be talking about very important things</figcaption></figure>The overall perception about startups is that we work fast and maybe a bit disorganized, that we have very young <a href="https://polymathv.com/team/">teams</a> with very fancy titles, the office is unusual (to say the least), and priorities change constantly. Even though some of these perceptions may be true, there are crazy myths that should be destroyed and some other truths that deserve to be shared.<h2>What is it like moving from corporate to startup:</h2>– Collaborative work is a priority. Let go of your expert approach, no matter how senior you are, and embrace a culture where everyone gets an opinion and a vote.– Embrace risk. Startups, especially in the early stages, live amongst many unknowns so your ability to not only deal with ambiguity and messiness but to thrive in it will be key.<blockquote>“Changing priorities and strategy constantly (sometimes daily). This has been a big challenge for me. I used to very focus on planning (control) the strategy for the next 6 months and making sure we complied with it, nevertheless, to be successful in this type of high uncertainty environment it is imperative to develop the openness to rethinking the initial hypothesis and the flexibility to constantly adjust the plan based on new developments or learnings”. – Nicole Perez, Talent Director</blockquote>– Be creative. At corporations, final decisions come from the top, but at startups, the next great idea can come from you, so get comfortable with sharing your opinion and pushing your mental boundaries to detonate greatness.– Go with the flow. Titles are very blurry at startups because we are in “make it work mode”. That means sometimes we need to remove our fancy CEO/Director or VP hat to actually get our hands dirty and do whats is needed to win; from making big decisions to experimenting with digital ads and moving boxes.– Move fast. You come from an environment with way more resources and startups usually can not compete against that. So, to survive and win startups move fast.– Get ready to learn. No course or official program. Get ready to learn by doing the work, you will face challenges from new perspectives, will work around with cross-functional teams, and will have a first-hand view on the overall management of a new business.<blockquote>“I think the learning curve on the entrepreneurial ecosystem is extremely fast-paced and at the same time, very rewarding”. – Lucía Jaramillo, Service Designer.</blockquote>– Own a growth mindset. You were hired or could be hired because you are great at your field. But, that does not mean there is no room for you to learn and grow, especially in an environment where you will have to face multiple challenges from different areas.<figure class="image image_resized" style="width:60.03%;"><img src="/uploads/Corporate_Struggle_f2930fe7cd.jpeg"><figcaption>Former corporate employees struggling with the startup environment &nbsp;😉</figcaption></figure>If you are having second thoughts about moving from corporate to startups, here are a few tips from our own experience and real testimonials (we promise they are real) to help you in your decision-making process.<ul><li>Take a look at the social media account of the startup. At Polymath we use LinkedIn and Instagram as channels to get candidates excited about their potential role with us. For example, we use Instagram to showcase our culture, the off-work activities we do, and our team.</li><li>Talk to a friend that has gone through a similar experience. Since I experienced this transition, I have been able to provide some insights to friends that are looking to join Polymath and other startups.</li><li>Reflect on your motivations, work styles, and expectations to identify potential areas of discomfort. Startups are not for everyone, so you should do the work before jumping in.</li></ul>&nbsp;<figure class="image image_resized" style="width:53.22%;"><img src="/uploads/Team_members_f96bb3e806.jpeg"><figcaption>Group of finance and accounting experts clapping for the picture</figcaption></figure><h2>Our experience</h2>Coming from the corporate world, where resources are in excess and things move slower, it was a big shift to adjust to the lean, agile way that startups operate. Working here, I’ve learned to challenge myself to prioritize my focus on the most pressing problems and creatively tackle them with the limited resources available to me.The most exciting thing about working here is how much autonomy and agency I have. When I notice something at the company that can be done differently, I am given the freedom to execute my idea. Already I can very clearly see the direct impacts of my work on the organization and that keeps me motivated each day to do my part in bringing Polymath to the next level.<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieloabraham/">Daniel Abraham</a> – Chief of Staff at Polymath Ventures. Former associate at <a href="https://www.oliverwyman.com/index.html">Olyver Wyman</a>.————I was expecting to work for a different type of recognition, one that is less focused on my ego and more towards a transcendental purpose. In the corporate world, the ultimate recognition comes from climbing the ladder faster than anyone else, and you do so by meeting targets and fostering the right relationships. My experience in entrepreneurship has been the exact opposite, the challenge we face is so complex and difficult to solve that the only way to do it is by full immersion &amp; commitment into a team, where egos blend and all the members together strive for a bigger purpose, here the ultimate recognition is the sensation of fulfillment that you can get from solving a problem that creates real impact to others.The most exciting part is being part of an organization where the rule is to break the mold, looking at every challenge from different angles, and as a team build something that no one has managed to do before. There is no boring day, if anything there are too intense days.<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoleperez991/">Nicole Perez</a> – Talent Director at Polymath Ventures. Former Human Resources Manager at <a href="https://latam.pg.com/">P&amp;G</a>.————My transition from corporate to a startup has been a roller coaster ride, I guess the most challenging part for me was this new dimension of collective responsibility small startup teams have in them because your startup is the reflection of every decision you make. It’s both exciting and terrifying to think that together you have the power of setting a new course and building something you feel proud of.I always tell people this is some sort of “business parenthood”, your startup becomes your baby, and every decision you make has a tangible impact on its future. The most exciting part for me is not knowing what comes next, and knowing my job is to do the best I can to provide it with all the tools and insights to thrive.<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ljaramillora/">Lucía Jaramillo</a> – Service Designer at Polymath Ventures. Former Corporate Social Responsability Manager at <a href="https://www.davivienda.com/">Banco Davivienda.</a>————Currently, we have over 20 positions in Digital, Product, Investment, Marketing, Talent, and Tech. We would love to meet new talents looking to make a change in their careers. Join the Polymath family, <a href="https://polymathv.com/join-us/?utm%5Fsource=Digital&amp;utm%5Fmedium=Blog&amp;utm%5Fcampaign=JoinUs-FromCorporateToStartup-Aug20">check our open positions and apply now.</a>

