Jack sits down in Panama City with Johan Castellanos founder of Verifik, to unpack the hard lessons of building, pivoting, and staying honest with the numbers. They explore the realities of operating in LATAM—Panama’s tax advantages, payment-rail gaps, hiring where talent density lives—and why raising capital locally demands extra grit. The through-line is discipline over ego: treat entrepreneurship like a vocation, listen harder than you speak, and let the market set the brief. They dig into...
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Jack sits down in Panama City with Johan Castellanos founder of Verifik, to unpack the hard lessons of building, pivoting, and staying honest with the numbers. They explore the realities of operating in LATAM—Panama’s tax advantages, payment-rail gaps, hiring where talent density lives—and why raising capital locally demands extra grit. The through-line is discipline over ego: treat entrepreneurship like a vocation, listen harder than you speak, and let the market set the brief. They dig into...
Ep 62 | Helping Founders Find Their Start - Boris Weinberg
Shakin' Hands
48 minutes
4 months ago
Ep 62 | Helping Founders Find Their Start - Boris Weinberg
In this episode of Shakin’ Hands, Jack Moran sits down in Panama City with Boris Weinberg, the entrepreneurial force behind PanamaStartups. The conversation explores the raw realities of starting a business in a country where institutional support for startups is still lacking. Boris shares the grassroots beginnings of PanamaStartups, a founder-led movement focused on peer mentorship, community support, and shared knowledge. They unpack the mindset shifts necessary for building in emerging ec...
Shakin' Hands
Jack sits down in Panama City with Johan Castellanos founder of Verifik, to unpack the hard lessons of building, pivoting, and staying honest with the numbers. They explore the realities of operating in LATAM—Panama’s tax advantages, payment-rail gaps, hiring where talent density lives—and why raising capital locally demands extra grit. The through-line is discipline over ego: treat entrepreneurship like a vocation, listen harder than you speak, and let the market set the brief. They dig into...
