IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:10:28 - About Mercado Libre’s founding story
00:12:05 - How it won the e-commerce market
00:14:14 - How and why it built its logistics network
00:38:45 - What competitors are the biggest risk
00:46:51 - What flywheel is powering the business
01:00:50 - Why Mercado Pago is such a powerful business
01:07:59 - About Mercado Libre’s management and capital allocation
01:18:29 - Whether Shawn and Daniel add MELI to the portfolio
*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.
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