<aside> 🔥 Before Trio, there was Team Rio.

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Once upon a time, in the pre-Trio era, there was a dynamic duo known as "Team Rio" 🌟💼. Our CEO, Daniel Alcanja, and Co-Founder, Alex Kugell, were navigating the bustling startup scene in Boston 🏙️. In 2016, Daniel found himself on a quest to assemble a team of top-notch engineers 🛠️. Lo and behold, he tapped into his hometown network and recruited a rockstar engineer who excelled beyond expectations 🚀. Word spread like wildfire 🔥, and soon enough, companies were knocking on Daniel's door, asking if he had any more talented friends in Brazil 🇧🇷. Thus, the legendary "Team Rio" was born 🎉.

But there's more to this tale. As Daniel delved deeper into the world of software engineering teams and development lifecycles, he discovered a passion for providing opportunities to talented engineers in Brazil and optimizing the software-building process 💡. Meanwhile, on the other side of the story, Alex had been burned by outsourcing development work to India while working at an enterprise software lead generation firm 😓. Coming from a marketing and product agency background, he questioned the traditional service firm model 🤔.

The spark of a brilliant idea emerged in his mind 💡: why not create an agency that could handle software development and API integrations more effectively? It was an idea that resonated with his entrepreneurial spirit 🚀, having successfully run his own agency before.

Fast forward to 2018, when Daniel and Alex decided to revisit the concept of talent hunting in Brazil and pairing them with exciting projects 🌐. Initially, they envisioned a SaaS product to streamline outsourced software teams 📈. However, a crucial piece of the puzzle was missing – perspective 👁️.

Trio's transformation began as it shifted from being a product-focused venture to the staffing firm we know today 🌟. Daniel and Alex recognized that simply having a product wouldn't solve the complex challenges that companies faced when outsourcing 🧩. Together, they embarked on a mission not only to scale software engineering teams 🚀 but also to revolutionize how they were managed 🌍. And so, the Trio adventure began, challenging the very essence of outsourcing and staffing firms that came before 🌠.