3x Founder | Founder Acceleration Coach | Helping high-performing founders scale faster with absolute clarity | Sold $65mm online

As a founder of 3 companies and 1 non-profit, with 2 successful exits, I’ve seen firsthand what it takes to grow a business.

I’ve also experienced the toll of stress, insomnia, and health challenges. I know how overwhelming it can be when scaling your business feels like an uphill battle.

In my 11 years with EO Argentina, I listened to the struggles of +100 successful founders (doing at least USD 1M a year in sales). I realized that beneath the surface, it’s often chaos: isolation, financial pressure, and fear of burnout. 

While most accelerators focus on startups, the truth is that, for businesses under $10MM in revenue, the biggest bottleneck to growth is you: the founder.

That's why I created Founder Accelerator: to empower the founders of renowned companies like Swag, Trading Company, Sancho Motors, Jams, Crawford Partners LLC, Lemon Basil, We Are Doers, and Mad Hatter LLC. 

My mission is to help them scale themselves first enhancing their clarity, focus, and efficiency, so they can grow their businesses with unparalleled speed and confidence.

Through personalized coaching, a 5-pillar playbook, and access to top professionals, we don’t just build businesses — we optimize the founder. 

If you're ready to scale your business while maintaining a healthy, balanced life, send me a DM and I’ll show you how Founder Accelerator can help you achieve both.

Ignacio Carcavallo

Lazo

We offer to founders an incredibly cost effective and integrated ecosystem to take care of their core functions of their startup. We help them with a legal framework, financial planning, accounting, tax, fundraising tools and other functions that can NOT be done without hiring an army of people. Founders get a dashboard with KPIs to manage their company and a data room ready to be shared with investors. 

Backed by AWS for startups (23') Impact Accelerator for Latino Founders, Google For Startup Latino Fund (23'), Tampa Bay Wave Diversity Program. We have been granted as EY (EAN) Entrepreneur and Endeavor Miami for the Scale up Program

CEO & Co-Founder

Forbes México

I write every two weeks about venture capital, fundraising, international tax, finance and M&A for VC backed startups with a focus on Latin America and Spain. Read here: https://forbescentroamerica.com/author/juan-barrero/

Contributor Startups and Venture Capital

La Nación Newspaper

I write every 2 weeks about entrepreneurship, business, innovation, digital disruption and technology related to Agroindustry. AgTech #Agrifoodtech

Contributing Author

CFOstartupLATAM

Founder

A ONE STOP SHOP for Latam VCbacked startups’ every accounting, finance, tax & legal need

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Barrero & Associates

Agribusiness Consultants, Accountants and Lawyers - We take care of your legacy. We are a family of professionals. For 40 years, we have provided accounting, tax and financial advisory services to companies in the agroindustrial chain. We focus on optimizing your profits, enhancing the degree of professionalization at your firm, and supporting the transformation of your business.

Partner

Managing Partner

G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance

Representing UNAJE (Argentine Young Entrepreneurs Association)

Sherpa

Iberoamerican Young Entrepreneurs Association 

Ibero-American Federation of Young Entrepreneurs. 17 countries, more than 150,000 young business associates.

President

Young Entrepreneurs Association of Argentina

City of Buenos Aires Government

Developed and execute Finance courses and mentor for more than 100 entrepreneurs.

Porfessor for Buenos Aires Entrepreneurship Academy and consultant for the Incubator Competition

 Ministry of Agroindustry (Argentina)

I helped to the Secretary of State and his team to developed different programs related to innovation and entrepreneurship in the agribusiness sector in the whole country.

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Advisor to the Secretary of State

Juan, a 3X entrepreneur and devoted father to Alfonsina, hails from Trenque Lauquen, a small town in Argentina, where he grew up in an accounting family business. Now based in Miami, he is building LAZO, a venture enabling him to make a significant social impact and transform his lifelong industry. His efforts benefit countless entrepreneurs while revolutionizing the sector.

Related to his academic background, Juan holds a double bachelor's degree in CPA and Business Administration. He graduated among the top 10 of his class at the Catholic University of Argentina and furthered his studies in business with scholarships in the United States, France, Germany, and Taiwan. 

Driven by the desire to create a substantial social impact, Juan aims to innovate and disrupt the CFO and Legal tech SaaS industry. He recognizes the potential of AI, automation, and standardization in building scalable products. As the CEO of Lazo, he founded and leads the #1 gateway for Latin American startups in the US. Through partnerships with early-stage startups, Juan helps structure their data and provides a comprehensive VC Ready SaaS solution to address their finance, tax, legal, and investor relations needs.

Juan's entrepreneurial journey encompasses the establishment of Barrero & Asociados, a leading auditing, tax, legal, and consulting firm for Agribusiness, as well as the creation of CFOstartup, Latin America's premier consulting firm for startups and VCs. Overcoming numerous challenges, he expanded these companies nationally and internationally, cultivated strong business cultures, forged strategic partnerships, and built exceptional teams.

Complementing his professional pursuits, Juan actively engages in non-profit work. He served as President of the Young Entrepreneurs Association of Argentina and the Ibero-American Federation. Additionally, he represented Argentina as President of the Argentine delegation of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance in Japan. In 2008, he held the position of President of Rotaract in Buenos Aires, fostering youth development under the Rotary umbrella.

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