Introduction

Where did Zamawa’s entrepreneurial spirit begin?

The situation in Venezuela when Zamawa left

Entrepreneurship requires taking a leap of faith

The story behind ThinkArgus

From ThinkArgus to Flowetik

The kind of joy that Flowetik brings to Zamawa

How to figure out where you can really make an impact

What does it really mean to be on a “board”?

How Zamawa communicates effectively on what’s most important to her

What Zamawa does outside of her 9-5

The mission behind Unidos in Power

You have to give each other grace

Yasmin’s background

What is Visible Hands?

The underlying conditions that make it difficult for Yasmin to raise money for her fund

Which comes first: 10xing the amount of LatinX VC funds now, or making sure the preexisting ones break through and succeed?

What Visible Hands does on a day-to-day basis

The difference between Visible Hands and Y Combinator

The logistics behind Visible Hands’ 14-week cohort program

Yasmin’s answer to anyone who says: “We can’t find the entrepreneurs of color”

The differences between Black and LatinX communities in tech

The number of meetings it took Yasmin to get her fund closed

Introduction

The three things Hyde Square Task Force is focused on for the Boston Latino community

How do we preserve the Latin heritage in Boston?

Why Hyde Square Task Force focuses on the youth

Where to find the best pupusas in Boston

Everyone has the power to ask

The power of the collective action

What it’s like to be the only Latino in a white space

Hyde Square Task Force’s connection with Sociedad Latina

Why Celina has created a career in philanthropy

Why the mission of Hyde Square Task Force matters

Introduction

How to find the confidence to deliver your company’s one-liner to investors

The power of the pivot

Picking your beachhead

How to tell a story that will sell your product

Find your startup’s wave, and time it right

The way to win as a startup founder

How Drift grew to be a paid-for product

The three economic downturns Elias has faced in his career

You need to get money without revenue

Introduction

Adrian’s background

Why it takes 6-8 generations for Latinos in the US to build wealth

Generational wealth requires Latinos to get up and leave

Adrian’s advice on why everyone should be investing

Why being an accredited investor is different than just putting money into an index fund

The importance of the hustle

Why your next milestone should be to become an accredited investor

Introduction

Sami moves from the Middle East to the West

Sami's early challenges in America

Building a mindset of mastery at MIT

A father’s words to his son

Sami's American Dream

From Jordan to MIT

Remembering the words of Sami’s father

How a side hustle turned into a full-time job

Entrepreneurship and immigrants in America

What Sami's life looked like after leaving Google

What Sami learned from his time at Google

Boston as a medical healthcare mecca

How Sami saw a problem and created an opportunity to solve it

The need to embrace technology in order to remove friction in healthcare

Introduction

Beatriz’s background in media

The “Border Girl” hustle

What is SUMA Wealth?

Beatriz’s own financial journey

Elias’ financial journey

The SUMA mission

Eat the tacos

The need to make financial wisdom accessible

Economic power is the way to break into societal power

What having financial knowledge really means

The power of collective impact

How to figure out what the “right thing to do” is

The importance of employing people

Introduction

Diego’s childhood

What inspired Diego to attain American citizenship

Diego’s journey to obtaining an American passport

The first place Diego traveled after he got his American passport

The obstacles Diego overcame to achieve American citizenship

The immigrant hustle

Is it possible to be ambitious and happy at the same time?

The first-generation grit cuts through anything

Diego’s next big goal

Introduction

What Edrizio’s Twitter bio means to him

Immigrants don’t have the luxury to complain about hustling

Edrizio’s backstory

How Edrizio felt first entering the Wall Street world

What is SEO?

The reality of being a colored person in a white space

Life after UBS

You just have to apply

Naïveté can take you a long way

Learnings from Elias’ and Edrizio’s startup experience

Edrizio’s American Dream

Edrizio and YC Combinator

Edrizio’s side hustles

Introduction

Lillian’s experience in Canada

The courage it takes to start all over

How can you really understand your roots?

What the phrase “Perseverance with a passion” means to Lillian

How early independence has impacted Lillian and Elias’ life journeys

From volleyball to Microsoft

Don’t fear failure

Lillian’s Think Week experience

Lillian moves from Microsoft to Skype

Lillian goes to Google

Lillian’s experience with imposter syndrome

Lillian’s advice to young Latinas interested in tech