David Cardona is the COO and co-founder of Strangeworks, an Austin TX startup developing a platform that makes quantum computing more accessible. David tells us more about his upbringing in rural Texas and the jump he made from a young attorney to successful co-founder. Now on his second startup with most of the same core team, David and his partners are creating an unconventional computing software application that is working on revolutionizing technology by guiding companies through the chaos of quantum computing, making it easily accessible to all.

David Cardona es el COO y co-fundador de Strangeworks, una startup basada en Austin TX que esta desarrollando una plataforma para democratizar la computación cuántica. David nos cuenta como crecio en un area rural de Texas y su saldo de ser abogado profesional a emprendedor exitoso ahora en su segundo startup. Con el mismo equipo de trabajo, David y sus socios han creado una empresa no convencional de desarrollo de software que esta revolucionando el acceso a la computación cuántica para todos.

Sofia Elizondo is the COO and co-founder of Brightseed, a Silicon Valley startup that is bringing nature's intelligence to life. Sofia shares her insights on how she co-founded Brightseed on the belief that food should nourish us on a more natural basis and that plants have the answers to our well being and now she and her team are building the technology in machine-learning to find all these answers at a much faster pace. With an impressive team, Brightseed has raised $27MM and much of that during the pandemic. We are excited to learn more about this ground breaking technology.

Sofia Elizondo es la COO y co-fundadora de Brightseed, una startup de Silicon Valley que da vida a la inteligencia de la naturaleza. Sofia nos comparte su historia como co-fundadora y su creencia en que nuestros alimentos nos deben de nutrir de una manera mas natural y las plantas tienen toda esta informacion bioquimica. Sofia y su equipo han desarrollado una plataforma que utiliza inteligencia artificial para poder descifrar esta informacion a un ritmo mas acelerado que en un laboratorio. Estamos muy entusiasmados de escuchar esta interesante platica.

Christina Lopes is the CEO and co-founder of FidoCure, a Silicon Valley startup that uses genomic testing to identify possible cancer-causing mutations in dogs and then suggest targeted therapy to precisely attack cancer cells. A YC alumni, Christina shares her success as a first time female founder that came from Brazil to Silicon Valley to start a Biotechnology company that has raised +$10MM in VC funding.

Christina Lopes es la CEO y fundadora de FidoCure, una startup de Silicon Valley que esta usando el genoma para identificar posibles mutaciones que generan cancer en perros y sugiriendo terapia precisa para estos pacientes. Una ex-alumna de YC, Christina nos comparte su historia de exito como mujer fundadora en el mundo de los startups, llegando de Brazil al Silicon Valley y llegando a recaudar ya mas de $10MM en inversion de capital riesgo.

Richard Guerrero is the founder of Genius Watch, a Los Angeles based wearables startup that is developing fit watches to better monitor our health and lifestyles. Richard is a serial entrepreneur from Venezuela that wants to revolutionize the way we care for our bodies and also the ones we left behind by sharing data with relatives in our countries of origin.

Richard Guerrero es el fundador de Genius Watch, una startup de Los Angeles desarrollando relojes inteligentes que pueden monitorer nuestra salud y estilo de vida. Richard es un emprendedor serial originario de Venezuela que quiere revolucionar la manera de cuidar y monitorear nuestros cuerpos y haciendo uso de la data, compartir esta misma con nuestros familiares en nuestros paises de origen y viceversa.

Tina Hedges is the founder of LOLI Beauty based in NYC. LOLI is the world's first zero-waste, organic, food-grade approach to beauty. As a B-Corp, LOLI's mission is to stir up clean beauty with sustainable and natural beauty products. Tina is a brand alchemist with a decade or two in worldwide brand management roles at some of the most famous Beauty Brands but her inspiration comes from her Cuban roots and her Jamaican upbringing.

