Latino Founder Hour

Latino Founder Hour

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Latino Founder Hour episodes

  • #121 Agustin Cortes with Learkn.com
    Agustin Cortes is the founder of Learkn.com, an online learning platform aiming to disrupt the economics of being a teacher by providing a creator platform where educators and students can thrive. Agustin is a native of San Jose and grew up near Silicon Valley in a mostly Latinx community where education and entrepreneurship are not fostered by institutions from the Valley. Agustin explains how our current education models are ripe for transformation and digitalization due to the recent pandemic and how his startup can help democratize access to information for the underrepresented communities.
    Agustin Cortes es el fundador de Learkn.com, una plataforma online que esta tratando de cambiar el modelo educativo en un ambiente interactivo entre profesor y estudiante. Agustin es nativo de San Jose y crecio cerca del Silicon Valley en una comunidad Latina donde la educacion y el emprendimiento no son impulsadas por las instituciones del Valle. Agustin nos explica como los modelos educativos actuales estan atravesando por un momento clave para poder modernizarse y digitalizar el acceso a la informacion y educacion para que podamos cerrar la brecha con las comunidades menos representadas.
    49 min
  • #120 Andres Garcia-Amaya with ZoeFinancial
    Andres Garcia-Amaya is the founder and CEO of Zoe Financial is the marketplace that connects consumer with top financial advisers. Andres comes from a family of three successful Latinx startup founder brothers that have raised over $15MM in venture capital to date. We had a great conversation on what it took for Andres to leave an Executive position in Wall Street to start Zoe Financial and what it takes to make it happen, from grit and determination to the superpower of being able to get a lot of NO's and keep moving forward.
    Andres Garcia-Amaya es el fundador y CEO de ZoeFinancial, una plataforma digital que conecta a consumidores con asesores financieros. Andres viene de una familia de tres exitosos hermanos fundadores que colectivamente han recaudado mas de $15MM de capital. Aprendimos de que fue la determinante para que Andres dejara una posicion ejecutiva en Wall Street y empezar su propia empresa y cuales son los factores de exito, desde la determinacion hasta el superpoder de recibir tantos NO's y seguir adelante.
    50 min
  • #119 Komal Dadlani with Lab4U
    Komal Dadlani is the founder of Lab4U, a startup based in Chile that is democratizing the access to education by using our mobile devices as labs for testing and experiments. Komal is a true believer on the power of rethinking the way we teach and educate our children and this pandemic has provided an opportunity to disrupt the Education Systems around the world as we deal with hybrid models of remote and in person learning.
    Komal Dadlani es la fundadora de Lab4U, una startup chilena que esta democratizando el acceso a la educacion utilizando nuestros celulares como mini-laboratorios para experimentos cientificos. Komal esta tratando de re-pensar y reinventar el metodo de educacion y esta pandemia nos da una oportunidad de cambair los sistemas de educacion mundiales mientras tengamos ensenanza virtual o modelos hibridos de educacion como resultado de la pandemia.
    52 min
  • #118 Jose Gonzalez with La Familia Cider
    Jose Gonzalez is the founder of La Familia Cider and returning guest of the show. In this episode we celebrate Jose's new victory as new Salem City Council member and add a political component to his entrepreneurial and social activist career. We also discussed the challenges of opening his first Cider House during a restricted opening of businesses in the State of Oregon due to the current global pandemic.
    Jose Gonzalez es el fundador de La Familia Cider y receintemente Consejero Municipal electo por la ciudad de Salem, Oregon. En este episiodio celebramos la victoria de Jose ahora incursionando en la politica y tambien discutimos los retos de operar y abrir su nueva Cidreria en medio de una reapertura gradual de los negocios en Oregon durante la pandemia global.
    #startups #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #latino #latina
    50 min
  • #117 Cecilia Corral with CareMessage
    Cecilia Corral is the co-founder and VP of product at CareMessage, a startup that uses text messaging to help low-income populations access healthcare services. A former guest of the show, we catch up with Cecilia and have a great discussion on the impact of COVID-19 on the Latinx community and how CareMessage has grown exponentially and expanded its scope in the midst of this crisis.
    Cecilia Corral es la co-fundadora y VP de Producto de CareMessage, una startup que utiliza mensajes de texto para ayudar a familias de escasos recursos a recibir servicios médicos. Como invitada anterior al show, tenemos una gran charla con Cecilia acerca del impacto que ha tenido COVID-19 en la comunidad Latina de EEUU y como CareMessage ha crecido exponencialmente y ha aumentado sus funciones en medio de esta pandemia global.
