PATRICIO VILLALOBOS | Emprender por PASIÓN #255

27 Nov 2023 · 111 min
1:51:06

Interview (Spanish) of Patricio Villalobos by Oso Trava (Cracks Podcast). Villalobos recounts his entrepreneurial journey: creating MedioTiempo from a university hobby (1998), growing it through early pivots (Telcel SMS service) to 1 million daily users ~five years after launch, a mostly bootstrapped trajectory (initial external funding of about $12,000), surviving the 2000 Internet bust, selling MedioTiempo to Time Warner / Grupo Expansión (2008), later founding Juan Fútbol (brand created democratically in a focus group) which raised venture capital and was later sold to foreign buyers. He reflects on founding teams, grieving the loss of cofounder Sergio “Kobe” González (illness ~2001–2002), product vs. services strategies, talent retention, naming and culture (Underdog, Tiki Taka, Sondermut), tech trends (AI, AR/VR), and practical routines and tools (Superhuman, Apple Notes).

Questions this video answers

1998

About 1,000,000 people per day

US$12,000 (6k from Sergio's father + 6k from Mike's father)

15,000 pesos (trial fixed fee)

2008

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