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If a picture is worth a thousand words, this recap video from our 'Latinos and Big Money' event last week is an endless story - one whose true heroes and protagonists are our very own sponsors and supporters:
First we thank poet and writer Marlon Lizama and cellist Rich Rodriguez for their powerful opening act. (To follow Marlon or for more of his poetry, see his website here:
http://www.marlonlizamapoetry.org/book-info.html)
Thank you David Maldonado of PanDulceHTX for helping to coordinate this performance.
Our Title Sponsors for the night were Chase and East End District. Thank you Janet Poe-Pizarro and Veronica Chapa Gorczynski for your friendship and for always supporting the NAHREP cause.
Thank you, NAHREP Houston Annual Sponsors, for your continued support: Wells Fargo, Cadence Bank, Prosperity Bank, and Bank of America.
Thank you to our board of directors and leadership committee for the endless hours you commit to our organization's growth and progress.
Thank you event sponsors:
Shell Federal Credit Union
Correa Properties
Quote Slash
Angela Benevich of Thrive Mortgage
Texas Net Capital
Millennial Title
Choice Home Warranty
The Monarch Team
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And last but certainly not least, thank you guest speakers. We hope you understand the gravity of your efforts and our deep appreciation for you. We were honored to have leading experts and seasoned entrepreneurs present information on accessing capital for businesses and nonprofits. We learned about angel investing, seed money, venture capital, and nonprofit fundraising that night.
In no particular order, our list of speakers:
Beatriz Acevedo of SUMA Wealth (Keynote Speaker)
Sergio Rodriguez of Todooly
Julio Calzada of Angeles Investors
Robert Morales of Diversity Fund Houston
Mariella Massa of Finhous
Chris Sears of JPAR The Sears Group
Andrea Romero of Sterling Non-Profits
Amanda Dietz of Chase Bank
Blanca Blanco of East End District
Video by ConnEcht Business
This morning Class XLI kicked off their Business, Housing & Community Development Learning Session. A special that you to all of our Learning Session supporters, including our sponsors, Walter P Moore & East End District!
La comunidad Latina en USA sobresale por tener un alto porcentaje de empresarios, sin embargo menos del 2% en capital de riesgo es invertido en empresas fundadas por Latinos.
Es por eso que la mesa directiva de NAHREP Houston ha organizado un evento para atraer mayores inversiones, recaudaciones, generar conciencia a este problema, aumentar el conocimiento sobre los fondos de capital-riesgo, y atraer inversionistas ángeles a èsta comunidad de empresarios en Houston.
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Además en esta presentación también se enseñará como recaudar fondos para organizaciones sin fines de lucro y varios préstamos disponibles para pequeños negocios.
El evento es mayormente patrocinado por East End District y el banco Chase entre otros patrocinadores.
🗓📅Miércoles, 26 de Octubre
⏰5pm
📍TBH (Talento Bilingüe de Houston)
333 S Jensen Dr., Houston TX 77003.
🎫Regístrate! Adquiere tus boletos para el evento en:
https://nahrepgreaterhouston.org/events/
La entrada que incluye cena es $40 para miembro de NAHREP Houston y $55 para no miembros.
Oradores invitados incluyen: Beatriz Acevedo, Julio Calzada, Mariella Massa, Sergio Rodríguez, Amanda Dietz, Chris Sears, y Andrea Romero.
NAHREP Houston is proud to announce Julio Calzada as a guest speaker for our upcoming event on October 26th!
Purchase your tickets to "Latinos and Big Money: How to Raise and Access Capital" here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nahrep-houston-latina-os-and-big-money-tickets-408957762677?aff=Microsite
Julio Calzada is a member of the Angeles Investors, a group whose mission is to find, fund, and grow the most promising Hispanic and Latinx ventures. Despite Latinos making up 20% of the US population, only 2% of US venture capital funding goes to these entrepreneurs. The goal of Angeles Investors is to change that.
Mr. Calzada's primary role is with ZXP Technologies LLC, where he is responsible for executing the financial strategy of ZXP as CFO.
Prior to ZXP, Julio was Director of Corporate Development and Strategy at CST Industries. He previously served as Director of Corporate Development and Strategy at Liqui-Box in Richmond, VA., Investment Associate for The Sterling Group, a private equity firm in Houston, TX, and Investment Banking Analyst in Morgan Stanley’s Global Services group.
