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003: How to achieve your tech entrepreneurial dreams with Pablo Fuentes - Logra Tu Dream: Helping Latinos Achieve Their American Dream I Inspiration I…
003: How to achieve your tech entrepreneurial dreams with Pablo Fuentes - Logra Tu Dream: Helping Latinos Achieve Their American Dream I Inspiration I…
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Length:
41 minutes
Released:
Apr 21, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Pablo Fuentes is the co- founder and CEO of Proven a company that offers the best way to find and apply to restaurant jobs in San Francisco. He is passionate about helping minorities and women start technology companies, he has been invited to speak at the White House about Proven and mentoring.
What you’ll learn
Pablo’s journey towards pursuing his American dream
How you can pursue your tech entrepreneurial dreams in Silicon Valley and elsewhere.
How he overcame great adversity having to lay off many employees and to give up his apartment
Why physical activity and having an outlet is critical to keep yourself sane and motivated
How Pablo got into Stanford Business School
The only two skills that Silicon Valley companies look for
The difference between the companies that make it and don’t in Silicon Valley
What is cross ten and how you should build a minimal viable product to test your ideas get real feedback from real users to validate whether you have a good idea or not
The mentality that Pablo uses to keep himself always learning and striving to get better and why comfort is the enemy of growth
How Pablo was able to get venture funding for Proven.com his startup company from some of the best investors in the world like Anderessen Horowitz
The state of Latinos in Silicon Valley and in tech entrepreneurship and how he is trying to help Latinos get in to Silicon Valley
Resources & Links
http://www.proven.com
@provensf
The Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
The Lean Startup By Eric Ries
Ben's Blog
The 7 gritty real startup lessons that cost me $2 million
What you’ll learn
Pablo’s journey towards pursuing his American dream
How you can pursue your tech entrepreneurial dreams in Silicon Valley and elsewhere.
How he overcame great adversity having to lay off many employees and to give up his apartment
Why physical activity and having an outlet is critical to keep yourself sane and motivated
How Pablo got into Stanford Business School
The only two skills that Silicon Valley companies look for
The difference between the companies that make it and don’t in Silicon Valley
What is cross ten and how you should build a minimal viable product to test your ideas get real feedback from real users to validate whether you have a good idea or not
The mentality that Pablo uses to keep himself always learning and striving to get better and why comfort is the enemy of growth
How Pablo was able to get venture funding for Proven.com his startup company from some of the best investors in the world like Anderessen Horowitz
The state of Latinos in Silicon Valley and in tech entrepreneurship and how he is trying to help Latinos get in to Silicon Valley
Resources & Links
http://www.proven.com
@provensf
The Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
The Lean Startup By Eric Ries
Ben's Blog
The 7 gritty real startup lessons that cost me $2 million
Released:
Apr 21, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
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