9 Portland-area entrepreneurs compete for startup funds at Pitch Latino; meet their businesses
When Yoli Rabadan Barragan describes her Mexican breads, cookies, and pastries, she talks about the authentic ingredients.But she also talks about how they bring people together.Community was a theme Tuesday night at the second-annual Pitch Latino, a contest in which nine Latino entrepreneurs pitched their companies in front of an audience
Meet the 8 Black and Latina female founders whose startups have reached a $1 billion …
Though Black and Latina women raised more than 1% of all
Who was selected for EndeavorLAB’s cohort for Latinx founders? Let’s meet them.
A gamified e-learning platform. An AI-powered video editing platform for creators. A peer-to-peer tutoring app founded by a teen. These are some of the 10 startups that Endeavor Miami announced today were selected for its upcoming EndeavorLAB cohort for Latinx Founders. The cohort, like Endeavor Miami’s other EndeavorLab cohorts, is designed to support underrepresented
What is #WeAllGrow Latina? Meet founders Ana Flores, Vanessa Santos
Ana Flores created #WeAllGrow Latina out of necessity.The Houston-born, El Salvador-raised Latina worked in television production for Univision, MTV Latin America and other Spanish-language networks for 15 years before becoming a stay-at-home mom. But when her husband was out of work and the cost of childcare became too expensive, in 2009
Meet The Latino Entrepreneur Who Aims To Transform A Trillion Dollar Market
A few years ago, Edrizio De La Cruz had a great idea: a better way for immigrants to send money back home by eliminating the middlemen (the incumbent service providers). The idea catapulted the Dominican Republic-born Wharton grad into the higher echelons of the startup world, landing him onstage at Demo
Meet Chantel Robertson, the Afro-Latina Founder of Upful Blends
Photo courtesy of Chantel Robertson. Chantel Robertson describes herself as a sister, daughter, friend, dancer, artist… This Afro-Latina entrepreneur definitely has many hats, including plant medicine facilitator. “As someone
Meet Three Latina Tech Founders Challenging Diversity Statistics
In 2017, only 16 percent of startups had a female co-founder or founder. Although there are no hard statistics out there (that we know of), it’s probably safe to say that the number of startups with a Latina co-founder or founder is likely in the single digits percentage. Follow Crunchbase News on Twitter
Meet The Latino Founder That Built An Automated And Easy-To-Use System To Grow Cannabis At Home
Carl is a seasoned product executive with 10 years of experience developing products for the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence industries and specializes in making products that solve urgent problems and are easy to use by anyone. Before founding Boundless Robotics, Carl worked at
Meet Priscilla Vilchis: The Game-Changing Latina Cannabis Entrepreneur
Photo Credit cannabissciencetech.com Priscilla Vilchis is a self-made businesswoman who has been rocking the cannabis industry for quite a few years. She is the owner and CEO of