S03E13 - The role of culture in business success | With Alejandro Laplana on Work Cultured
Alejandro Laplana is the founder and CEO of technology company Shokworks Inc., where he has developed over 500 digital platforms and apps for some of the world’s most exciting brands and companies, including: FC Barcelona, La Liga, Real Madrid, P&G, Dupont Chemicals, the Las Vegas Raiders, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Pittsburgh Steelers, Fox Sports, HBO, the United Nations and the Government of the UK. Shokworks holds a staff of 500+ full-time employees that design, develop and operate highly scalable software solutions for large brands, operators, and well-capitalized start-ups. Laplana has generated over $1 Billion for Shokworks and its partners in revenue, costsavings, and direct investment. Shokworks and its partners have amassed 10M users in aggregate, tokenized over $20M in assets and have been named Apple App Store’s “App of the Day” twice. Alejandro is also the Founder and Managing Partner of VC Fund, Kevlar that bootstrapped its way to a portfolio of 30 companies, with a total portfolio value of $100M. Laplana has personally invested in over 100 start-ups and sits in multiple boards of directors and advisors. Laplana was voted “Entrepreneur and Investor of the Year” by Bank of America and the DEC Network in 2022. In addition to Shokworks and Kevlar, Laplana serves on Start-Up Chile’s Board of Judges for upcoming startups, and serves as a Mentor to Ripple Labs and Techstars’s Accelerator. Laplana has been invited to speak at forums hosted by J.P. Morgan, Cantor Fitzgerald, Bank of America, The DEC Networks, Techstars, Start-Up Chile, the Colombian Congress and the United Nations. Laplana appears and contributes frequently on Bloomberg, Nasdaq, Rolling Stone, NBC, Cointelegraph and Forbes. Laplana holds a Bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University and a Master’s in Management of Technology from New York University. As a mentor at the XRPL Accelerator, Alejandro has helped companies in strategic and tactical questions involving product development, pmf and dynamic pricing strategies. I hope you enjoy! Be sure to like and subscribe so you don't miss any episodes! Jason #entrepreneurship #culture #leadership #emotionalintelligence #intelligence #self-awareness #personalboard #community #podcast #podcastshow #foryou #foryoupage #explorepage #workcultured
