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Panama City, Panama

23 Reviews in a City of 410,000

Clean Cut Sharpening

5.0
Star rating (as of September 2026)
23
Google reviews (as of September 2026)
Weeks after relocating
To first ranking
First confirmed international use of Michael's system

The starting point

A completely different market than the system had been used in before, outside the US, outside the original scope the system was built for, with no domestic playbook to lean on.

How it happened

Applied the same Google Business Profile and local SEO system used everywhere else to an international market.

What was built

5.0 rating with 23 reviews in Panama
First international operator to use the system
Applied US-based SEO system to an international market
Full setup process completed

Why this market matters

Panama City's metro area runs into the millions, but professional knife sharpening as a category barely exists there yet. Clean Cut Sharpening is the clearest evidence that the system isn't dependent on the US market conditions it was built in.

Market size: ~410,000 people

Clean Cut Sharpening didn't take the Accelerator — it was built on the same fundamentals Michael teaches directly: a real site, a Google Business Profile built properly from zero, and the local ranking work that follows. The Accelerator is that same system, kept current and packaged into one course.

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