Fireside chat with Juan Maldonado founder of Arcus (Acquired by Mastercard).

Juan Maldonado is one of the co-founders of Arcus (YC 2013), a B2B fintech company that was acquired by Mastercard in 2021. Prior to Arcus, Juan was a Director at The Financial Clinic, a nonprofit financial development organization, where he managed a number of projects for three years. He also worked as an analyst at Lehman Brothers for four years. Before the corporate world, Juan worked as a janitor for seven years while putting himself through college. He grew up in the Bronx on public assistance and was able to escape poverty when he purchased his first home in Queens, at age 19. His entire life has been dedicated to promoting financial health and personal growth and is deeply passionate about helping others leading him to create, invest in and advise multiple startups.

This session, moderated by Daniel Brener (CBS ’26), will be focused on the early stages of Juan's journey and entrepreneurship, how to do more with less, and the biggest lessons from mistakes along the entrepreneurial journey.

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Co-hosted with: Columbia Entrepreneurs Organization

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