Hello, world!

I'm Francisco H. de Mello, a.k.a. Kiko.

I'm the founder and former CEO of Qulture.Rocks (YC W18, exit to UOL Edtech), a people management suite for some of the world's most ambitious companies. Before that, I was employee #12 at Nubank, and worked for 10 years in the investment management business, mainly at BTG Pactual.

Here, I'll share with you stuff I write, read, and muse about in articles I hope you'll find useful.

The idea is to share content that’s concentrated on the subject of business management, but I’ll also share interesting content and ideas I’ve been thinking or reading about that might have more to do with strategy, history, science, and other cool subjects. What I hope to give you is different perspectives with which to think about the world (mental models?) that may make your work more productive and/or your life more interesting.

I don't post on a scheduled basis. Actually, I publish very irregularly, and constantly rework on articles I've published in the past. So don't expect a barrage of new articles flooding your inbox.

You may find typos and other sorts of mistakes in here. This is not my day job, so I hope you’ll be patient :) AND, I love feedback, so don't hesitate to shoot me an email at its [at] kikohimself dot com!