046: How Chris Cummings built an audience of 12 million people/month teaching people Spanish

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chris cummings picChris Cummings is the founder and CEO of Curiosity Media, a leader in online language education. Curiosity Media’s flagship property, SpanishDict.com, is the world’s largest Spanish reference and learning website, helping millions of people improve their Spanish every month.

Prior to Curiosity Media, Chris worked as a management consultant with Bain and Company and The Bridgespan Group. Chris also architected the online student data platform used by the nonprofit, The Achievement Network, to help hundreds of schools analyze and act on student data.

Chris received a MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School, and a JD, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Emory University.

What you’ll learn

  • How he built Spanishdict.com into a very successful venture that attracts 12 million people/month
  • Why providing more value than the alternatives is the key to success in business
  • What he learned from his business failures
  • His secrets to his success
  • The growing popularity of Spanish language in the US

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035:Como una joven cientifica emprendedora convierte smartphones y iPads en laboratorios moviles c/Komal Dadlani

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komalKomal Dadlani es una joven emprendedora Chilena co-fundadora y Directora Ejecutiva de Lab4U un startup que esta convirtiendo smartphones y tabletas en laboratorios moviles que proveen soluciones de bajo costo para la educacion cientifica. Ella es ingeniera Bioquimica y candidata a la maestria en Ciencias de la Universidad de Chile .

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  • El dream de Komal y como ha logrado acercarse a el
  • Como Komal utlizo el metodo Lean startup para empezar Lab4u.com minimizando el riesgo y maximizando la probabilidad de exito.
  • Como Komal va a revolucionar la educacion cientifica
  • El increible crecimiento del ecosistema de startups en Chile
  • La magnifica oportunidad para emprendedores que es Startup Chile
  • Como Komal pudo invitar a un premio Nobel a un evento a Chile
  • La importancia de un buen mentor que esta solo unos pasos mas adelante que tu para tener exito como emprendedor
  • Porque la mentalidad de colaboracion es la clave del exito
  • La ciencia del Karma
  •  Mi definicion del exito

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033: How Manny Ruiz built Hispanicize into the largest, most prominent Latino trendsetters & newsmakers event in the country

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Manny Ruiz is the  founder of Papi Blogger the nation’s first fully bilingual web site devoted to creative parenting tricks for parents and The Chairman of the Hispanicize brand of platforms that include the annual Hispanicize Event,the largest annual event for Latino trendsetters and newsmakers in social media, journalism, advertising, public relations, film, music and innovation, Hispanicize Wire, Latina Mom Bloggers and the Hispanic PR Blog. In addition to these sister companies, Manny is a large shareholder in the Being Latino platform.

Manny is an accomplished entrepreneur and award-winning, public relations professional with extensive experience in Hispanic public relations. In 2014, Manny was awarded the Key to Miami by Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado for making Miami a magnet for Latino trendsetters and newsmakers. In 2011, Manny was named PR Professional of the Year by the Hispanic Public Relations Association (HPRA) for his on-going commitment to promoting the advancement of the industry through the Hispanicize Event and Hispanic PR Blog.

Prior to founding the Hispanicize-related business platforms, Manny was President of Multicultural Markets and Hispanic PR Wire for PR Newswire. Prior to PR Newswire’s acquisition of Hispanic PR Wire, Hispanic Digital Network and LatinClips in 2008, companies he founded, Ruiz was Chairman and CEO of HispaniMark, the parent company of these three businesses.

Manny resides in Miami with his wife Angela and four children Naomi (2 ), Briani (5), Elena (10) and Jonathan (14).

