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The Offshore Kingdom: How Penbrothers Builds Teams That Scale
Welcome back to AI for Founders, I'm Ryan Estes.
Today’s episode starts with a tension every founder feels but rarely admits:
What do you do when the talent you need doesn’t exist in your own backyard - but exists in abundance halfway across the world?
My guest, Nico Bivero, has spent 22 years in Asia and 15 years in the Philippines building Penbrothers—one of the original offshore-team powerhouses that helped startups scale before “offshoring” became a buzzword. His company has supported 1,500 employees, partnered with 90+ global startups, and sits at the center of a massive shift in how…
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