Building the largest tech school in Latin America: Freddy Vega, Platzi

<p>Over the last few years, Latin America has been seeing more and more people interested in founding a startup. To them, <b>Freddy Vega</b> has one advice: don&apos;t do it.</p><p>The deterrence may sound strange, especially coming from someone who is a natural born entrepreneur. Freddy started at age 16, when he created what became the largest community of developers in Latin America, <b>Cristalab</b>. He had learned how to program by himself 3 years prior, on a borrowed Casio calculator.</p><p>After meeting <b>Christian Van Der Henst</b>, who led an equally successful initiative in education, they decided to merge their communities. Soon after, they started hosting live educational shows every Thursday, which ultimately evolved into <b>Platzi</b>: an online learning platform offering courses in technology, business and several other categories. With millions of students across Latin America, it bets on teaching saleable skills fast and on a huge scale, while also seeding a lifelong-learning attitude.</p><p>Fun fact, Platzi was the first company with a Latin American market to ever go to <b>YC</b>, in 2015.</p><p>Keep listening to learn:</p><ul><li>What&apos;s behind the &quot;don&apos;t do it&quot; advice</li><li>His self-development journey</li><li>How to build psychological safety within a company</li><li>His thoughts on culture in Latin America</li><li>And how to unleash the power of community</li></ul><p>Starting something new?<br/>Apply at <a href='http://apply.latitud.com/'>apply.latitud.com</a></p>