What you’ll learn

  • Manny’s American Dream
  • How he backed into becoming an entrepreneur
  • The failed business  only few people know about and what he learned to become successful the next time around
  • How he built a business which he eventually sold for $5.5 Million
  • How his blue collar background and work ethic has fueled his success
  • How Hispanicize was born
  • The tremendous impact Hispanicize is having
  • Manny’s mission to make Hispanicize one of the top world-class event in the country
  • Manny’s vision of the future of media

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027: Logra tus entrepreneurial dreams con Deldelp Medina (Spanglish)

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Deldelp Medina is a Latina and the founder and CEO of Avión Ventures.  A Latina focused accelerator for mobile platforms. This unique program is for U.S. born Latinas and Latin-Americans. This program is a combination of in person & virtual curriculum designed to grow the opportunities of Latinas in tech.  They are based in San Francisco with resources and mentors available to realize the objectives of Latina entrepreneurs. She is President of the Latino Startup Alliance, where she is working to make tech entrepreneurship a priority in the Latino community. She has spent over 10 years working with the Latino community in the tech, arts, humanities, non-profit, and social justice fields. Asking big questions is her passion, and she is committed to bringing that passion to large audiences.

Yes, Deldelp is an unusual name. The daughter of painter Delfina Bernal and Alvaro Medina. Her name is in tribute to her mother. It is pronounced Deldel. Yes, the “p” is silent. Her family is originally from Barranquilla, Colombia. She has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since the age of eight.  She is fluent in Spanish and French as well as English.

What you’ll learn

  •  Deldelp’s  American dream and her path to pursue it
  • How she got her start in tech
  • How she failed her way to success
  • Why knowing yourself, knowing who to listen to and when to ask for help are critical to achieve your success
  • Why building authentic relationships at work is key to get trusted, accomplish more and getting ahead
  • Sometimes what you think is your biggest weakness is your biggest strength
  • How the Latino Startup Alliance is supporting Latino entrepreneurs gain access to the resources, capital and networks they need to succeed
  • The most important mindset shift that Latinos need to embrace to become more successful as a community and  as individuals
  • Why Latinos and Latinas need to become creators to achieve higher levels of success
  • How Avion Ventures is helping Latinas achieve their mobile entrepreneurial dreams
  • The Latino competitive advantage

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025: The huge business startup opportunities for Latino entrepreneurs w/Edrizio De La Cruz

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Edrizio De La Cruz graduated from The Wharton School with an MBA in Entrepreneurship. He previously worked in global investment banking at J.P. Morgan and then in global private equity at Pegasus. While in finance, he implemented strategies alongside CEOs of Fortune 500 companies as well as startups. He emigrated to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic and has been both a recipient and sender of remittances throughout his life. He’s an aviation adventurer: he did U.S. Air Force R.O.T.C, six years as an aircraft mechanic and flew a Cessna. Edrizio is the founder and CEO of Regalii a company that makes sending money to your loved ones in Latin America much easier, cheaper and faster.

What you’ll learn

  • Edrizio’s American dream and his path to pursue it
  • How he managed to raise money to save Regalii at the last minute
  • How Regalii is making the process of sending money to Latino’s families in Latin America much easier and cheaper
  • How Regalii managed to get accepted to Y Combinator
  • The huge advantage that being part of a startup incubator/accelerator like Y Combinator gives a startup
  • The hard thing about entrepreneurship
  • The only metric that matters at Regalii
  • How regalii went from zero to 21K users in a short time frame
  • How to get great mentors
  • The startup opportunities for Latino entrepreneurs that lie in Latino specific problems
  • The mental fortitude  and “el hustle” that is required to become a successful entrepreneur
  • The big financial sacrifice he made to make Regalii a reality
  • How entrepreneurship and love are similar

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013: Creating Latino Startup Success Stories and Role Models w/Jesse Martinez

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founder-jmJesse Martinez is a Co-founder, Tech Entrepreneur, Philanthropist. He is originally from Houston, Texas, he  found his way to San Francisco in March 1997 where he first experienced what it meant to work for a startup.  He was employee 27, of a Silicon Valley company (funded by Sequoia Capital) that ultimately grew into a thousand employee+ Corporation in less than a year and was acquired for $180 million by Frontier Communications.

