Juan Arroyo

Blog.

Articles I publish first on LinkedIn and keep here in long form. They are categorized by Professional or Personal and can be filtered by theme.

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29/09/26·6 min read

Twenty Bolívares

In 2017, twenty bolívares bought me a slice of pizza, a drink and a small dessert in Caracas. By December, they bought nothing. What I learned the semester my country ran out of time.

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17/09/26·3 min read

My grandma lost all her savings, and it was the government's fault

A family story about Peru's hyperinflation, monetary conversion and why independent investing decisions matter.

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10/09/26·2 min read

The value of live feedback on product development

Live demos with real users challenged what I thought a "beginner" experience looked like, and reinforced why I built Amaru Invest in the first place.

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08/09/26·5 min read

Amaru Invest: building the tool I wanted my parents to have

The investing industry was built for people who already know how to invest. Everyone else is on their own. That asymmetry is what led me to build Amaru Invest, a value investing intelligence platform rooted in Andean principles.

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27/08/26·4 min read

Moved to France Alone at 18

At 18 I left Venezuela for France alone, with no contacts and no clear plan. Eight years and three countries later, here are three lessons I found about institutions, isolation, and knowing what you want.

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21/08/26·4 min read

I Built Two Software Products Without Writing a Single Line of Code

I have built two software products without writing a single line of code. Here is the story of Amaru Invest, an AI-powered valuation tool for stocks, bonds and commodities, and what no-code tools like Lovable made possible.

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