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Latin America’s Start Ups Expand: From Silicon Valley to Tequilla Valley
This article originally appeared on FoxNews.com. Venture capitalists take note, Latin America’s Internet entrepreneurs are ramping up. A recent panel at SXSW Interactive entitled “Accelerating Killer Latam Startups” featured three digital pioneers and start up...
The Power of A Positive Attitude: Immigrant Entrepreneur Turns Small Business Ideas into Successes
This article originally appeared on FoxNews.com. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hispanics open businesses three times faster than the national average. Once regarded as a minority group, Hispanics now represent the fastest-growing segment of our economy. To make...
The Best Book on Social Media Was Written Before the Internet: A Primer on how to “Win Friends” from Dale Carnegie
This post originally appeared on Acento.com How should brands adapt their communications and engage consumers in the age of social media? Surprisingly, a book first published in 1936 best highlights how to “win friends” on social platforms, written long before Al Gore...
How to “friend” 100,000 Latinas: A Case Study from Unilever’s Vive Mejor
If you want your company’s brands to make 100,000 “friends” on Facebook, Tatiana Hansell can show you how. As Unilever’s Multicultural Marketing Manager of personal care products, Hansell developed its Vivemejor branded content initiative for Latina women online....
Translate the Web While Learning a New Language: A Profile of Luis von Ahn’s new company, Duolingo
This is the first in a series of profiles of entrepreneurs on The Huffington Post, a preview of my forthcoming book, Pursuit of the American Dream: Success Stories of Today’s Immigrant Entrepreneurs. Luis von Ahn’s new company, Duolingo, has set two very large goals:...
Case study: the re-launch of Acento.com – How to increase traffic by 1000%
This post originally appeared on Acento.com Just over one year ago, the hottest device since the laptop – the iPad – first launched. One of the first websites the Acento Team checked (probably like many of you) was our own flash-based agency website – Acento.com. We...
Part III – Doing Business in Puerto Rico: Understanding and Managing a Bi-cultural and Bi-Lingual Work Environment
This article originally appeared in the Fordham Business Review, which I wrote while doing an internship in Puerto Rico. Click here to read the first and second posts in this series. Cultural Identity: Between the United States and Latin America Mr. Molina feels that...
Part II – Doing Business in Puerto Rico: Understanding and Managing a Bi-cultural and Bi-Lingual Work Environment
This article originally appeared in the Fordham Business Review, which I wrote while doing an internship in Puerto Rico. Click here to read the first and third posts in the series. Cultural Impact: Beyond Language José Molina illustrates that communicating in English...
Part I – Doing Business in Puerto Rico: Understanding and Managing a Bi-cultural and Bi-Lingual Work Environment
This article originally appeared in the Fordham Business Review, which I wrote while doing an internship in Puerto Rico. Click here to read the second and third posts in this series. In the century since July of 1898 when Puerto Rico became part of the United States,...
Developing Latino Leaders to Deliver Growth
This article originally appeared on MediaPost. Does your company’s talent pool reflect the audience segments that will deliver the fastest growth? And have your executives fostered opportunities for a diverse leadership team that can best understand multicultural...
Call for Interviews with Successful Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Are you (or do you know) an immigrant entrepreneur or immigrant executive that has a great success story to tell? If so, I would love to hear it. I am collecting stories for my forthcoming book, Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Pursuit of the American Dream. Please leave a...
Immigrating for the American Dream
This article originally appeared on The Huffington Post. Immigrants have sailed to American shores for centuries to escape persecution, create economic opportunity, and pursue the “American Dream.” They bring an extraordinary hunger to succeed and a strong belief in...