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April 2025

Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO of Alpaca – 5 Million Accounts in 40 Countries, A Vision for Borderless Investing, Decision Frameworks & The API…
Miguel Armaza interviews Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO & Co-founder of Alpaca, an API-first brokerage infrastructure company serving 5 million accounts across 40…
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Daniel Vogel, CEO of Bitso – Serving 12 Million Customers and Building a Crypto Giant Through Innovation, Transparency, and a Curious Mind
Miguel Armaza interviews Daniel Vogel, CEO & Co-Founder of Bitso, one of Latin America's leading crypto platforms serving 12+ million customers.
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Bam Azizi, CEO of Mesh Connect - From Credit Card Debt to Raising $130M, Building the Rails for a $37T Market, Executing a Wild Pivot
Miguel Armaza interviews Bam Azizi, Co-Founder and CEO of Mesh Connect, a fintech infrastructure company that has raised $130 million to serve the…
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Johnny Ayers, CEO of Socure - Building a Giant that Protects Billions of Identities, and How to Turn a Crisis into an Advantage
Miguel Armaza interviews Johnny Ayers, CEO of Socure, a leader in digital identity verification that processes 15+ billion rows of data weekly and has…
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March 2025

Shensi Ding, Merge Co-Founder - Lessons for First-Time Founders, $75M to build API Infrastructure in an AI World, The Truth About…
Miguel Armaza interviews Shensi Ding, Co-Founder of Merge, an infrastructure platform that has raised $75 Million to power the integrations layer for…
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The Secret Story of Softbank’s Masayoshi Son - Lionel Barber
Miguel Armaza interviews Lionel Barber, former editor of the Financial Times and author of Gambling Man: The Secret Story of the World's Greatest…
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Ryan Graciano, Credit Karma Co-Founder - Scaling to 140 Million Users, Turning Crisis into Opportunity, Leading Product Innovation From CTO…
Miguel Armaza interviews Ryan Graciano, Co-Founder and CPO of Credit Karma, one of the most successful fintech companies serving over 140 million…
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February 2025

Jackie Reses, Lead Bank CEO - Lessons from Tech Titans, Why Regulators Might Finally Be Ready for AI, Building Modern Financial Rails
Miguel Armaza interviews Jackie Reses, CEO of Lead Bank, former Head of Square Financial Services, and all around legend in financial services.
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John Waldmann, CEO of Homebase - Serving 3.8M SMB Workers, Why AI Will Create More Small Business Owners, Importance of High-Velocity…
Miguel Armaza interviews John Waldmann, Founder & CEO of Homebase, a company serving 150,000+ small businesses and 3.8 million workers.
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Howard Lindzon: The Rise of the Degenerate Economy, Why Markets Are Rigged, Web2 Failed, and It’s still a Great Time to Invest
I sat down with Howard Lindzon, founder of StockTwits and Social Leverage, whose Seed investments include Robinhood and eToro, to discuss the future of…
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January 2025

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