That experience and access to his new mentors/advisors, led him  to cofound along with his brother in 1998 one of the first U.S. online bilingual Latino communities (Picosito.com) which was recognized by a U.S. Congressional Record by the House of Representatives  for their efforts around technology in Latino Community. They raised $2.3 million in seed capital and had two acquisition offers in less than six months.

After the dot com era, he went back to Corporate America; spending over 10 years working with industry leaders such as Xerox Global Services, IKON, & Kofax as a Business Development Manager. Since  then he emerged into the tech scene again and is the cofounder of his third startup – Relevance and as the country director for Brasil. He also spends the rest of his time as Cofounder/Co-chair on his personal passion, Latino Startup Alliance , a non-profit supporting global Latino Tech Entrepreneurs and startup ecosystems.

He is also very honored and proud to be co-founder of Youth Startups and AVION, team leader for the U.S. White House Team on Tech Inclusion, board Member for MEDA (Mission Economic Development Agency), 2014 Clinton Global Initiative Attendee, and advisor to several tech companies.

In his free time, he likes participating in hackathons, outdoors sports, triathlons, and most importantly, supporting other entrepreneurs.

What you’ll learn

  • Jesse’s American Dream and his journey to pursue it
  • Why we need to show more Latino success stories
  • Why it is critical to create new Latino role models that can pay it forward to the community
  • How his mentor influenced him to attend a great college
  • How he walked away from $1 million dollars to pursue his entrepreneurial passion
  • The biggest lessons he learned from his startup experience
  • What he learned from his experience in corporate America
  • How timing can sometimes make or break your startup
  • How the Latino Startup Alliance is raising awareness and is providing Latino entrepreneurs access to the ecosystems, resources and capital they need to accelerate and make their startups successful
  • How the Latino Startup Alliance is growing the pipeline of future Latino entrepreneurs
  • Why there is a lack of capital for Latino entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, and what we can do about it
  • The number of Latino VCs in the US
  • Why Latinos working in corporate America are less likely to make the leap to work at a startup
  • The Avion and the Spark SF Accelerator
  • Jesse’s formula for success

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010: Don’t take No for an answer and surround yourself with great people w/Felix Ortiz III

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felixortiz picFelix 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

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007: Embracing the power of a positive attitude and the urgency of now to achieve your entrepreneurial dreams with Jose Huitron

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JHJose Huitron is a champion of entrepreneurship and the Co-Founder of Crowdismo, a rewards-based crowd-funding platform fueling innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship within the Latino community. He is the organizer of Startup Weekend events and the Central Coast Chapter Director of the Latino Startup Alliance developed to encourage the inspiration and cultivation of U.S. Latino led technology startup ventures by providing a strong support network of fellow entrepreneurs, investors, innovators, & mentors.

Jose holds a Master’s in Integrated Marketing Communications from West Virginia University, a Bachelor’s in Communication from the University of Phoenix Online, an Associate’s in Business Administration and an Associate’s in Management Technology from Idaho State University.