    53 min
  • #116 Samuel Ulloa with Listo!
    Samuel Ulloa is the founder and CEO of Listo!, a Silicon Valley startup digitizing the financial and insurance experience for underrepresented minorities. Samuel is an immigrant born in the land of Tequila that migrated to the U.S. at an early age and working in the agricultural fields in California. A Cal-Poly and Stanford graduated that decided to ditch the corporate world to become an entrepreneur during the dot com era, Samuel had to experience an early failure but never gave up and soon joined a startup that IPOd. This experience led Samuel to found Listo! with the mission to digitize access to better financial and insurance products for the Latinx community.
    Samuel Ulloa es el fundador y CEO de Listo!, una startup del Silicon Valley que digitaliza la experiencia en acceso a productos financieros y de seguros para las minorias. Samuel es un inmigrante nacido en la tierra del Tequila que emigro a corta edad hacia los EEUU llegando a estudiar y trabajar en los campos de cultivo de California. Graduado del Politecnico de California y la Universidad de Stanford, Samuel decidio dejar el mundo corporativo para empezar su carrera emprendedora durante la era del dot com y ahi aprender con su primer empresa que no sobrevivio. Esto lo llevo a trabajar en una startup que llego a IPO en la bolsa y de ahi lanzarse a fundar Listo! con el fin de democratizar el acceso a mejores productos financieros y de segura para la comunidad Latina.
    59 min
  • #115 Cat Perez with Health Sherpa
    Cat Perez if the CPO and co-founder of Health Sherpa, a San Francisco based digital marketplace for easy enrollment in the ACA (Obamacare). In this episode we reconnect with Cat and catch up on growth, success and challenges ahead in the middle of a global pandemic and recent systemic changes in the way the marketplace is promoted.
    Cat Perez es la CPO y co-fundadora de Health Sherpa, una startup basada en San Francisco que ha creado una plataforma de facil inscripcion and ACA (Obamacare). En este episodio reconectamos con Cat que fue una de nuestras primeras invitadas y charlamos acerca de crecimiento, exitos y retos en medio de una pandemia global y los cambios recientes en como se difunde informacion del Affordable Care Act
    53 min
  • #114 Christian Zimmerman with Qoins
    Christian Zimmerman is the Founder of Qoins, an Atlanta Georgia based finthch startup that created an online micro-payment platform that uses spare change to pay off debt. Christian is a young American-Salvadorean entrepreneur that set out to solve a personal problem that most Americans face, crippling student loan debt. After winning a Pitch competition and earning a $50k prize, Christian and his co-founder Nate Washington set out to create the app based platform that has enabled users to repay over $12 million in debt.
    Christian Zimmerman es el fundador de Qoins, una startup basada en Atlanta Georgia que ha creado una plataforma onlie que hace redondeo de tu cambio para pagar mas rapido las deudas. Christian es un joven Americano-Salvadoreño que emprendio para resolver un problema personal que tambien afecta a miles de Americanos, la deuda de prestamos estudiantiles. Despues de ganar una competencia de Pitcheo en Atlanta, Christian y su co-fundador Nate Washington se dedicaron a construir esta aplicacion que en su corta vida ya ha ayudado a repagar mas de $12 millones en deudas.
    53 min
  • #113 Ximena Hartsock with Phone2Action
    Ximena Hartsock with Phone2Action is a return guest to the show and we catch up on this episode on what has happened at Phone2Action since we last spoke over a year ago and the challenges ahead of the 2020 Election during a global pandemic.
    XImena Hartsock con Phone2Action es una invitada de regreso al show y en este episodio nos cuenta las actualidades y crecimiento que Phone2Action ha tenido desde que hablamos hace mas de un año y los retos que vienen por la Eleccion del 2020 en medio de una pandemia global.
    56 min
  • #112 Mauricio Madrigal with GetABed
    Mauricio Madrigal is a former guest of the show and the co-founder of GetABed Suite, a Guadalajara Mexico based startup that has been impacted by the global pandemic crisis. We spoke with Mauricio about the difficult decisions of hibernating a growing startup in the hospitality industry and what other opportunities came up for serial entrepreneurs that never stop innovating.
    Mauricio Madrigal es un invitado de regreso al show y co-fundador de GetABed Suite, una startup de Guadalajara Mexico que ha sido impactada por la crisis economica de la pandemia global. En este episodio charlamos con Mauricio acerca de la dificil pero imperante decision de hibernar un startup que iba en crecimiento acelerado pero que vio su mercado de hospitalidad desaparecer de un dia para otro. Tambien conversamos acerca de nuevas oportunidades y planes para un emprendeor serial como el que nunca para de innovar.
    56 min

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