Entrepreneurial Thinkers with Rob Ryan
Episodes
Ep 27. DULCE VASQUEZ - "From Mexico to the LA City Council, a Latina’s Journey to Help Others"
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Rob and Ileana welcome a uniquely qualified and talented 1st time political candidate here in the City of Los Angeles, California, US...
Ep 26. YOGI ROTH - "A Hollywood Storytelling MasterClass for Entrepreneurs Everywhere"
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Rob and Ileana welcome a great, long time friend of Rob's, Yogi Roth, from right here in Los Angeles. Yogi is an accomplished profess...
Ep 25. IAN PAUL OTERO - "The Stories, Lessons Learned and Numbers behind One of Mexico's best known Seed VC Funds"
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ileana and Rob are joined by Ian Paul Otero, one of the Founding Partners at Redwood Ventures, one of Mexico's earliest seed funds. I...
Ep 24. CHAVA & THE LILY PROJECT - "Enabling Young Women's Sexual Healthcare from Nicaragua to LatAm"
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Ileana and Rob are grateful to be joined by our first guest from Nicaragua/Central America. This unique multi-cultural, multi-generat...
Ep 23. FRAN OLIVA - "Investing in the Crypto Economy, DeFi and the Future"
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Fran Oliva, Founding Partner at Plaintext Capital, shares his belief in the emerging crytpo-economy! He educates us on the central ro...
Ep 22. The End of Season 2. 'We're still in a pandemic'
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this season ending episode, Ileana and Rob reflect on the incredible guests, stories and personal experiences we've endured during this Season 2 an...
Ep 21. JESSICA BEDOYA - "Coming Home to your Purpose- Banking on the Americas & Latina entrepreneurs!"
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Jessica Bedoya, states her powerful case for the future of female led entrepreneurial economies of Latin America! This dynamic and de...
Ep 20. SANTIAGO SAN MARTIN - "A PRIDE Discussion about Diversity, Talent & Being True to Yourself"
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Ileana and Rob are joined by one of the most dynamic young advocates for LGBTQ+ rights and opportunity in Latin America. Santiago San...
Ep 19. MEGHAN STEVENSON-KRAUSZ - "Born to be a Bridge Builder!"
06 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Ileana and Rob explore the fascinating, bridge building, personal story of Meghan Stevenson-Krausz, one of Latin America's leading Ve...
Ep 18. ANNA RAPTIS - "Women Investors are Building their own table in Latin America"
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Ileana and Rob are talking breakthrough progress in the Latin American entrepreneurial economy, with Anna Raptis, founding General Pa...
Ep 17. TAJ AHMAD ELDRIDGE - "Economic Artistry and ClimateTech. Building The Better World"
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Ileana and Rob are joined by a self described Economic Artist and Rapper Poet, Taj Ahmad Eldridge, General Partner at Include Venture...
Ep 16. Clubhouse, Our Drinking Habits and Women's History Month
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Ileana and Rob decided to "hit record" and turned an unexpectedly open date on their recording schedule into a fun/funny conversation...
Ep 15. PABLO XIMÉNEZ DE SANDOVAL - "California, Where the World Comes to See the Future!"
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Ileana and Rob are joined by Pablo Ximénez de Sandoval, Editorial Columnist at El Pais, the world's largest Spanish language newspap...
Ep 14. JOLYNN VALLEJO - "Building Bridges between LatAm and Silicon Valley, an insiders view from San Francisco in 2021"
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Ileana and Rob are joined by Jolynn Vallejo, (recently) former Director of LatinSF, an innovative collaboration between GlobalSF & th...
Ep 13. JUAN CONDE - "Are 'Smart Contracts' Really Smart, or Contracts?"
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Ileana and Rob are joined by Juan Conde, the Founding Partner at Novus Concilium, one of Mexico's leading tech/startup/IP law firms. ...
Ep 12. It's Time to Build the Future!
07 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're so excited about Season Two's potential to shape the sorts of meaningful and fun conversations which will encourage and mentor our listeners to ...
Ep 11. Investing in Doing Good, to Solve the Big Problems
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ileana and Rob are so excited to be back for a bigger, longer and more global Season 2 of the pod! We're so grateful to our growing audience of entrep...
Ep 10. RAFAEL PIÑON - "The Future of Education & Work. The future is Now!"
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ileana and Rob are joined for this incredibly important conversation, by a leading voice in the future of the Education industry in Latin America, Señ...
Ep 9. Imposter Syndrome. You’re not Alone!
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ileana and Rob get together from Guadalajara and Los Angeles, for an important, very personal conversation around the timely topic of “Imposter Synd...
Ep 8. ANDREANA CASTELLANOS & MARIO GIL - "A Founders Round-the-World Discussion"
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Ileana and Rob continue to experiment with the format exploring the most impactful way to help entrepreneurs learn and grow. They invite (2...
Ep 7. SERGIO BORROMEI - "Reduce your tools, to Increase your Creativity"
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Ileana and Rob welcome their first VIP Guest mentor, Sergio Borromei, joins in from Santiago, Chile, for a fun conversation aro...
Ep 6. Pandemic Era Top Ten List for LatAm
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During this pandemic era life when our daily news cycle is so sour and serious, Ileana and Rob bring some fresh fun energy to this week's conversation...
Ep 5. Truths, Lies and Eating the (Global) Elephant
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this borderless world we live in now, Ileana and Rob get really "real" this week, and don't hold back, on the truths of their own stories. They rec...
Ep 4. The honest realities of Remote Work & Raising Capital in the Pandemic Era
27 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the midst of a global pandemic, and economic lockdown, Ileana and Rob dive right into the deep end, with questions that keep entrepreneurs and exec...
Ep 3. The Power of Storytelling
14 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ileana and Rob continue exploring the key traits that make up any successful entrepreneur, and this week, they hit the jackpot with their deep discuss...
Ep 2. Dreams, Creativity & Persistence. Entrepreneurship in 2020
06 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you ever wonder if you are dreaming "big enough"? Do some entrepreneurs have some magical traits built into their DNA or no? This week Ileana and R...
Ep 1. The Preview of Mentors Today
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Season 1/eps 1 “Preview Of Mentors Today”