Santiago Aparicio, Ontop: Transforming the future of work, Ep 158

<p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 24pt;">Santiago Aparicio, Ontop: Transforming the future of work, Ep 158</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The future of work is going to be remote and decentralized, according to Santiago Aparicio, Co-Founder and CEO of</span> <a href= "https://latamlist.com/remote-recruitment-platform-ontop-raises-20m/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Ontop</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, a payroll software startup that allows companies to legally hire and pay anyone in the world. Santiago is a serial entrepreneur and sales passionate who believes in the influence of developing markets in defining the future of work.  </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After long nights working on Excel sheets back in his banking days, Santiago decided he wanted a change. He reached out to Felipe Villamarin, co-founder at Rappi, and joined the team as its seventh employee, which really helped him to become an entrepreneur.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I sat down with Santiago to talk about his experience as an entrepreneur, while Santiago shared the story of Ontop and their meteoric growth in their first fifteen months (actively operating in over 190 countries, transacting over $2M per month).</span></p> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fundraising and starting his first two companies</span></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For Santiago, the next frontier as a salesperson was fundraising, which pushed him to build his first company, Fitpal, a fitness and wellness platform for gyms in Latin America. But after Covid hit, Santiago and his cofounder decided to launch a second company, this time focusing on something becoming increasingly popular: remote working.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen to this episode of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Crossing Borders</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">to learn how Ontop raised its initial money from founders of all over t