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Investing in the youngest, most entrepreneurial, fastest growing founder/business owner demographic in the United States - Latin@’s!
Eutiquio "Tiq" Chapa, Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative
We have an opportunity to invest in globally connected, young, entrepreneurial talent today! There are nearly ~60m Latin@'s in the US with over 4.1 million Latin@ led businesses. There is a $1.4 trillion economic opportunity as we move our Latino business owners to be on par with their fellow American founders and CEO's. In a 2015 report, The Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative found a majority of Latin@ owned businesses serve a general market customer base and that Latin@'s over-index in high growth industries - contrary to myths around diverse business owners serving niche markets in low-growth potential industries.
With programs ranging from the Hispanic Heritage Foundation's LOFT Coder Summits and Code as a Second Language trainings to the National Venture Capital Associations Diversity Initiatives - we have a stronger pipeline of technical, entrepreneurial and investment talent than ever before.
Business Owners, diversity, Founders, investment, Latino, Millennials, Opportunity Gap, private equity, venture capital
Panel
Beginner
Yscaira Jimenez (CEO, LaborX), Emanuel Pleitez (Sunstone Capital Partners), Tiq Chapa (Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative)
Facilitator: Harlyn Pacheco
Ana-Cecillia Alvarez (Investor, Propel Ventures), Gustavo Alberelli (Partner, Trident Capital), Maria Salamanca (Unshackled Fund), Luis Robles (Co-Founder Diamanti, formerly VC Sequoia Capital)
The Economist - How to Fire Up America: http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21646202-rise-latinos-huge-opportunity-united-states-must-not-squander-it-how-fire-up
CNN Money: America is Missing out on the $1.4 Trillion Latino Opportunity: http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/16/news/economy/latino-entrepreneurs/
NBC News: Latinos teaching Latinos another language - Coding: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/latinos-teaching-latinos-another-language-coding-n573286
CNBC: 8 Latin@ Founders over the $1m mark: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/21/8-latino-business-founders-on-finding-their-first-millions.html
2 Responses
Important 2016 Dates
- JUNE 3
Final day to submit an idea. - JUNE 4-15
Commenting and voting period. All sessions open for voting. - JUNE 16-28
Judging panel and final selection by SOCAP16 Content Team. - JUNE 29
Winning sessions announced to session organizers.
Brilliant! Would love to do anything in my power to support this effort.
Saludos,
Anthony
Happy to see a focus on investing in the Hispanic community. Our family office has been considering this work for sometime and hasn’t known how to approach the conversation.