#115 – Building strong founder communities: Ian Hathaway, Camilla Junqueira, and André Barrence at Vamos Latam Summit

<p>Building a community is a powerful tool for any startup – but it&apos;s not an easy task to create a gathering that becomes a reference. There might be a few names that come to your mind when talking about founder communities, maybe Techstars, Endeavor, Google for Startups, and Latitud itself.</p><p><b>Ian Hathaway</b>, <b>Camilla Junqueira</b>, and <b>André Barrence</b> shared their best practices for building founder communities with Virginia Campo, Latitud&apos;s Director of Programs and Community, during the Vamos Latam Summit.</p><p>In our connections and knowledge flagship event,<em> they talked about:</em></p><ul><li>What defines a community, and why giving back and fostering engagement are so important;</li><li>What metrics are used to assess the quality of a founder community, and how to keep the community&apos;s essence even when it grows;</li><li>And what is the role of in-real-life events to sustain a stronger founder community.</li></ul><p>Hey, <a href='https://www.latitud.com/pt/programs/explore'>apply to be a fellow</a>, <a href='https://go.latitud.com/'>open your startup</a> or <a href='https://updates.latitud.com/newsletter'>sign up for our newsletter</a>.<br/>Follow us on <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/school/latitudlatam'>Linkedin</a> / <a href='https://twitter.com/latitudlatam'>Twitter</a> / <a href='https://www.instagram.com/latitudlatam'>Instagram</a> / <a href='https://www.latitud.com/en/podcast'>Podcast</a>. </p>