Finding Product Market Fit Across Borders with Esteban Quintero - Part Two
May 21, 2025•54 min•Season 3Ep. 77
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- In Part Two, Esteban Quintero returns to share the tough lessons behind his entrepreneurial journey—building a ticketing platform that scaled fast but collapsed during the pandemic, navigating legal and compliance issues, and learning how to start again stronger. That reset led to his latest venture, Abroad—a payment solution designed for travellers facing cashless systems abroad.
- From crypto payments to QR-code challenges in Latin America and Southeast Asia, Esteban explains why some problems haunt you until you solve them—and why many founders walk away from comfort to chase them down.
- 🎧 In this episode:
- Building software after success in ecommerce
- Selling 5,000 tickets in one minute—and what went wrong
- Legal landmines in fintech and lessons learned
- How travel pain points inspired Abroad
- The myth of job security vs. the founder mindset
- Learning to lead teams across age and experience gaps
- Why young founders must let the product do the talking
- Staying resilient and optimistic through the chaos
- This is a story of reinvention, conviction, and the creative madness that keeps founders moving forward—no matter how many times they’ve had to start again.
- Follow Esteban on LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/quinteroesteban/
- Check out Abroad:
- https://www.abroad.finance/
- Book a free 1-hour advisory session with host Greg McCallum:
- https://meetings-eu1.hubspot.com/meetings/gmccallum?uuid=c8f5cecd-0222-4c6e-92d1-ea9f224a60fd
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