Juan Diego Oliva: The Struggle and Rewards of an Entrepreneur
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About this episode
Juan Diego Oliva (Juandi), a 24-year-old Dominican entrepreneur based in Monterrey, is the founder of Alcancía, an app to save in digital dollars and earn interest through DeFi without signing smart contracts. He explains how the Terra/Luna collapse shrank a funding round from $150,000 to $20,000 and forced the team to rebuild the product on an Ethereum-compatible network with about $25,000. He shares lessons from raising money with angel investors, why to launch early, and what the entrepreneur's "struggle" means. At the end he asks Mexi and Diego why they started MxWeb3 and the podcast.
Chapters
- 00:00:00 Intro and his path to crypto
- 00:08:58 From Tec to financial inclusion
- 00:15:02 What DeFi is and how Alcancía works
- 00:19:38 Earlier startups and launching early
- 00:26:21 Going all in, co-founders, first check
- 00:39:20 VCs and angel investors in Mexico
- 00:48:48 The struggle and building in Latam
- 01:00:07 Why MxWeb3 and the podcast began
- 01:08:06 Latin projects and final advice
With
@meximalist (host) · @diegobc28 (co-host)
Guests
Topics
EntrepreneurshipDeFiStablecoinsFundraisingFinancial inclusionMxWeb3 community