Latino Founder Hour

Itziar Diez-Canedo is the co-founder of Via.work with her sister Maite, who together launched their startup out of Stanford University. Via is a global marketplace for short-term work experiences that complement a young professional's career currently offering partnerships with 50+ companies in 10 countries to source unique and exciting projects.

Itzier Diez-Canedo junto con su hermana Maite son las fundadoras de Via.work, una startup lanzada desde la Universidad de Stanford. Via es un mercado laboral virtual de experiencias temporales que complementan la vida laboral de los jovenes profesionistas ofreciendo empleos a traves de intercambios con mas de 50 empresas globales en mas de 10 paises.

Mariana Matus is the co-founder of BioBot Analytics, a scientist led startup measuring opioids in sewage to estimate local consumption. Mariana is a brilliant Mexican scientist that had her beginnings in Mexico City and from there she immigrated to the Netherlands to pursue her passion and love of science. After graduating with a PhD from MIT, Mariana and decided to launch her entrepreneurial career focusing in extracting information about human health from wastewater.

Mariana Matus es la co-fundadora de BioBot Analytics, una startup cientifica que mide los niveles de opioides en el drenaje para estimar el consumo local. Mariana es otra exitosa cientifica mexicana que inicio sus estudios en la UNAM y prosigio con una maestria en Holanda y posteriormente un doctorado en el MIT. Ahi fue donde conocio a su co-fundadora y decidio iniciar su carrera emprendedora enfocada en la extraccion de informacion acerca de la salud humana por medio de las aguas negras.

Noramay Cadena is the co-founder of Make in LA , Los Angeles only hardware startup focus accelerator. Born from immigrant parents she made her way to MIT and earned her degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA and Masters in Engineering. After a successful career in the corporate world she decided to launch Make In LA where she has earned multiple awards. A truly inspiring story from an amazing Latina leader.

Augusto Carneiro es el fundador de Nossa Familia Coffee, basado en Portland OR con enfoque en sustentabilidad y responsabilidad social. Augusto es un ingeniero mecanico graduado de la Universidad de Portland que decidio emprender su negocio con un capital semilla de $400 y ahora es una organizacion verticalmente integrada que emplea a mas de 40 personas en los EEUU y Brasil.

Augusto Carneiro is the founder of Nossa Familia Coffee, a Portland based B Corp focus on sustainability and social responsibility. Augusto, a mechanical engineer from the University of Portland started his company in the early 2000's with $400 and has now grown to a vertically integrated organization that employs 40 people in the U.S. and Brazil.

Augusto Carneiro es el fundador de Nossa Familia Coffee, basado en Portland OR con enfoque en sustentabilidad y responsabilidad social. Augusto es un ingeniero mecanico graduado de la Universidad de Portland que decidio emprender su negocio con un capital semilla de $400 y ahora es una organizacion verticalmente integrada que emplea a mas de 40 personas en los EEUU y Brasil.

Yesenia Gallardo is the founder of Poda Foods, a cricket based flour startup. Yesenia is a first generation Latina from Oregon that made her way to Yale University and has been a champion of entrepreneurship and sustainability.

Yessenia Gallardo es la fundadora de Poda Foods, una stratup que fabrica harinas a base de grillos. Yessenia es una Latina de Oregon que hizo su carrera en Yale University donde desarrollo sus talentos en el ambito empresarial y de sustentabilidad.

Joaquin Lippincott is the founder of Metal Toad Media and a seasoned modern technology veteran. His early days in tech got him from design to programming and then to entrepreneur. He is a great mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs and always ready to engage in new technologies.

Joaquin Lippincott es el fundador de Metal Toad Media y es un veterano de la tecnologia moderna. Sus primeros pasos en el mundo de la tecnologia lo llevaron desde el diseno, la programacion y finalmente a ser un emprendedor y fundador. Joaquin es un gran mentor y figura inspiracional para jovenes emprendedores y siempre esta listo para actuar en tecnologias emergentes.

Sylvia Salazar is the founder of Tono Latino, a video newsletter format delivering the most important news of the day in 60 second capsules. A very passionate Colombian expat living in Portland, Sylvia recounts her beginnings as a computer engineer at Intel and how her passion for information and political activism led her to become a startup founder.

Sylvia Salazar, fundadora de Tono Latino, un servicio de noticias en capsulas de 60 segundos con lo mas relevante de momento. Una expatriada Colombiana viviendo en Portland, Sylvia nos cuenta sus inicios en Intel como ingeniera en sistemas y su decision de fundar un startup debido a su pasion por la informacion y el activismo politico.

Don Pedro Rivera is the founder of Cintas Acuario Music, one of the largest independent record labels in the country. CAM has seen many Latin Grammy winners, including Don's daughter, the late Jenni Rivera and his son Lupillo Rivera, among others. His story of hardship, perseverance and luck is one of the most memorable conversations that we have had on the show.

Don Pedro Rivera es el fundador de Cintas Acuario Musica, una de las disqueras independientes mas grandes del pais y que han visto pasar a ganadores de Grammy Latino como sus hijos Jenni y Lupillo Rivera entre otros mas. Su historia de sufrimiento, perseverancia y buena suerte es una de as historias mas memorables que hemos tenido en nuestro show.

Cesar is the co-founder of Untold Studios, a Software and media company. A CPA by trade and self-taught programmer, Cesar realized early on that accounting wasn't going to be his life long career so he pivoted professionally, taking a lot of risks along the way.

Cesar es el co-fundador de Untold Studios, una empresa de desarrollo software y aplicaciones. Contador Publico de profesion pero desarrollador de software autodidacta, Cesar nos cuenta el momento en que se dio cuenta que la contabilidad no seria su carrera y decidio pivotear y tomar grandes riesgos al emprender una nueva aventura en el mundo de la tecnologia.

Andrea Guendelman is a Chilean immigrant who had early aspirations to become an actress, but was born in the heart of an entrepreneurial family. She graduated from Harvard Law and became disenchanted with the corporate world after an early realization of the lack of opportunities for Latino/a professionals. This problem led her to found BeVisible and to organize the first BeWoke '18 event, a forum for Latino/a professionals and corporations to engage with one another in a customized setting.

Andrea Guendelman es una inmigrante Chilena que tenia tempranas aspiraciones de ser una actriz en su pais. Su recorrido la llevo a graduarse de la escuela de leyes en Harvard y trabajando como abogada en el mundo corporativo vino la desilusion de ver la falta de oportunidades y conexiones para el profesionista Latino. Por este problema fundo BeVisible y el evento BeWoke '18 donde reunio a un grupo de grandes empresas con profesionistas Latinos en el area de la bahia