Enthusiast
Claim This Podcastby Pat Alex
Podcast Overview
<p>"Entrepreneurial Talent is Global" - On The Enthusiast, Host Pat Alex chats with some of the most fascinating Founders, Operators and Investors Beyond Silicon Valley. <br />Every two weeks, he sits down with the likes of Arjuna Costa (Flourish), Paulo Passoni, Jeffrey Paine (Golden Gate Ventures), Gerry Giacoman (Clara) and Monica Brand Engel (Quona) to dissect their challenges around scaling, fundraising, managing boards and company leadership. Taken together, the guests have raised venture capital in the hundreds of millions and are behind their regions' biggest business and venture successes paving the way towards a more equitable and diverse future. <br /><br />Follow the newsletter to always stay up to date with the latest episodes: https://linktr.ee/Patalex</p>
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Publishing Since
11/7/2020
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Recent Episodes
November 11, 2025
Pedro Vallenilla (Cashea) on bringing consumer credit back to Venezuela, scaling to 10M customers in 3 years and becoming Kaspi
<p>On this episode Pat sits down with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedrovallenilla/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Pedro Vallenilla</a>, Co-Founder & CEO of Cashea, Venezuela's leading BNPL and Fintech platform in the country that is reinstalling access to credit for millions of Venezuelans. Pedro is a true serial entrepreneur with Cashea as his fourth venture, he has shown incredible grit and is now bringing consumer credit back to his home country. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>We chat about:</strong></p><p>- What happens to an economy if you remove access to credit</p><p>- How Cashea is fixing it</p><p>- Putting the flywheel together and why Cashea won't stop with BNPL</p><p>- The early days of Cashea, getting the first customers in and building the product</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Want to stay up-to-date on latest episodes?</strong></p><p>Follow The Enthusiast wherever you are getting your podcasts and make sure to check out our newsletter on LinkedIn<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6898991816637526017/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a> to stay up to date on our latest episodes with founders and investors beyond the Valley.</p><p>Follow Pat on LinkedIn <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickalex1/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</p>
September 16, 2025
Bernardo Garcia (Félix) on doing things that don’t scale, the power of your first 20 customers and getting the flywheel going
Host Pat interviews Bernardo Garcia, Co-Founder of Felix Pago, discussing how to find product-market fit by doing things that don’t scale and leveraging early customers for growth.
August 18, 2025
Puren Ucar (fmr. Head of Talent @Earlybird) on why founders need to spend 40% of their time on hiring, the unequal impact of AI on startup roles and revenue / employee as a metric
Host Pat interviews Puren Ucar, former Head of Talent at Earlybird, discussing founders dedicating 40% of their time to hiring and AI's unequal impact on startup roles.
100 total episodes available with 1 transcripts
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Lucas Vargas
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Pedro Arnt
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Camila Vieira
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Michael Lints
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Mihai Faur
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Rafael Costa
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Milena Oliveira
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Alexis Pantazis
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- What is Enthusiast?
<p>"Entrepreneurial Talent is Global" - On The Enthusiast, Host Pat Alex chats with some of the most fascinating Founders, Operators and Investors Beyond Silicon Valley. <br />Every two weeks, he sits down with the likes of Arjuna Costa (Flourish), Paulo Passoni, Jeffrey Paine (Golden Gate Ventures), Gerry Giacoman (Clara) and Monica Brand Engel (Quona) to dissect their challenges around scaling, fundraising, managing boards and company leadership. Taken together, the guests have raised venture capital in the hundreds of millions and are behind their regions' biggest business and venture successes paving the way towards a more equitable and diverse future. <br /><br />Follow the newsletter to always stay up to date with the latest episodes: https://linktr.ee/Patalex</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates weekly.
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