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The Global Nutcracker
Founders Scaling Globally
Welcome to The Global Nutcracker Podcast, powered by Native Teams, where we crack open the toughest business challenges of scaling worldwide. Here, founders, HR leaders, and innovators share real stories and hard-earned lessons from the frontlines of international growth. We explore the realities of scaling across borders, tackling compliance challenges, cultural hurdles, and everything in between, and uncover how to go global without going nuts.
The hidden pressure of remote leadership
Building a global team is not just about hiring talent across borders. Susanne Drews, founder of Champ AI, shares what really happens behind the scenes — the pressure of middle management, the struggle to build culture remotely, and the importance of real human connection in distributed teams. From ...
You shouldn’t hire everyone, even If they’re great
Everyone talks about hiring the best talent. But what if the best candidate… isn’t the right one? In this episode of The Global Nutcracker, Rosane Marques (ITR Tech Group) shares a perspective most founders avoid: Sometimes the right decision is not hiring someone - even when they’re technically bri...
The biggest challenge in AI isn't the technology - it's finding the talent to execute the mission
In this episode of The Global Nutcracker, we sit down with Daniel Victorino, co-founder of Galaxies, a Brazilian technology company that is redefining market research. Using advanced "synthetic personas," Galaxies helps enterprise giants like Nestle and Spotify predict consumer behaviour before it e...
The real secret behind Revolut’s talent strategy | Andrei Oprisor, Head of People Product at Revolut
Scaling a company is not just about strategy or funding. According to Revolut, it starts with talent density. In this episode of The Global Nutcracker, Skerdi Sino, CMO at Native Teams, speaks with Andrei Oprisor, Head of People at Revolut, about the philosophy behind building high-performance teams...
Cold Calls, AI Spam & Hiring for Talent | Linus Kruselok
Open LinkedIn today and you will probably see the same thing: - Automated messages.- AI-generated outreach.- “Personalised” sales pitches that clearly aren’t. In this episode of The Global Nutcracker, Skerdi sits down with Linus Kruselok from KB Consultancy to discuss what is actually happening in m...
Culture Before Scale: Building a 3,500-Person Global Mission
Sama operates across Kenya, Uganda, North America and beyond — but according to CEO Wendy Gonzalez, scaling globally isn’t about infrastructure first. It’s about people. In this episode, we explore: – Why financial independence beats traditional aid – How East Africa became a digital-first AI talent...
One Team Member Can Make or Break a Company
In this new episode of The Global Nutcracker, Skerdi speaks with Dr. Abdalla Kablan, Founder & CEO of Delta Wealth Partners. From AI exits to venture capital, Dr. Kavlan breaks down the uncomfortable truths behind scaling: • Why one person can derail growth • Why systems matter more than hype • Why ...
“Business happens after human relationship”| Scaling a Global AI Startup
What does it really take to scale a company across continents? In this episode of The Global Nutcracker, hosted by Skerdi Sino, Sebastian Knorr, CEO of Nordic AI, shares the raw lessons from building an AI company focused on mental health, with teams across Norway, Chile, Mexico, India, Africa, Brit...
Scaling a marketplace is harder than you think: Everyone is the customer
Scaling a marketplace is not like scaling a traditional business. In this episode, we explore one of the most overlooked challenges marketplace founders face: in a two-sided model, you don’t have just one customer — buyers, sellers, and everyone in between all need to be served. Our guest shares har...
Building engineering teams with gig talent
Engineering teams don’t scale the same way they used to. In this episode of The Global Nutcracker, Skerdi Sino speaks with Krishen Naidoo, founder of Gig Engineer, about building and scaling engineering teams through a gig-based model — across countries, regulations, and very different markets. A gr...