Latino Business Action Network (LBAN) Announces 71 Scaled Latino and Latina Entrepreneurs’ Completion of Scaling Excellence Program

 Education   Thu, June 22, 2017 12:22 PM

 

Palo Alto, CA [CapitalWirePR] June 22, 2017 – The Latino Business Action Network (LBAN) will recognize 71 scaled Latino and Latina businesses from across the United States on Saturday, June 24th, at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.  The entrepreneurs have completed the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative Education program, an immersive seven-week program providing participants with valuable scaling frameworks, a diversified network of capital providers, business mentorship and a deep understanding of mobilizing resources for sustainable business growth.  The initiative is a collaboration between Stanford University Graduate School of Business and LBAN (https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/centers-initiatives/slei).  The “Scaling Excellence” course is based on curriculum developed by Huggy Rao, Stanford Graduate School of Business Faculty and Bob Sutton, Stanford School of Engineering Faculty, who are internationally recognized as experts in scaling businesses. 

LBAN is chaired by Dr. Jerry Porras, co-author of the international best seller, Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies and the Lane Professor of Organizational Behavior, Emeritus at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.  Mark L. Madrid serves as LBAN’s Executive Director.

The criteria for the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative Education program applicants is generation of annual gross revenues of at least $1 Million, employment of greater than 50 and/or company positioning in the Series-A stage and having raised at least $500,000 from external sources.  LBAN now has an alumni base of over 300 scaled Latino entrepreneurs that have completed the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative-Ed program.  Additionally, LBAN collaborates with Stanford in producing the State of Latino Entrepreneurship research report.

The following 71 Latino and Latina entrepreneurs will convene at Stanford on Saturday to meet with capital providers and to receive their completion certificates from Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Education as part of LBAN’s Closing Ceremony at CEMEX Auditorium.  This fourth cohort combined employs greater than 10,000 employees and grosses over $730 Million in annual revenue. 

·         Alejandro Uriarte, New Energy Consultants & Contractors LLC, San Juan, PR

·         Alex Esparza, Baby Builders, Oakland, CA

·         Alexander Saieh, Midtown Realty Group LLC, Miami, FL

·         Amparo Vigil, Puerto Alegre, San Francisco, CA

·         Andrea Gates-Ingle, Creative Kids, El Paso, TX

·         Antonio Ortiz, Connect Assistance, San Juan, PR

·         Bea Stotzer, New Capital, Los Angeles, CA

·         Camilo Suero, Suero Strategic Business Connections/CMP Group, Bloomfield Township, MI

·         Carlo Berg, Berg Holdings, Sausalito, CA

·         Carlos Figueroa, Greater San Jose Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, San Jose, CA

·         Catalina Campos, Greenovate Construction, Kansas City, MI

·         Cesar Redondo, The Outbound Group, Romulus, MI

·         Christian Van Der Henst, Platzi, San Francisco, CA

·         Cynthia Rubio, Radiant RFID, LLC, Austin, TX

·         Daniel Perez, Subrosa Investigations, LLC., Phoenix, AZ

·         Daniel Marcos, Growth Institute Inc, Austin, TX

·         Daniel Martinez, PS80 Partners LLC, Orange, CA

·         Delia Gutierrez McLaughlin, Coda Technology Consulting, LLC, Lemont, IL

·         Denise Soler Cox, Project ñ, Denver, CO

·         Diana Roman, Veliz Company, LLC, El Paso, TX

·         Edgardo Effio, Graphicka, Las Vegas, NV

·         Edmund Marquez, Edmund Marquez Allstate Agencies, Tucson, AZ

·         Eduardo Pereira, Respira Inc, Linthicum Heights, MD

·         Edward Chavez, Premium Shirts, LLC., Corona Del Mar, CA

·         Edward Bonilla, Florida Keys Ambulance Service , Inc., Tavernier, FL

·         Elizabeth Alegria, Gramercy Specialty Clinics, Austin, TX

·         Ernesto Barron, Barron Builders, Santa Clara, CA

·         Everardo Llanos, Forticon, Inc., Oakland, CA

·         Flavio Jimenez, Source Realty, Las Vegas, NV

·         Francisco De La Pena Turner, Red 7, San Diego, CA

·         Georgina Gonzalez, Off-Hollywood Films, LLC, Glendale, CA

·         Hernan Giraldo, iTOi, Dallas, TX

·         Ivette Agudelo, 3 Lopez Productions, Union City, CA

·         Jacob Monty, Monty & Ramirez LLP, Houston, TX

·         Javier Rodriguez, MAC Aerospace Corp., Chantilly, VA

·         Joel Sanchez, JESV Inc. Dba Premier Cleaning Services, Dallas, TX

·         John Santiago, M8, Miami, FL

·         Jorge Restrepo, EurekaFacts LLC, Rockville, MD

·         Jose Rodriguez, Dal Media Solutions Inc., Black Canyon City, AZ

·         Jose Alvarez, JEA Specialties, Sacramento, CA

·         Jose Garduno, GALOSI LLC, Dallas, TX

·         Jose Cueva, TerraSense Group & TS International Realty, Miami, FL

·         Julian Rodriguez, Access Bazaar, New York, NY

·         Lawrence Chavez, Lotus Leaf Coatings, Inc., Albuquerque, NM

·         Lianabel Oliver, OBALearn, San Juan, PR

·         Limaris Alvarado, ECHO Consulting Group, Caguas, PR

·         Lorena Chambers, Chambers Lopez Strategies LLC, Arlington, VA

·         Marco Manriquez, Mar Con Co., Oakland, CA

·         Maria Romero, Bick's Logistics, INC., Desoto, TX

·         Maria Castellon, Bench-Tek Solutions, LLC, Santa Clara, CA

·         Maria Urena, King Automotive Services, Inc., Moreno Valley, CA

·         Maribel Gonzalez, Blozzum/School Climate Solutions, Miami, FL

·         Marnie Forestieri, http://www.aexplorers.com/, Oviedo, FL

·         Michael Ojeda, V Oviedo Inc., Chicago, IL

·         Miguel Galarza, Yerba Buena Engineering & Construction, Inc, San Francisco

·         Monika Celado-Stenger, Servitech, Inc, Aurora, CO

·         Pablo Lombeida, Brandon Logan, San Jose, CA

·         Pacino Mancillas, AC&M Group, Charlotte, NC

·         Pedro Nieto-Cruz, ServerPoint.Com, Las Vegas, NV

·         Peter Ventre, Ventre Medical and Research Centers of America, Oakland Park, FL

·         R.D Leyva, Latinos for Education, Belmont, MA

·         Ricardo Ibarra, Auctio, New York, NY

·         Rick Antezana, Dynamic Language, Seattle, WA

·         Robert Rodriguez, Cambria Solutions, Inc., Sacramento, CA

·         Roger Chinchilla, Refundo, Elizabeth, NJ

·         Sam Orozco, Mama Lu's Foods, LLC, San Jose, CA

·         Sofia E. Keck, Cielo House LLC, Moss Beach, CA

·         Sonia Clayton, Virtual Intelligence Providers, LLC, Houston, TX

CONTACT:
Mark L. Madrid mark@lban.us
 
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