Yuri Danilchenko grew up in Russia during one of the most defining moments in history. He's had a knack for tech and entrepreneurship since before he noticed it, having sold cell phones for pocket money when he was only 13, and fixing his friends' computers even though he didn't own one. Then, after living in the US and getting his masters in AI, he moved to Brazil and worked at several startups.He liked the challenges of startup life so much he ended up co-founding a business himself, called Vemos. But they eventually had to move on, and Yuri joined Kaszek-backed Escale as CTO, bringing in dozens of new engineers to the team and scaling product development through series C.In this episode, he shares:Some of the early-stage pitfalls he fell intoHow to attract and select tech talent when you don't have a tech brandHow to factor in diversity during your hiring processAnd what kind of culture you need to build a tech and product companyStarting something new? Visit latitud.com to learn about the Latitud Fellowship programSet up an international corporate structure accepted by international investors with Latitud Go.