From Corporate to Startup: Myths and Truths

We care about our talent today and tomorrowAt Polymath Ventures, what really makes us different is that we attract and retain highly competitive talent, fit to excel in our challenging environment and committed to improving the quality of life of Latin America’s underserved middle class.To be able to attract exceptional talent from all over the world, we had to develop an exceptional approach! – We decided to completely disrupt the way “Human Resources” or “Recruitment department” universally worked, and we became the new “scientists of talent” having a disciplined approach to experiment, iterate and, especially, LEARN. Combined with a set of technological tools and automation, we find the combination of approaches to attract talent that we believe cannot only add significant value at Polymath Ventures but that can also find a place at our company to learn, grow, laugh and build a solid professional career.We would like to share our expertise with you, so keep reading to learn how to maximize your recruitment efforts by leveraging our data-driven methodology.We are not your average talent teamWe aren’t a traditional human resources group. Our secret ingredient is that our team is made of profiles that come from different industries, departments, and countries. That way, each member of the group brings knowledge, and valuable experiences that we apply to this new type of “Talent-Scientist Department” we have inside our company!In our group, we have:<ul><li>Engineers: that bring a defined process structure, design, implementation, and optimization to our different projects.</li><li>Entrepreneurs: who can bring outside-the-box thinking to our processes and develop new strategies based on previous results.</li><li>Human-centered design advocates: that lead our user-centered approach, putting our candidates first and ensuring that their recruitment journey is transparent, approachable and memorable.</li></ul>We wholeheartedly believe in the value of multidisciplinary teams, capable of bringing learnings and approaches from their respective industries and turning them into a common process – one that is iterative and uniquely adaptive to our candidate and internal hire needs.We are scientistsTo ensure that we achieve quality results in short periods, we use the scientific method. Our Talent Acquisition team developed a Learning Cycle strategy that consists of a regular exercise:<ol><li>Research: qualitative &amp; quantitative. Our research involves a mix of continuous feedback from candidates and interviewers who’ve participated in our process and real measurements of our funnel data, including conversion rates, time per stage and quality of sourcing channels.</li><li>Hypothesis: we analyze the data that we have and define a possible hypothesis on why things happen the way they do.</li><li>Lean Experimentation: we build and construct experiments to test our hypothesis. We always aim for experiments that are quick to implement, to match our fast learning cycles.</li><li>Progress Review: once the experiment is implemented, we hold check-in on its progress to understand whether it is on the right track or not. At this point, we decide whether the experiment is testing our hypothesis or not (for example, we can’t define whether a hypothesis is proven as true or false if the experiment doesn’t generate a critical mass of data).</li><li>Results Analysis: once the experiment is “completed,” we check the results and define whether it aligns with our hypothesis or not (i.e. is the hypothesis proven as true or false).</li><li>Learnings &amp; Next Steps: we take the results of our experiment and convert them into more profound learnings that then help us define where to focus on for the next learning cycle.</li></ol>These stages go along with scheduled meetings during the whole process, which helps us review the results we are reaching in each step of the recruitment exercise. These meetings also help us draw key insights and re-settle the aspects that could be improved. It is basically composed of Learning Meetings, where we set initiatives and review results and PMO Meetings as checkpoints during the learning cycles where we adjust the experiments.<figure class="image"><img src="/uploads/meeting-schedule-2-Recovered-1.jpg" alt=""></figure><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:62.81%;"><img src="/uploads/Learning_cycle_Talent_9174b6dc20.jpeg"><figcaption>Learning cycle</figcaption></figure>We are data-driven decision-makers – The Headhunting ProcessCarefully crafting a profile personaThe recruitment process starts by creating the profile persona that encompasses the skill set and personality that we need for any specific role. We do this by leveraging our Human-Centered Design Methodology to uncover deep human needs through the understanding of customs, habits, and mutual preferences.This methodology consists of the following steps:<ul><li>Research &amp; benchmark: We stay on top of hiring trends across different markets to understand our value proposition to target candidates and how we compare to our competitors.</li><li>Profile Definition: We conduct problem-solving sessions with hiring managers and key stakeholders to gain a deep understanding of the profile they are looking for. We usually start by defining what problem this profile would solve, and from there, move into what tasks he or she will need to perform and what technical skills, experiences, and mindsets the candidate will require to be successful.