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Samara Mejía Hérnandez: The Chingona of Venture Capital TrailBlazing Latinos's Podcast
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Samara Mejía Hérnandez has one of the most unique careers in the world: she invests in companies that have the potential to completely change and disrupt industries.
Having an eye to spot companies that have the potential to change millions of lives isn’t easy. Samara credits her immigrant upbringing as an advantage to help her invest in companies that may get overlooked from traditional investors. She has found that being an immigrant is not a disadvantage, but an advantage.
She didn’t grow up with money; she didn’t grow up with connections; she was in ESL classes; and venture capital or the wall street vernacular was not spoken in her house—all this has led Samara to look at unique markets in a different way.
Many Latinos may have come across the world of venture capital through companies like Snapchat and Uber, but outside of that, the world of venture capital is as mysterious to Latinos as the great pyramids of Egypt are mysterious to archeologists. Less that 3% of venture capitalists are Latinos, and Less than 1% are Latinas.
The good news is that those numbers will not stay that way for long. A lot of Latinos now have college degrees, more are owning their own businesses, and they are advancing in their careers. All these advances will usher in more money. More money means a different way of thinking about money. What Latinos will do with that money could be a topic for an economics class in the future because the topic is and will be profound. Right now, one avenue that Latinos now have access to is venture capital. The journey between Latinos and venture capital is waiting to be written and explored.
The foundation of Samara’s venture capital fund is to invest in overlooked businesses. It’s a message that we can apply to ourselves: Samara’s presence in the world of venture capital proves to us that if we invest in ourselves, we can succeed in areas of life where Latinos are traditionally overlooked.
Thank you for listening. If you like what the podcast has to offer, please subscribe to the podcast and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:
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Feel free to send me an email at trailblazinglatinos@gmail.com
Samara Mejía Hérnandez has one of the most unique careers in the world: she invests in companies that have the potential to completely change and disrupt industries.
Having an eye to spot companies that have the potential to change millions of lives isn’t easy. Samara credits her immigrant upbringing as an advantage to help her invest in companies that may get overlooked from traditional investors. She has found that being an immigrant is not a disadvantage, but an advantage.
She didn’t grow up with money; she didn’t grow up with connections; she was in ESL classes; and venture capital or the wall street vernacular was not spoken in her house—all this has led Samara to look at unique markets in a different way.
Many Latinos may have come across the world of venture capital through companies like Snapchat and Uber, but outside of that, the world of venture capital is as mysterious to Latinos as the great pyramids of Egypt are mysterious to archeologists. Less that 3% of venture capitalists are Latinos, and Less than 1% are Latinas.
The good news is that those numbers will not stay that way for long. A lot of Latinos now have college degrees, more are owning their own businesses, and they are advancing in their careers. All these advances will usher in more money. More money means a different way of thinking about money. What Latinos will do with that money could be a topic for an economics class in the future because the topic is and will be profound. Right now, one avenue that Latinos now have access to is venture capital. The journey between Latinos and venture capital is waiting to be written and explored.
The foundation of Samara’s venture capital fund is to invest in overlooked businesses. It’s a message that we can apply to ourselves: Samara’s presence in the world of venture capital proves to us that if we invest in ourselves, we can succeed in areas of life where Latinos are traditionally overlooked.
Thank you for listening. If you like what the podcast has to offer, please subscribe to the podcast and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:
Apple
Libsyn
Spotify
Stitcher
Google Play Music
Follow me on social media:
Instagram
Linkedin
Feel free to send me an email at trailblazinglatinos@gmail.com
1 hr 1 min