"Investing Is a Language — And You're Not Too Stupid to Learn It with Anja Spilker (EP#19)

She left a small German town at 17 – then built her empire.

Now she’s running the largest German learning community in Latin America — across five countries, twelve languages, and zero fixed address.

Anja Spilker, founder and CEO of Zaloa Languages, bootstrapped for nine years, survived COVID, rebuilt her entire business model overnight, doubled her revenues — and turned her biggest client into her first investor.

I sat down with her in Mexico City for one of the most honest conversations yet.

Because Anja doesn't do polished. She does real.

Here's what you’ll learn in this episode:

→ The personal advisory board — Anja was jealous of her own company's mentors. So she built one for her life. A stranger in an Austin bathroom started it all.

→ Falling out of love with your own business — Seven years in, no vacation, completely burnt out. What it actually took to fall back in.

→ The biggest financial mistake she made — Nine years bootstrapping. There were months she paid everyone on her team. Not herself.

→ Pay yourself first — The rule she ignored for years, and what it cost her.

→ Investing is like learning a language — The A2 frustration is real. But fluency comes. And once it does, you can finally talk back to your banker.

→ Don't follow your passion. Build a business model. — The difference between the two is everything.

→ The wheel of life — A simple check-in exercise that shows you which tire needs air right now. And why ignoring one affects all the others.

→ What society gets wrong about ambition — Especially for women raised to look outward before they ever look in.

Her closing words:

"Trust your intuition. Numbers are amazing. My intuition is even better."

Connect with Anja Spilker

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anja_from_alemania / https://www.instagram.com/aleman_con_zaloa

LinkedIn: https://mx.linkedin.com/in/anja-from-alemania

Website: zaloalanguages.com

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