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Pablo Fuentes is the co- founder and CEO of Proven a company that offers the best way to find and apply to restaurant jobs in San Francisco. He is passionate about helping minorities and women start technology companies, he has been invited to speak at the White House about Proven and mentoring.

 What you’ll learn

• Pablo’s journey towards pursuing his American dream
• How you can pursue your tech entrepreneurial dreams in Silicon Valley and elsewhere.
• How he overcame great adversity having to lay off many employees and to give up his apartment
• Why physical activity and having an outlet is critical to keep yourself sane and motivated
• How Pablo got into Stanford Business School
• The only two skills that Silicon Valley companies look for
• The difference between the companies that make it and don’t in Silicon Valley
• What is cross ten and how you should build a minimal viable product to  test your ideas get real feedback from real users  to validate whether you have a good idea or not
• The mentality that Pablo uses to  keep himself always learning and striving to get better and why comfort is the enemy of growth
• How Pablo was able to get venture funding for Proven.com his startup company from some of the best investors in the world like Anderessen Horowitz
• The state of Latinos in Silicon Valley and in tech entrepreneurship and how he is trying to help Latinos  get in to Silicon Valley

Resources & Links

http://www.proven.com

@provensf

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