Most founders think launching a financial product means building the full platform first: payment rails, automation, dashboards, compliance. Alberto Padilla started Briq.mx with a static website, a bank account, and a progress bar he updated by hand.

Alberto is the CEO and founder of Briq.mx, a regulated real estate crowdfunding platform in Mexico that lets people invest in vetted development projects with as little as $25.

In this conversation, you will learn:

• How Briq validated demand with a manual process before building any real infrastructure, and why looking trustworthy matters more than looking automated
• The growth path from friends to friends-of-friends to strangers, and why Briq waited two years before spending on marketing
• Why Alberto says the real sale in a financial product happens when the investor gets their return, and how that focus keeps marketing costs low

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Connect with Alberto Padilla and Briq:Website: https://briq.mxSocial media: @BriqMX
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertopadilla/

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