Kapital: The Future of Latin-American Banking With Mexico’s Best Startup

About this episode

Rene Saul discusses the journey of Kapital, a transformative startup in Latin-American banking, sharing insights on resilience and entrepreneurship.

If you need some motivation as an entrepreneur, then this is the podcast episode for you. In today's video Tyler and Sterling sit down with Rene Saul, the CEO and co-founder of Kapital, the $1.3 billion-dollar startup from Mexico City that is transforming the Latin-American banking space forever. Rene breaks down how they got started, the lessons and failures they've had along the way, and how he developed the resilience and energy that has allowed him to overcome all of the startups obstacles that have come their way. His energy is off the charts! Chapters: (00:00:00) Intro (00:05:06) How Past Ventures Shaped Kapital's Success (00:15:04) Mexico's Innovative Tech Center Transformation through SMBs (00:18:45) Running Marathons (00:22:24) Resilience and Perseverance in Business Success (00:27:34) Overcoming Setbacks: The Entrepreneurial Resilience Journey -- Check out Kapital: kapital.com This episode was brought to you by Pelion Venture Partners. You can learn more about them here: pelionvc.com If you liked this episode, don't forget to like, share, and subscribe to the channel.

People in this episode

Hosts: Sterling Snow, Tyler Hogge

Guest: Rene Saul

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• banking
• startups
• resilience
• innovation
• Mexico

Keywords

• Kapital
• Latin-American banking
• entrepreneurship
• resilience
• startups
• Mexico City
• business success

Sponsors

Pelion Venture Partners

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kapital

Places: Mexico City, Latin-America

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