About
Gustavo Gorenstein is co-founder of bxblue, a Brazil-based payroll lending marketplace that was acquired by PicPay in February 2023.
Founder at bxblueYC S17
Intro paths
YC
Gustavo went through Y Combinator (Summer 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Gustavo can intro founders to bxblue's investors below.
bxblue's investors · 2
Co-founders at bxblue
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👨💻Fabricio BuzetoFounder
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Roberto BragaFounder
Experience
- JeevesCEO Brasilcurrent2024 — presentSão Paulo, Brazil
- PicPayDirector of Consignado2023 — 2024Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
- bxblueCEO / Co-founder (acquired by PicPay)2016 — 2023Brasília Area, Brazil
- PoupCEO and Co-founder (acquired by Banco CBSS)2012 — 2017Brazil
- Startup FarmMentor Startup Farm2012 — 2016Brasilia
- Grupo Dínamo - Por um novo ecossistema de startupsAdvisor2014 — 2015São Paulo Area, Brazil
- Campus PartyEntrepreneurship Curator2014 — 2015São Paulo Area, Brazil
- Startup WeekendSW NEXT Facilitator + Startup Digest Curator2012 — 2013Brasília Area, Brazil
- The Coca-Cola CompanyBusiness Development Manager2004 — 2010
- Coca-Cola (Solar Br)Trade MKT coordinator2004 — 2006
- CONCEPT MARKETING E COMUNICAÇÃOTrade Marketing Manager2002 — 2004Recife Area, Brazil
- Mart pet comunicaçãoCreative Trainee2001 — 2002
Education
- UCLMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Technology Entrepreneurship2010 — 2011
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessExecutive Education program, Leadership2022
- Y CombinatorGrowing 10x in the summer, Startups2017
- London Business SchoolMBA Electives, Entrepreneurship summer school - scholarship2011
- FGV - Fundação Getulio VargasMBA, Marketing2006 — 2007
- Universidade de PernambucoBA, Business1999 — 2004
Skills & more
Presentation Development5Marketing Strategy60Operations2Operations Management2Sales Operations3Entrepreneur2Product Development22Entrepreneurship99Customer Relations1Project Execution1Project Management38CRM15
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Product ManagementTeam BuildingSocial MediaStart-upsMarketingBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentBusiness PlanningEnterprise SoftwareInnovative ThinkingNegotiationTeamworkLanguages English · Portuguese
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Also attended UCL272
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Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,187
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
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Also attended Y Combinator1,464
Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City
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Also attended Universidade de Pernambuco2
Shared employers
Also worked at PicPay2
Also worked at bxblue1
Also worked at Startup Farm2
Also worked at The Coca-Cola Company52
Jim MurphyPartner, Global Strategic Relationships at GreycroftDoug BandVenture Partner at AlleyCorpRohan OzaCo-Founder & Managing Partner at CAVU Consumer PartnersGreg FleishmanVenture Partner at Springdale VenturesMichał RokoszInvestor at Inovo VCEinat NemeshVenture Partner at TAU Ventures
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