The audio and video are in Spanish. These notes are a translation.
0:00 - Slash, Kanye West, and a 60% Drop
One morning, Víctor wakes up and discovers that 80% of his revenue had fallen because of antisemitic comments by Kanye West that affected his customers.
- What relationship did Slash have with the sneaker resale market?
- How did the fall of the Yeezy brand affect them?
- What difficult decisions did the team have to make in the face of that crisis?
7:02 - Reinventing Slash: From Sneakers to Multiple Industries
Slash took advantage of its infrastructure to pivot. Its customers started asking for new features for more traditional businesses.
- How did the product evolve to serve Amazon sellers and agencies?
- What new features did they develop?
- How did they manage to retain customers and grow again?
13:55 - Vertical Fintech: Competing with Giants from the Niches
Slash does not compete directly with Mercury or Ramp. Instead, it creates financial products with software adapted to specific industries.
- Why is “one size fits all” banking dead?
- How does Slash differentiate itself by integrating operational software?
- How do they scale these niches inside a fintech?
17:45 - Go-to-Market Through Community: Selling Before Building
The team sells basic products in new markets before investing in specific features.
- What is the role of the sales specialist in validation?
- How do they use communities as an acquisition channel?
20:45 - Opportunities in Fintech and the Post-Chime Future
The era of digitizing banking services is already over. What comes next is the combination of finance + specialized software.
- What examples of new fintechs are doing interesting things?
- What new financial rails are emerging?
24:50 - The Stablecoin Boom and the Dollarization of the World
Víctor believes the digital dollar is the next great platform. Slash launched global accounts to receive payments in stablecoins.
- Why did they bet so early on crypto?
- What real use cases are they seeing with USDC and USDT?
- How are they helping businesses outside the United States to dollarize?
31:10 - The Convergence of AI, Crypto, and Agents
Slash automates accounting and financial processes so that entrepreneurs can focus on growing.
- What processes are already being automated with AI?
- What role can AI agents play in the financial future?
35:30 - The New Entrepreneur: Young, Global, and Alone
The future of work is increasingly independent. Slash is designed to support this new kind of founder.
- Why is AI going to create more millionaires than the internet?
- How does the profile of the entrepreneur change in the AI-first era?
39:25 - Lessons from a 23-Year-Old CEO
Víctor went from being a student to leading a startup with a valuation of +$400M.
- What mistakes did he make when hiring people in the early stages?
- Why do credentials matter less than execution?
- What has changed the most in him since he started Slash?
49:00 - Silicon Valley as a Competitive Advantage
Living in San Francisco exposed him to founders, investors, and global ambition.
- Why does he recommend moving to Silicon Valley or New York?
- How do you build global products from Latin America?
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