In addition to Angeles and ZXP, Mr. Calzada is a Board Member of the Harvard Business School Latino Alumni Association, and has a real estate rental company, Boyer Gate LLC.
He holds a B.B.A. in Accounting from Texas A&M University and a MBA from Harvard Business School.
A note about our event:
With the support of key community partners like Chase Bank and East End District, NAHREP Houston is putting together an event to keep the dialogue about raising and accessing capital going and growing:
How do we get better connected to the BIG money? What's the meaning of "the seed stage", venture capital, angel investing, or private equity investments? Whether it's BIG money for early or late stage startups, small business loans, or even non-profit fundraising, we'll cover it all.
Join us on the evening of October 26th at this historic Latino cultural arts theater, Talento Bilingue de Houston, to scale up your business and capital reach.
NAHREP Houston is proud to announce Sergio Rodriguez as a guest speaker for our upcoming event on October 26th!
Purchase your tickets to "Latinos and Big Money: How to Raise and Access Capital" here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nahrep-houston-latina-os-and-big-money-tickets-408957762677?aff=Microsite
Sergio holds a degree in Biomedical Physics and is the Co-founder and CEO of ToDooly, an online platform that connects homeowners with young people for routine outdoor and unskilled services. Sergio moved to the US when he was 12 years old and paid his way through college pulling weeds. He recently received the O-1 visa status by demonstrating extraordinary ability in the field of business and entrepreneurship. As CEO he has raised $2.7 million in funding from institutional investors including the world-renowned Techstars Accelerator Program and top-tier funds like Precursor Ventures (San Francisco, CA) and General Catalyst affiliated fund Rough Draft Ventures (New York, NY). Sergio has been recognized by Crain’s Detroit as a top 20 in their Twenties in business, and ToDooly has been rated as the top Mobile app of 2021 in the state of Michigan. Additionally, ToDooly was recognized by ChicagoNEXT and Mayor Lori Lightfoot in 2020 as one of the ecosystem's most promising startups.
Sergio is also the founder and former President of Timmy Global Health WSU, a chapter of an Indianapolis-based non-profit organization whose mission is to empower communities to address health disparities in a sustainable way, and the founder and former president of the Wayne State Grappling Club, where Wayne State Students can explore and learn grappling disciplines like wrestling, Judo, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
A note about our event:
With the support of key community partners like Chase Bank and East End District, NAHREP Houston is putting together an event to keep the dialogue about raising and accessing capital going and growing:
How do we get better connected to the BIG money? What's the meaning of "the seed stage", venture capital, angel investing, or private equity investments? Whether it's BIG money for early or late stage startups, small business loans, or even non-profit fundraising, we'll cover it all.
Join us on the evening of October 26th at this historic Latino cultural arts theater, Talento Bilingue de Houston, to scale up your business and capital reach.
Check out the AMAZING design by HTX ART in the HEART at our Eastwood Park station! It will get a clear coat to seal the paint and protect the design and then we can get it back up and running. Couldn't be happier with the way the East End Art Station program is turning out, thanks to funding from East End District and Wells Fargo USA!
Yesterday we facilitated a Meet & Greet with our local Gulfgate Center Mall businesses. Together, we discussed how calls for service are received, ways that we can improve safety for workers, and addressed concerns from our local businesses.
Thank you CenterWell Senior Primary Care for allowing us to use your beautiful facility to host the meeting and thank you to East End District for providing refreshments!
Public Safety Is and Always Will Be Our #1 Priority!
If You See Something, Say Something, 👀
You Know The Number 713-274-3400 📞
Another great meeting! Planning, learning, and having fun while trying to make the world a little better.
Thank you to our speaker Vicky Heileman Pink for sharing her story and raising awareness about disease, an inherited blood disorder marked by defective hemoglobin. Sickle cells tend to stick together, blocking small blood vessels causing very painful and damaging complications.
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Also thank you for the beautiful pictures!
We congratulate Emilly, a 2022 East End Scholar! Emilly is graduating from East Early College High School and plans to study Neuroscience at The University of Texas at Austin.
All East End Scholars were recognized at our 2022 Education Symposium. Thank you to our Education Symposium Silver Sponsor, East End District for your support! To view all our sponsors and scholars, visit our website at
https://bit.ly/3wPClYI
🔵🔵Learn more about the Foundation!
https://www.eecoc.org/education-workforce-foundation