Jack sits down in Panama City with four educators, Rick Hengelbrok, Ben Thorwaldson, Stephanie Hengelbrok, and Haley Herold Espino, to explore how the education system is evolving beyond the traditional classroom. Together, they unpack the widening gap between curriculum and reality, and why mentorship, emotional development, and real-world readiness are becoming non-negotiable. The conversation dives into system-level pressures, shifting student needs, and how teachers today operate more like entrepreneurs, building culture, adapting on the fly, and designing experiences that actually serve the next generation. Zooming out, they connect these insights to larger questions around leadership, purpose, and the future of learning in a world driven by rapid change. At its core, the episode reframes teaching as a craft rooted in influence, adaptability, and helping young people grow into thinkers, not just test-takers.

https://briggseducation.com/

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Jack sits down in Panama City with Juan Kong, the co-founder and CEO of Marian Exchange, an investment app built to help Latinos generate long-term wealth by tokenizing real assets and connecting local banking rails with crypto infrastructure. He traces how organizing one of Panama’s first crypto conferences and seeing how many people remain unbanked, pushed him to design tools that make investing accessible. The conversation dives into his personal story of growing up Chinese in Panama and the U.S., never fully fitting in, battling depression, and realizing his superpower was connecting people across cultures. The two unpack, leaving a comfortable corporate job, launching a failed ticketing startup, and ultimately finding a better fit at the edge of Web3, where constant change matches his curiosity. They close on the inner game of entrepreneurship, habits, boundaries, imposter syndrome, meditation, even ayahuasca, and the core message that aligning your work with your true purpose and following your gut matters more than any external playbook.

https://www.mariex.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/juankong/

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Jack sits down in Panama City with Emilio Chi, the co-founder of Consultores IND, an engineering firm specializing in non-destructive testing and structural diagnostics. They break down how critical maintenance is in a market that loves to build fast but rarely budgets for long-term health. The conversation expands into Panama’s unique advantages, from logistics and finance to a skyline boom that keeps technical inspection in constant demand. They explore cultural realities, the entrepreneurial mindset gap, and the shift from small hustles to scalable, system-driven businesses. At its core, the episode is about identifying risk early, using geography as a lever, and acting on ideas before the market passes you by.

https://www.instagram.com/consultoresind/

https://www.instagram.com/emiliochi/?hl=en

https://www.linkedin.com/in/emiliochi/

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