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Jose Velez, Founder & CEO at Bold (Colombia)

Founder & CEO at Bold, scaling fintech for SMEs in Colombia

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Jose Velez is Founder & CEO at Bold (Colombia). C-Level growth professional. Jose Velez is Founder and CEO of Bold, a payments platform for SMEs in Colombia that processes approximately 6% of all card payments in the country. View full profile, professional background, and request an introduction on Growth.Talent.

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Jose Velez is Founder and CEO of Bold, a payments platform for SMEs in Colombia that processes approximately 6% of all card payments in the country. He previously co-founded Pagos Online in the early 2000s, which was acquired by Naspers and became PayU, where he led regional expansion for nearly two decades. Velez holds an economics degree and a master's in systems engineering. He believes founders should "think big and act small," focusing deeply on one segment before expanding rather than doing many things at once.

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Jose Velez y el manual para ganar terreno vendiendo puerta a puerta en fintech

El fundador de Bold invirtió en Meta y Google, no funcionó. Contrató 700 comerciales para tocar puertas y llegó al 6% de pagos con tarjeta en Colombia.

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Bold: 6% de pagos con tarjeta en Colombia

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