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Felix Ortiz III is a Brooklyn native and the son of the New York State Assemblyman. He served in the U.S. Army 18th Airborne Corps and JAG Corps, before attending St. John’s University. While in college, he founded Visionary Trade & Export, a company presently located in the Bronx that provided humanitarian aid and supplies while increasing cultural relations with Cuba, which he sold in 2007. Felix later founded Viridis Learning, an education technology company that combines workforce education and human capital solutions for the middle-skill workforce and still serves as its Chairman & CEO. He was featured by Poder360° as one of 20 innovative Latino Entrepreneurs blowing the hinges off the old boys club doors.
What you’ll learn
- Felix’s dream and his path to pursue it.
- How his parents inspired him from an early age to help people.
- How he started Viridis from his couch
- How he just keeping going after many investors said no to him which ultimately led him to success
- How he surrounded himself with great people to grow his company successfully
- Why there is a lack of access to capital for Latino entrepreneurs within the Latino community.
- How Viridis uses technology to help addresses some of the biggest challenges Latinos face: getting a good education and a good job.
- Re-integrate people into the middle class and beyond
- The need for more Latino role models
- Felix’s formula for success: Don’t take no for an answer, stay persistent, focus on what you want to achieve and be open to learning while surrounding yourself with great people
Resources & Links
- http://www.Viridislearning.com , @viridis, @fwoiii
- Think and Grow Rich book by Napoleon Hill
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