</li><li>Synthesis: We empathize with the hiring manager, understand their needs and jointly work towards defining the profile of the ideal candidate.</li></ul>Discipline &amp; Speed of ExperimentationOnce we have a certain level of clarity of what we look for, we brainstorm on potential ways we can filter profiles for these characteristics using LinkedIn Recruiter Lite. When creating these filters, we make sure that our sample size is representative to avoid false positives or false negatives.Those filtered candidates are then reviewed, and approved/rejected based on how closely they represent the defined profile. As our universe of candidates is finite, we always double-check whether a candidate has already applied or been contacted by our team before. The leads that remain are the ones that we reach out to. We use funnel charts to determine the success of our experiments. We measure our progress in twice a month so that we can compare how our previous experiments match our latest initiatives. That way, we can pinpoint what variables changed from a timeframe to another and decipher what we need to continue implementing and what needs to be dropped.<figure class="image image_resized" style="width:80.64%;"><img src="/uploads/Funneltalent_681760d383.png"><figcaption>Sprint flowchart for lead generation</figcaption></figure>Constant IterationIn order to identify bottlenecks or areas of critical focus, we develop a cohort analysis, showcasing the results achieved week-on-week. Being able to visualize this data allows us to put our efforts into moving candidates through the funnel to ultimately give candidates a better experience and also achieve our recruitment goals promptly.<figure class="image image_resized" style="width:66.34%;"><img src="/uploads/Grafica_talent_Recovered_1024x685_c293ab4a26.jpeg"><figcaption>Recruitment process follow-up</figcaption></figure>The following flowchart sums up the headhunting journey, from the “Defining our Hypothesis” stage, where we create a theory that we want to validate through experiments, until the “Storage of the experiment for guidelines” phase, where we save our best results to be used as guidelines for future processes in which candidates have a similar profile.It is essential to have decision-making steps throughout the whole process, where the effectiveness of the design could be questioned to guarantee that moving forward through the steps will make sense, regarding the objectives that were set in the beginning.<figure class="image image_resized" style="width:64.35%;"><img src="/uploads/grafica_Recovered_956x1024_49fe86b844.jpeg"><figcaption>Headhunting process overview</figcaption></figure>We are tech nerdsWe love to experiment and learn new tools in order to simplify our processes and save time, beyond the usual email templates, scheduling weekly email reminders, etc. At Polymath Ventures, we enjoy finding new ways to increase productivity.Our passion is our driving force and we always go the extra mile. Thus, we link our Monday.com boards to our calendars, to keep track of our deadlines. Also, we automate our channels of communication with the applicants through the incorporation of Zapier, an online automation tool, capable of connecting apps and services. Through it, we keep track of all our recruiting LinkedIn messages and we connect our ATS to Google Sheets to have semi-live reports on each of our current positions.These actions have reduced our response time with applicants, making this process more efficient and ultimately giving candidates in our funnel the best experience possible!<figure class="image image_resized" style="width:65.48%;"><img src="/uploads/Zapier_Integration_1_1c760b2ae3.jpeg"><figcaption>Zapier integration</figcaption></figure>But things don’t end here…We continuously question how we do things and by taking the helicopter view, we always find ways to improve ourselves. For us, it is all about agile processes, lean experiments and continuously learning from our results. Our commitment is with the high potential talent that is located in every corner of the world. We want to find them and connect with them, so they can have the opportunity to access a new world of possibilities by building scalable companies with a huge social impact. You will never hear us say “that’s just how we do things around here”. The world evolves and so do we!

Polymath Hunters

Encontramos el mejor talento para potencializar el crecimiento de las Startups en LatAm

Nuestro producto es EL TALENTO

Nuestra propuesta de valor se basa en los siguientes principios:

Enfoque
científico basado en data

Metodología
de aprendizaje

Agilidad
y Flexibilidad

Nuestros Clientes

nos Recomiendan

Nuestros Clientes

nos Recomiendan

¡Construyamos juntos!

Conocimiento de nuestro equipo curado para ti

6 reasons to believe in the Venture Studio Model

From Corporate to Startup: Myths and Truths

Inside Polymath Ventures: how to turn talent acquisition into a science

Nuestro producto es EL TALENTO

Nuestra propuesta de valor se basa en los siguientes principios:

Enfoquecientífico basado en data

Metodologíade aprendizaje

Agilidady Flexibilidad

Nuestros Clientes

nos Recomiendan

Nuestros Clientes

nos Recomiendan

¡Construyamos juntos!

Conocimiento de nuestro equipo curado para ti

6 reasons to believe in the Venture Studio Model

From Corporate to Startup: Myths and Truths

Inside Polymath Ventures: how to turn talent acquisition into a science

Enfoque
científico basado en data

Metodología
de aprendizaje

Agilidad
y Flexibilidad