The Rebuilding Venezuela Podcast

La reproducción usa la URL pública del episodio (iTunes / feed del creador). No almacenamos los MP3.

• Staffing the Venezuela Boom — The Talent U.S. Oil & Gas Will Run On

  21 ago. 2026 · 47:03

  A Venezuelan oil boom is coming, and the real question isn't whether this sector comes back. It's who staffs it. This week, José Angel Pereira Ruimwyk, former CEO of Citgo Petroleum, joins us to share what the last opening of Venezuela's energy sector taught him and which U.S. players are quietly positioning for the next one. The conversation lands where it always does: talent. The Venezuelan oil and gas professionals who already know how to run this industry and who can be hired remotely, starting now.

• Brand Before Boots on the Ground

  13 ago. 2026 · 40:41

  Most conversations about entering Venezuela focus on capital, operations, and talent. This episode adds the piece almost everyone overlooks: positioning. Alex Miranda and Ignacio sit down with Gabriela Pulido, Venezuelan-American brand strategist and Co-Founder of Scalto, a brand strategy and growth firm operating across the U.S. and LATAM. With 30 years positioning fintech, B2B, and family-owned companies to scale — clients include Inswitch, FlexFunds, and Amerant — Gabriela brings independent proof of the show's thesis, from the brand side, not the staffing side. A company can build the best team in Caracas and still fail — because the market doesn't know who they are, or worse, doesn't trust them yet. Gabriela explains why brand positioning has to be built before physical presence, what it costs to enter a reopening market with the wrong narrative, and how brand and talent run on the same market-entry clock. The conversation lands where this show always lands: on Venezuelan talent — who actually carries a brand into the market. In this episode: The first mistake companies make when entering a market like VenezuelaWhy positioning comes before physical presenceThe real cost of showing up with the wrong storyWhat "positioning before operating" looks like in practiceBoots on the ground: what it takes from the local team to represent a brand

• The Entrepreneurial Wave — Building the Businesses Venezuela Needs But Doesn't Have Yet

  8 abr. 2026 · 29:59

  Most conversations about Venezuela focus on multinationals re-entering the market. This episode takes a different angle. What about the businesses that don't exist yet? The services, platforms, and technology solutions the rest of the world takes for granted — but Venezuela has been cut off from for over a decade. When a market reopens after years of economic isolation, there's a massive gap in business infrastructure. Fintech. SaaS. Cloud services. Digital payments. AI-powered tools. E-commerce. Venezuela missed all of it. And that gap is exactly where the entrepreneurial opportunity lives. In this episode, Alex Miranda sit down with Amaury Loaiza — Venezuelan-American tech entrepreneur, founder & CEO of NextGo, and veteran of companies like ExxonMobil, IBM, Cisco, HP Enterprise, and Carnival Corporation — to break down what's missing, what's possible, and how entrepreneurs can begin positioning today.

• What Strategic Planning Looks Like on Day Zero — Inside Venezuela, Right Now

  24 mar. 2026 · 41:58

  Episode 3 — What Strategic Planning Looks Like on Day Zero: Inside Venezuela, Right NowVenezuela is not a future opportunity. It is a present one. PdVSA is signing contracts with American companies every single day. Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Baker Hughes are already on the ground. The FBI has opened a physical office in Caracas. The diplomatic infrastructure is not forming — it has formed. And yet most U.S. companies are still watching from the sidelines, waiting for certainty that will never arrive on their terms. In Episode 3, Alex Miranda and Ignacio sit down with Jose Bracho — a Venezuelan-born, U.S.-educated business professional and advisor who is physically on the ground in Venezuela right now. Jose brings over 25 years of financial and business management experience across both markets, deep relationships across business, legal, and diplomatic circles, and a rare, real-time view into the contracts, conversations, and company movements forming today. This episode delivers what the first two set up: a practical, step-by-step framework for what engaging Venezuela actually looks like — from someone who is there. The companies that win won't be the ones with the most capital. They'll be the ones with the right relationships, the right local intelligence, and the discipline to move before the window closes.

• Phase 1: The Industries Already Positioning for Venezuela’s Reopening

  19 mar. 2026 · 23:45

  Rebuilding a country doesn't happen all at once. It happens in phases. In Episode 2, Alex and Ignacio break down Phase 1 of Venezuela's economic reopening — the industries that move first, why they move first, and what smart companies are already doing to position before the market fully opens. From oil and gas to engineering, logistics, and industrial construction — the operating system of Venezuela's economy is beginning to activate. And the companies that understand the sequence will have a significant advantage over those waiting for certainty. The key insight of this episode: you don't have to send a team to Venezuela to begin positioning. You can start hiring talent there now. Capital moves fast. Talent moves slower. The time to prepare is before the rush begins.

• First Movers Advantage in Venezuela — Positioning Before the Rebuild Accelerates

  14 mar. 2026 · 26:45

  Venezuela is entering a new phase — and the companies that win will not be the ones who wait for certainty. They will be the ones who position early. In this first episode, Alex Miranda (U.S.) and Ignacio (Venezuela) break down First Movers Advantage and explain why smart companies are already preparing for the reopening of the Venezuelan market — through talent, relationships, and strategic positioning. Because when markets reopen, capital moves fast — but talent moves slower. And the companies that think about workforce strategy first will have the advantage. 🎧 In this episode • What First Movers Advantage really means • Early signals coming from Venezuela • Why talent will become the biggest bottleneck • What smart companies should be doing now 🔔 Subscribe for future episodes We break down the business opportunities, market signals, and talent strategy behind Venezuela’s rebuilding.