Ep 28. ILEANA GONZALEZ - "Texas, Latin America and the growing entrepreneurial opportunity"

In this episode, Rob and Ile, welcome Ileana Gonzalez, from San Antonio, Texas. Ileana is an up-and-coming millennial venture capital leader in the San Antonio and Texas entrepreneurial economy who shares her story of immigrating to the United States from Mexico. She discusses her experiences in the Texas entrepreneurial economies while discussing the Techstars Anywhere program and the challenges of being a Mexicana in a macho/male dominated entrepreneurial world on both sides of the border. Ileana has been a leader in her community since her days as Student Body President, and Miss UTSA, at University of Texas-San Antonio (UTSA), where she fell in love with the creativity and possibilities of entrepreneurship. She learned VC while working for Texas’ leading venture/acceleration community, the Capital Factory, where she was a Senior Venture Associate. Currently she is a Venture Associate at Techstars, the global entrepreneurial support community. She is the leader of their new “Techstars Anywhere” program, which was one of the first entrepreneurship programs in the world to “go virtual and global” in response to the pandemic. Ileana’s job finds and screens pre-seed startups in preparation for admission into the Techstars Anywhere accelerator cohort. Feel free to follow and engage with Ileana here: Twitter: @ileanagonzxlez LinkedIn: @ileanagonzxlez Correo/Email: [email protected] We're so grateful to you, our growing audience of entrepreneurs, investors, builders, influencers, and those interested in the entrepreneurial economies of Latin America and the under-represented entrepreneurial communities in the USA! Plug in, relax, and enjoy some Spanish, English and a fun dose of Spanglish as always. We're here to help inspire, educate, and empower you, so that you can build the future! ¡Salud y gracias! Mentors Today's Team.

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