Light Speed Moment: The Future is Us!
Wow! Talk about bringing it in. L'ATTITUDE VENTURES conference in San Diego was an amazing showcase of LatinX talent in business, entertainment, and sports.
Loved hearing the operators, founders, and investors enthusiastically articulate how their journeys have culminated in their visions forward.
“I wake up every day on fire with purpose.”
Guillermo Diaz Jr, Founder and CEO of Conectado Inc and former CIO of Cisco, said that. Who doesn’t want to feel that way?
“We need an ecosystem of people to invest in companies.”
THIS IS COMUNIDAD: LATINX INNOVATORS AND CAPITAL PROVIDERS.
I met with four promising LatinX founders as part of the Latino Business Action Network’s (LBAN) capital provider matching session at Stanford University last month.
LBAN’s mission is to grow the American economy by empowering Latino entrepreneurship across the US. 1,271 talented people have graduated from its selective inaugural accelerator and 17 business scaling programs. LBAN has a strong and growing network of capital providers, corporate partners, educators, and ecosystem builders. I love being a part of this incredible community.
Sisters (and Allies) Connecting with Sisters
The Columbia female founders network is strong, growing, and has terrific allies. I had the pleasure of meeting up with my student founders and mentees for a chill exchange of ideas on getting traction and navigating the entrepreneurial journey in NYC.
Going Green into Space. Why SpinLaunch is Cool.
I asked SpinLaunch CEO Jonathan Yaney what was one of the most fun parts of his job.
“Proving people wrong who said this could not be done.”
Long Beach, California based SpinLaunch is changing the way payloads are sent into space by removing the complexity and reducing the dependence on carbon-based fuel. What is so fascinating about SpinLaunch is that they have created a greener, cheaper, faster way to launch based on technology that is not new but has not previously been applied to launching rockets into space.