Olga Maslikhova

The J Curve Insider: exclusive insights, top founder stories & deep dives into LatAm’s startup ecosystem

Would you shut down the business you convinced everyone to fund?

Oct 2, 2026

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6 min read

Would you shut down the business you convinced everyone to fund?

Your lunch is someone else’s billion-dollar business

Sep 25, 2026

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11 min read

Your lunch is someone else’s billion-dollar business

Sep 18, 2026

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13 min read

Gringo playbook

Sep 11, 2026

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7 min read

I think Harvey should buy Jusbrasil

Paulo Passoni on why the world is short compute, and how a great company still loses money for its last investors

Sep 3, 2026

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14 min read

Paulo Passoni on why the world is short compute, and how a great company still loses money for its last investors

Who is really funding Brazil's fintechs?

Aug 28, 2026

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7 min read

Who is really funding Brazil's fintechs?

Nigel Morris on Capital One, Nubank, and what actually changed in Latin America

Aug 18, 2026

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12 min read

Nigel Morris on Capital One, Nubank, and what actually changed in Latin America

Aug 13, 2026

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7 min read

Show me the margins

But wait, where are Brazil's mega-rounds?

Aug 7, 2026

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8 min read

But wait, where are Brazil's mega-rounds?

Jul 30, 2026

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8 min read

We have an exit problem

What makes a creator business worth $500M?

Jul 28, 2026

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1 min read

What makes a creator business worth $500M?

Wait a second... Where is all this money going?

Jul 23, 2026

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5 min read

Wait a second... Where is all this money going?

Paulo Passoni on what he would do with $500 million, and why an AI margin is not a SaaS margin

Jul 14, 2026

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19 min read

Paulo Passoni on what he would do with $500 million, and why an AI margin is not a SaaS margin

The most durable startup was built 2,500 years ago. Let me explain.

Jul 9, 2026

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5 min read

The most durable startup was built 2,500 years ago. Let me explain.

The Most Important Startup Moat Is Psychological

Jul 2, 2026

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5 min read

The Most Important Startup Moat Is Psychological

Brian Requarth, Latitud: Why ~50% of LatAm Founders Now Go Global

Jun 30, 2026

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1 min read

Brian Requarth, Latitud: Why ~50% of LatAm Founders Now Go Global

Brian Requarth on picking 15 founders out of 1,500, and why Latitud took no equity for five years

Jun 29, 2026

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20 min read

Brian Requarth on picking 15 founders out of 1,500, and why Latitud took no equity for five years

AI is the best thing that happened to Brazil

Jun 25, 2026

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5 min read

AI is the best thing that happened to Brazil

Jun 18, 2026

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5 min read

Cash Pillow

Jun 11, 2026

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5 min read

The case against liquidity

TJC Debrief: Who Actually Makes Money in AI?

Jun 9, 2026

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1 min read

TJC Debrief: Who Actually Makes Money in AI?

I have another billion-dollar idea for you

Jun 4, 2026

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4 min read

I have another billion-dollar idea for you

The problem with selling software to ‘everyone’

May 28, 2026

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7 min read

The problem with selling software to ‘everyone’

Felipe Carvalho, Camu: The Brutal Sales Lesson From Pipefy

May 26, 2026

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1 min read

Felipe Carvalho, Camu: The Brutal Sales Lesson From Pipefy

The AI labs just went full Palantir. Let me explain.

May 21, 2026

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8 min read

The AI labs just went full Palantir. Let me explain.