Level up your
customer journey
Learn how to generate leads, boost your sales approach, retain your customers, and forge invaluable connections with corporate giants throughout Latin America.
Are you ready to elevate your game with Driven Speed?
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A program made to up
your game
Driven has built a comprehensive commercial training program designed exclusively for startups, aimed at equipping them with the essential skills and strategies in marketing, sales, and customer success, with the opportunity to showcase those skills through 1-on-1 meetings with potential clients.
Get access to Retail, Digital Commerce, and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPGs) Corporations, with operations in +18 countries in Latin America.
Have 1-on-1 60-minute mentoring with world-class founders and industry experts who have built successful ventures.
Participate in interactive learning sessions with other entrepreneurs through pre-scheduled workshops.
Receive an analysis of your business from an investor's perspective.
Real business opportunities
with some of the largest Corporations in Latam
Driven harnesses its unique Corporate Network and goes beyond traditional training by establishing a bridge between startups and Corporations, facilitating meaningful connections that can lead to valuable client relationships.
Meet the experts that can help you improve
your customer journey
Carson Sweet
- B2B Sales
- Exit Strategy
- Growth
Serial entrepreneur with expertise that spans six startups, numerous technological breakthroughs, and 11 patents in cybersecurity. As the founder and CEO of CloudPassage, he developed and commercialized the cloud security platform HaloTM, supported by top Silicon Valley Investors (invested over $85M), and widely adopted by corporate industry leaders, including Netflix, AT&T, Salesforce, Adobe, IBM, and more before being acquired by Fidelis Cybersecurity.
Nate Gilmore
- Customer Success
- Marketing
- SaaS
- Sales
Over 25 years of business and go-to-market leadership experience across e-commerce, PLG, and SaaS companies. Before joining TaxCloud as its CEO, Nate was the CRO and CMO of PandaDoc and was previously the founding go-to-market VP of Shipwire, where he grew the company from $0 to $100M in revenue.
Miguel Torres
- Customer Success
- IoT
- SaaS
Senior Manager Customer Success of Samsara, a SaaS and IoT unicorn with +$1B in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR). With 10+ years of experience as a consultant and leader of Customer Success teams, Miguel has created and implemented Customer Success teams from scratch and mentored startups in all their stages in Chile, Latam, and the U.S. while also acting as Program Manager for Digital Transformational projects for corporate leaders in the Region.
Julie McPherson
- E-Commerce
- Sales
- Strategy
Over 15 years of experience in multinational companies, leading business development initiatives in the financial and telecom sectors. Currently, she is the Executive Vice President of Growth for Parsyl, Insuretech which has raised +$44M to date. Previously, she co-founded Tiaxa and exited the Fintech to Bemobi in 2021. Julie has also been an entrepreneur at Endeavor Global since 2008 and led Endeavor Chile as the executive director.
José Manuel Jiménez
- Internationalization
- Sales
- Team Building
Founder of Webdox, a B2B SaaS of contract management. As a CEO, he built a team of 130 people in 5 different countries and led the growth of the company to +600 customers in 13 countries of Latin America, developing a deep knowledge in the following sales channels: Outbound, Inbound, ARR Expansion, Partners.
Daniela Lorca
- E-Commerce
- Exit Strategy
- Operations
Previous experience as Head of Operations and Product for Latin America in Groupon, an American global e-commerce marketplace. Later, she founded Babytuto, a company that started as a free subscription platform for parents and then evolved to an online sales channel for baby items, with +35,000 products from 400 international and local brands. As the CEO, she sold her company to Walmart Chile in 2021.
Eyal Shats
- B2B Sales
- Growth
- SaaS
Over 15 years of experience in the development of high-impact technology companies. He was the Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Simpliroute, the #1 Latin American route-optimization software. Eyal and his Co-founder Álvaro managed to grow the company to +900 customers in 26 different countries and were accelerated by the globally recognized accelerator 500 Startups Global.
Alejandro Silberstein
- Digital Marketing
- Growth
- Strategy
Founding Partner of RAYA Group, a conglomerate comprising advertising agencies and brand consultancy firms. Raya has been recognized by ACHAP as one of Chile's most creative agencies and is at the forefront of Digital Marketing, with a dedicated team of over 130 professionals overseeing 35 brands. Alejandro is also a mentor in Endeavor, contributing to the growth and success of aspiring entrepreneurs and an angel investor in various startups.
Alan Melnick
- Digital Marketing
- Growth
12 years of experience in digital marketing, paid SEO, and growth with a result-driven approach for companies at all stages. He has worked with large companies in digital marketing such as Banco Estado, Jumbo, and Falabella as well as supported startups in Latam, Spain, and US markets. Currently, he is a Digital Consultant at Swell by Raya.
A program led by a team with
+20 years of combined experience in
scaling and partnering with startups
Driven is focused on Digital Commerce and Marketplaces startups in South America. Driven Partners have connected more than 4,000 startups with more than 20 corporations through different Corporate Venturing strategies.
+15 years of experience in the venture industry, both in the US and Latam. CEO of a $23M seed fund at Fundación Chile, where he led the investments as well as a board member in some of the leading digital commerce startups including Simpliroute, Zippedi, Wheel the World, and Wareclouds, among others. Led over $100M in venture debt deals in Silicon Valley including Cloudflare and Okta.
+10 years in the entrepreneurship ecosystem, in roles of mentor, investor, speaker, among others. Member of WeInvest and LAVCA Top Women Investor (2022, 2023). Led Fundación Chile ́s accelerator (named #1 accelerator in Chile in 2020) and have previous experience in Mercado Libre, the largest marketplace and payments platform in Latin America.
Agile and practical with
real business opportunities
We created a program that combines world-class experience with the opportunity to implement these learnings in real time with 1-on-1 meetings with potential customers.
The Learning Journey
Investor Business Analysis
Macarena and Jamie will conduct an investor business analysis of each company, using the 4T methodology and will focus on key business metrics. This methodology includes an overview of the team, technology, target market, and traction. Lastly, the analysis will review key business metrics relevant to each company depending on their business model.
Experts
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Macarena Liu
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Jamie Riggs
Workshop 1:
Digital Marketing & Growth
Alejandro and Alan will focus on basic concepts of growth methodology and will show how to apply this framework through specific tactics. They will also present digital marketing strategies to understand growth opportunities through Full Funnel Growth.
Experts
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Alejandro Silberstein
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Alan Melnick
Workshop 2:
Sales & Pipeline Management
Carson's workshop will focus on the complete sales cycle of the client from validating inbound and outbound leads to onboarding a new client. Also, he will discuss the keys to effective sales presentations as well as opportunity management in efforts to get the lowest CAC (Customer Acquisition Cost).
Experts
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Carson Sweet
Workshop 3: Customer Success
Miguel’s workshop will define the concept of Customer Success and highlight its importance to companies. He will talk about the state of the Customer Success industry and explain the Durable Growth Playbook. Miguel will finish with the essentials of CS leadership and a description of the Maturity Model.
Experts
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Miguel Torres
Mentoring
Each company will have three mentoring sessions of 60 minutes each based on a matchmaking process. The mentoring sessions will consist of mentor insights and feedback about the company from a commercial perspective.
Corporations Reverse Pitch
Each Corporation will conduct a reverse pitch, explaining its business and challenges.
Commercial Roadshow & Matchmaking
The team will evaluate the fit between each corporation opportunity and participant startups, finishing with individual meetings with the potential clients that have the best fit.
We invite you to be part of this journey to improve your game
The program has limited capacity therefore the startups will be selected by the Driven team through 5 stages.
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