Guests from the startup Kavak, the consulting firm Potential Project, Banco BASE, and the World Economic Forum chatted with professors and experts from EGADE Business School and the Tec School of Business.

By VALENTINA FLORES CÁCERES | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Unicorn companies, conscious leadership, investments, and energy transition were the themes addressed on Territorio Negocios (Business Territory), the podcast of EGADE Business School and Tecnológico de Monterrey’s School of Business, in April.

Here are four episodes, in case you missed them.

Episode 31: Unicorns in Mexico are no longer a legend

Loreanne García, co-founder and Chief People Officer at Kavak, the first Mexican startup to achieve a valuation over one billion dollars, and Félix Cárdenas, Director of the EGADE Business School Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, discuss Mexico’s entrepreneurship ecosystem and what is needed to generate more unicorn companies in the country.

Episode 32: It all starts with the mind

Jacqueline Carter, International Partner and Director for North America at Potential Project, and keynote speaker at EGADE U Week 2021, and EGADE alumnus Diego Lainez, CEO and founder of Dare to Learn, talk about the mental qualities (mindfulness, selflessness and compassion) that leaders need to acquire and that will benefit both the individual and the organization.

Episode 33: Investment dilemmas in Mexico

Gabriela Siller, Economic Analysis Director at Banco BASE, and Jorge Martínez, Director of the Financial Think Tank and professor at EGADE Business School, analyze the diverse scenarios for reactivating investment in Mexico.

Episode 34: Goodbye to hydrocarbons?

Pedro G. Gómez, Head of Oil and Gas at the World Economic Forum (WEF), and Rolando Fuentes, research professor at EGADE Business School, debate the decarbonization and electrification of the economy, business and investment opportunities, and the possibility of abandoning nonrenewable energy resources.

Territorio Negocios forms part of the Tec Sounds podcasts, and is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.

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