Tina Hedges es la fundadora de LOLI Beauty basada en NY. LOLI es la primer marca de belleza que impone cero desperdicio, materiales organicos y comestibles . Como empresa socialmente responsable, la mision de LOLI es de revitalizar la industria de belleza con productos sustentables y 100% naturales. Tina es una alquimista moderna con mas de una decada de experiencia trabajando en las marcas de belleza mas reconocidas mundialmente, pero sus raices Cubanas y Jamaiquinas son su verdadera fuente de inspiracion

Vanessa Alvarez is the co-founder of Nexme, a Seattle based startup that developed an on demand real estate platform delivering instant access to home and full-service real estate agents. Vanessa and her co-founder created the Uber of viewing homes and connecting buyers with real estate agents while providing an educational platform for the consumers, guiding them through the buying process.

Vanessa Alvarez es la co-fundadora de Nexme, una startup de Seattle que creo una plataforma de bienes raices online conectando directamente a compradores con agentes en segudos. Vanessa y su co-fundador crearon este motor visualizador de propiedades que genera una conexion instantanea a agentes locale de bienes raices, educando al comprador en lo que es el proceso de compra/venta de inmuebles.

Rafaela Cavalcanti is the CEO an co-founder of Cloq App, a Brazilian fintech startup providing nano-credit to the underbanked via an app while educating the consumer to make better financial decisions. Our first Brazilian guest in the show, Rafaela tells us her story on how her family experienced hardship with their small business and that was the inspiration to solve a problem affecting millions of Brazilian consumers that are unbanked and lack access to formal credit channels, leaving them at the mercy of the unregulated alternative market that preys on consumers.

Rafaela Cavalcanti es la CEO y co-fundadora de Cloq App, una fintech brasileira que provee nano creditos al sector desbancarizado via app y educandolos a tomar mejores decisiones financieras. Nuestra primer invitada brasileira al show, Rafaela nos cuenta su historia familiar en como el sector desbancarizado es victima de los prestamistas alternativos y predatores. Viviendolo en carne propia, esta experiencia fue la inspiracion de Rafaela para poder crear una herramienta de inclusio financiera que sea mas equitativa para el sector popular desbancarizado.

Victoria Flores is the Founder and CEO of Lux Beauty Club, a NY based CBD e-commerce startup that began as a hair extension business and pivoted to the CBD marketplace. We talked to Victoria about her experience as a female founder and how her career in finance took her from El Paso to New York, working for Hedgefunds and her eventual departure to start her own business.

Victoria Flores es la fundadora y CEO de Lux Beauty Club, una startup de NY en el ambito de CBD que comenzo como un negocio online de venta de extensiones para el cabello. Charlamos con Victoria acerca de su experiencia como fundadora Latina y como llego desde el Paso Texas hasta los Hedgefunds de Nueva York y su eventual salto al mundo del emprendimiento.

Angel Medina is the Founder of Muertx de Hambre, a Portland OR based culinary and creative startup looking to expand its footprint. We catch up with our friend Angel and hear how he has been able to reinvent his business during the pandemic and thrive in a sector that has been one of the hardest hit in the economy - hospitality.

Angel Medina es el Fundador de Muertx de Hambre, una startup creativa y culinaria basada en Portland Oregon expandiendo su huella. En este episodio nos reconectamos con Angel para escuchar una historia de transormacion en tiempos de la pandemia y tener exito en un sector altamente castigado como es el de la hospitalidad.

Daniela Corrente is the CEO of Reel, a platform that empowers financial independence by enabling users to automatize savings for their buying aspirations. Daniela and her team had essentially unlocked the save-to-buy process that make aspiration accessible to all users to create saving plans for items they want to purchas across the web. We had a candid conversatio about the psychology of consumer behavior and our over reliance on credit and the lack of education that we get on this subject.

Daniela Corrente es la CEO de Reel, una plataforma que empodera financieramente a los usuarios para ahorrar con miras a compras futuras sin necesidad de creditos. Daniela y su equipo escencialmente han creado una maquina de ahorros para compras que hacen mas accesibles esas aspiraciones a compras de cualquier tipo y asi crear planes de ahorro automaticos. Una charla muy educativa con Daniela acerca de los peligros del credito cuando hay falta de educacion en como manejarlos adecuadamente.