What you’ll learn

  • Jose’s American dream: being the first in his family to access higher education and making the most of those opportunities.
  • Why Lifelong learning, and expanding your horizons is key to achieving your dream.
  • How Jose’s entrepreneurial family inspired him early on in his life to become an entrepreneur and how he navigated the process of getting into a good college and getting  a scholarship.
  • How he launched Hub 81 a Hispanic marketing agency while going to college and working at the same time.
  • Why it is critical get buy in from your support base when you become an entrepreneur in order to navigate all the ups and downs.
  • You are the master of your own success as an entrepreneur because your thoughts lead to feelings which lead to actions that lead to results
  • Great quotes: “If you are not happy with your fruits change your roots” , “We must embrace the urgency of now”, “Make action our domain” , “Images  X  vividness = reality”.
  • Word of mouth is the best form of advertising so being relevant, authentic , meeting people  and hustle are the big challenges entrepreneurs face.
  • How to deal with situations where family and friends question your choice to be an entrepreneur when the money is not coming in yet.
  • Entrepreneurial success is not about ideas it is all about execution.
  • Use the Lean Startup methodology and if you fail, fail fast
  • How the Latino Startup Alliance provides Latino entrepreneurs access to Silicon Valley networks and resources.
  • Jose’s formula for success: “Focus to forget and embrace the power of a positive attitude “ and don’t be afraid to put yourself out there and meet people being confident in yourself and in your idea.
  • The biggest challenge Latino startup entrepreneurs face is the lack of capital to the make their ideas happen:
    • Only 1% to 2% of venture capital money goes to minority entrepreneurs as only 35% of minorities can even get in front of venture capital and only 15% of them are able to turn a pitch into funding.
    • Latinos lack access to capital as we usually don’t have a rich uncle or the connections in the investor community we need to succeed and need to get better at pitching the business.
    • Educating investors on the potential of the Latino market is key to helping them realize the tremendous potential.

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Thank you so much for listening ! If you enjoyed the episode, please consider subscribing in iTunes  and Stitcher and leaving a rating and a review.  This helps us to continue to be featured in the New & Noteworthy rankings so that more Latinos and Latinas can find us.

Considering Launching a Podcast?

  • Podcasters Paradise: This is my favorite resource for those of you considering launching your own podcast.  It was created by one of the most successful podcasters today-John Lee Dumas- who’s  Entrepreneur on Fire podcast was voted best in iTunes in 2013.  This is the only resource you will ever need to Create | Grow | Monetize your podcast. Over 700 members are consuming the 120+ video tutorials, engaging with other Podcasters in the private Facebook group, & loving the monthly webinars with todays top Podcasters! Sign up for our free LIVE weekly webinars here.

006: (Spanish) Como emprendedores Latinos pueden lograr el exito en Estados Unidos con Mauricio Simbeck

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Mauricio-40 low resMauricio is a co-founder and CEO of Milagros de Mexico, a retail chain that sells health and wellness products to the Latino Community with five stores located in established Hispanic neighborhoods in San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland and Redwood City. Milagros de Mexico was one of 12 recipients of the prestigious Chase Mission Main St grant awarded to outstanding small business nation wide

Before co-founding Milagros de Mexico, Mauricio was the CEO of Farmacia Remedios, a bilingual pharmacy chain with nine stores based in San Francisco that markets to Hispanic consumers. Mauricio’s experience in the retail industry also includes his 6 year tenure at H.E.Butt Grocery Company (H.E.B.), a multi-billion dollar, privately held supermarket chain with more than 300 stores in Texas and northern Mexico. Mauricio started with H.E.B. as a Management Associate and went on to hold executive positions in store operations, procurement and supply chain in both their U.S. and Mexican divisions. Mauricio holds a law degree from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico City, as well as an M.B.A from the Harvard Business School.

He sits on the Board of Directors of Milagros de Mexico and is a member of the SF Bay Area Chapter of YPO (Young President’s Organization.) Mauricio was recently recognized by the Mayors from San Mateo County and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as a community leader serving the San Mateo Hispanic population. Mauricio was born and raised in Mexico City and currently lives in Portola Valley, CA with his wife and three boys.

What you’ll learn

  • Mauricio’s American dream and his path to pursue it
  • How Mauricio’s company Milagros de Mexico is helping Latinos get healthier
  • The big health challenges the Latino community faces
  • Mauricio’s formula for success at Milagros de Mexico
  • Why we need to help each other as Latinos to be able to succeed as entrepreneurs in the US
  • The tremendous opportunity in the US Latino market for Latino entrepreneurs
  • What he wished he had learned when he was starting out about how failure is a conduit to success

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003: How to achieve your tech entrepreneurial dreams with Pablo Fuentes

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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

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http://www.proven.com

@provensf

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