Why So Many Millennial Women And People Of Color Are Becoming Entrepreneurs

*The Kauffman Foundation says that in 2016 Latinos were 20.8 percent of all new entrepreneurs, more than double the number in 1996. We’re moving the economy, and that’s fantastic news. […]

*From the article: Latinos entrepreneurs lack access to capital and financial know-how. Only about 1 percent of all Latino-owned businesses created between 2007 and 2012 received venture capital or angel investments. […]

*Thus is a good story. And I wonder, there’s a need for Latino entrepreneurs to be noticed by venture capital funders, but those funders are, by and large, non-Latinos. We […]

*At first I though this was a joke. But these guys are serious – although the idea began as a joke. On June 11, white people get a 10 percent […]

*How’s this for a story of transformation: According to a Pew Report the average white household is worth 10 times more than a Latino household. But, there are presently 3 […]

*I love this! Read this, so the next time someone says Latinas are not entrepreneurs you can tell them about “Tandas.” They break most notions of “boot strap” thinking; rely on […]

By Giovanni Rodriguez, Forbes For anyone following Latino tech — I have several beats, but in 2013 the Latino tech beat kept me quite busy — this was a pretty remarkable year. […]

By Preeti Upadhyaya, Silicon Valley Business Journal When most people hear “immigrants in Silicon Valley,” they most likely think of Indian or Chinese engineers or entrepreneurs at big tech companies and startups […]

By Steve Moya, NewsTaco While we’ve all known the unique person with an enterprising attitude and vision at a young age, and an ability to build, create and make money, […]

By Michael Martin, WYSO So we’ve been talking about science and getting people excited about science. You’ve probably already heard that Latinos are more likely to use social media sites […]