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Mahrinah has had a tremendous and inspiring career  that she has crafted for herself. She is an Entrepreneur, Anthropologist, and Ecosystem Builder who has been in the digital startup space since 2001, developed nearly $1B in real estate, and founded an incubator in the City of Chicago. She received her BA/MS from the University of Pennsylvania and MBA from the Wharton School of Business. She is currently Managing Partner at I365, where she consults with early to mid-stage startups, and Executive Director of Embassy2.0.

What you’ll learn

• Mahrinah’s American dream and her path to pursue it
• How she started her entrepreneurial career
• Why there is a lack of Latino tech startups in the Latino community
• How she helps build entrepreneurial ecosystems and how they provide access, information and the pathway to help entrepreneurs start a tech company
• The pitfalls new entrepreneurs face and how to avoid them
• Why education that helps Latinos access opportunities in tech matters so much
• The importance of strong and broad networks in entrepreneurial success
• Ask people in the path you want to take for coffee, talk to as many people as possible and ask for help
• How digital entrepreneurship is very different than traditional entrepreneurship and why you need to get advice from digital entrepreneurs if you don’t have this digital experience
• Mahrinah’s keys to success: hard work and a strong network
• To build a strong network you need to give back first !

Resources & Links

• Contact Mahrinah: @mlvs , http://www.facebook.com/mahrinah , http://www.mahrinah.com, http://www.embassy2.org , http://www.i365syndicate.com,
• Tech startup meetups: http://meetup.com
• http://www.catalyzechicago.org/
• http://www.builtinchicago.org/
• http://www.1871.com/
• http://www.technexus.com/
• Illinois Technology Association
• Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
• Grind
• Catapult
• Getviable.com
• Foundersuite.com
• Leancanvas.com

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