Companies whose services I consistently decline: 1. Developer staffing agencies 2. Marketing agencies 3. Fundraising advisors I believe founders should be doing these jobs in early stage start ups. Hiring, selling, and raising should not be outsourced.

$25 million in B2B stablecoin payments processed by Shield! More exciting news coming soon 🚀

The container ships are still all going around.

sUSD depeg giving Luna flashbacks? This is for you. Plus special surprise guest who knows a LOT about stablecoins. x.com/i/spaces/1kvJp…

Filming some content for Shield That sign cost us $6k 😵 But it’s already attracted clients to visit our office. Having physical space as a tech company may be counterproductive, but it’s been pivotal for our business. When a client is sending $100k, they want to know

El primero de Allen Obando 🇪🇨💗🖤

Just wrapped a great few days at #Reconnect Expo in Mykonos 🇬🇷 We met tons of wholesalers and exporters, many of whom are learning to use stablecoins for payments With the GENIUS bill gaining steam in the Senate, the timing couldn’t be better We are right where we need to be

✅ Business trip to Mykonos

🇪🇨 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨 🇪🇨

Shield just crossed $50M in volume! From $10M in 6 months to $15M in May alone. We’re just getting started 🚀

Under the hood, we’ve been building: 🏢 Shield office operational 👥 New hires + backers ⚙️ Product upgrading to industry standard 🏦 New banking relationships

the CEO of Deribit (sold to CB for $2.9B) only has 715 followers i beg u to stop shitposting and build something

Elon Musk was just at Y Combinator AI startup school! To a room full of 18-25 year olds YC founders this is what advice he gave: Thread🧵

A while back I realized going to crypto conferences wasn’t closing clients. We switched our strategy and started attending web2 conferences. The result? $60+ million in volume for Shield To make crypto mainstream, we have to onboard those that hate crypto!

not on my bingo card was james dyson engineering a mass production system for strawberries..."growing things is like making things, i'm a manufacturer, and so i suppose in a way ive approached farming from that point of view"

Before the Ivy League, Facebook, and raising millions for my start up, the hustle started here. I remember the excitement I felt when I went from making $7.25 at McDonald’s to $8.35 at Target. A reminder that humble beginnings build unstoppable ambition.

Another conference with the Shield team. This time we went back to a familiar place: Medellín, Colombia. In our early days, Medellín was our home base. We were digital nomads saving money while trying to find Product Market Fit. A year later, people are lined up at our