Matias Recchia

Matias Recchia is an entrepreneur based in Argentina. He is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of IguanaFix, an online marketplace for home improvement and car repair services.

Matias Recchia
Born	1981 Buenos Aires
Nationality	Argentine
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Known for	IguanaFix

Recchia was born in Argentina in 1981 and raised in Venezuela.[1] He had an interest in business as a child and graduated high school at age 15.[1] Recchia attended Universidad Metropolitana and London School of Economics.[2] Then he worked at Procter & Gamble for two years[3] before going to Harvard and earning an MBA in his early 20s.[1]

Recchia was working as a business consultant at McKinsey & Company before he joined a social gaming startup called Vostu in 2010.[3] Recchia was one of the first employees.[4] He was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Vostu in 2012 in order to facilitate a restructuring and downsizing.[3] He laid off 80 percent of the workforce (400 employees) in what Recchia said was "one of the worst days of my life."[3]

Recchia left Vostu in 2013[3] forming IguanaFix with co-founder Andres Bersnasconi,[3] who Recchia worked with at Vostu.[5] The idea for IgunanaFix was conceived of after Recchia grew frustrated looking for painters and electricians at his new home after returning to Argentina.[5][6] Recchia's work growing IguanaFix became the subject of a Harvard case study.[1][5]

References

1. Angeles Cardozo Traillou (April 25, 2017). "Tuvo que despedir a 400 empleados, armó una nueva empresa y lo premiaron en Harvard". Todo Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved April 3, 2018.
2. "Matías Recchia". Endeavor Argentina (in Spanish). Retrieved April 5, 2018.
3. Sreeharsha, Vinod (December 20, 2016). "IguanaFix, an Argentine Start-Up, Raises $16 Million". The New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
4. "Tiene un MBA en Harvard, su empresa quebró y volvió a emprender (con algunas enseñanzas)". Apertura.com (in Spanish). March 9, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
5. Cespedes, Frank V.; Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Miguel, Maria Fernanda; Urdapilleta, Laura (November 10, 2016). "IguanaFix". Harvard Business School. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
6. "La hora de los servicios vía web: IguanaFix llega a Córdoba". La Voz (in Spanish). May 1, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2018.

7. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-argentina-startup-black-decker/stanley-black-decker-buys-stake-in-argentine-startup-iguanafix-idUSKCN1VC23C

8. https://entrepreneurship.hbs.edu/programs/mba/Pages/profile.aspx?num=82