Follow Sonny and connect with him at https://sonnymelendrez.com/

 

If you would like to be a guest on Latinos Who Thrive write me to [email protected]

From the vault we bring you Marcos Cline famous advertising film maker from Los Angeles. You will learn his key to starting and growing a company with millions of dollars in billings. 

If you are a Latino with a compelling story to tell to help others, we want to book you on future episode. Contact us at [email protected] and visit our site to find out how we can help your business. 

www.victorescalante.com 

This week Ricado Leon talks about his rise from being a high school drop out to becoming an IT expert. His pervasive curiosity, led him to read NLP books thereby becoming a Master Practitioner and Trainer of NLP. 

Ricardo and his wife are both philanthropists who run a foundation to help needy families during the holidays. 

He is the host of the podcast "Force for Growth Podcast" and you can connect with Ricado at https://rleon.net/links 

In this episode, Raquel Boujourne, from Indi Partners Group, joins us to tell us how she built a firm from nothing to become Houston's largest Latina owned general construction company. 

Raquel started in the music business and due to a downturn in the economy, she pivoted into construction so you must listen to the whole story. 

Prior to her merger with Indi Group of Mexico, she was already billed 25 million in construction projects. She is now poised to become the youngest and largest Latina general contractor in the United States. 

You can reach Raquel at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raquel-boujourne-675b45157/

http://astatusconstruction.com/team/raquel-boujourne/

This week I was the one being interviewed on The Weekly Business Hour at Lone Star Community Radio. The show host Rick Schissler is a philanthropist and a community leader who helps small businesses how to grow. If you would like to appear on his show his contact information is below. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bestconsultant/

[email protected]

Saul Valentin is a community leader, philanthropist, and business owner. Find out what it takes to building a multimillion dollar company with construction projects around the country. 

You will understand the philosophy one needs to rise to the top and what principles and business ethic is required to sustain that orbit. 

Saul Valentin can be reached at: 

https://www.collaborate-llc.com/our-firm/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/saulvalentin/

In this Episode Miguel Lopez gives us his tips for starting and growing a business. As former director of The Small Business Development Center at Lone Star College, Miguel walks  his talk. He has recently started "Con Ganas  Consulting", working with small businesses to help them grow. 

Books mentioned on show: https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Revisited-Small-Businesses-About-ebook/dp/B000RO9VJK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1E80KPIAIY590&keywords=the+e+myth&qid=1650447082&sprefix=the+e+myth%2Caps%2C192&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.com/Subtle-Art-Not-Giving-Counterintuitive/dp/0062641549/ref=asc_df_0062641549/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312643571004&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3594847157382916156&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9027613&hvtargid=pla-394582189134&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/Unfu-k-Yourself-Gary-John-Bishop-audiobook/dp/B0731QJ482/ref=sr_1_1?crid=28BKPS3ZG51MJ&keywords=unfuk+yourself+book&qid=1650447219&s=books&sprefix=unfuck%2Cstripbooks%2C120&sr=1-1

You can reach Miguel at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miguel-a-lopez-7946055/ 

https://www.instagram.com/conganas_llc/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/conganas_llc/?hl=en

Be sure and subscribe to his newsletter at: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/enjoy-scenery-now-start-walking-miguel-a-lopez/

This week Venture Capitalist, Staci Latoison,  speaks to us about her journey as a single monther at age 17. She has a storied career overcoming a life of obstacles and she tell us how she did it. 

She is out to change the lives of Latinos by raising venture capital to invest in business of Latinos and minorities. 

You can reach Staci at https://www.linkedin.com/in/staci-latoison/

Her company is: https://dreambigventuresllc.com/

If you or your company needs sales training or strategic managment consulting? www.victorescalante.com 

Sonia Rivera is a native of Michigan and has lived in the Houston area since the age of 19. She is the daughter of Mexican Immigrants who spent the early part of her life as migrant farm workers, and ultimately settled in the State of Michigan. While in college, she majored in Psychology, and minored in Sociology. She has over 25 years of experience in project management, program development, staff training & development, writing policies & procedures for new companies, and participated in various community needs assessment projects. She spent the first 11 years working within the nonprofit sector, managing and developing youth programs under the Health and Human Service umbrella, with high risk youth populations providing Educational and Social Support Programs in the areas of Substance Abuse Prevention, Intervention, and Youth Homelessness, prior to forming her own corporation and nonprofit in 2008, and 2010 respectively.

In this episode, Sonia tells us how her early upbringing influenced her community activism as a entrepreneur and connector of people. 

You can connect with Sonia at: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/soniariveraus/

 

Este es nuestro espectáculo inaugural en español. Sonia Medrano, es emprendedora e inversionista y nos da la clave de su exito. Ella  ha aparecido en el Houston Business Journal y proximamente en la revista Forbes. El alcalde, Sylvester Turner, ha designado un día en su honor por su trabajo caritativo en nuestra comunidad.

Habla de un libro que ha influido en su vida.

https://tinyurl.com/librodemagia

Puede contactar a Sonia en 

Sonia Medrano | LinkedIn

TRUSTED PARTNERS INC | Linktree