Stanford to Bolster Latino Entrepreneurs with Massive Database

*By-and-large a good thing and an informative article, but I have problems with at least a couple of things. The article begins by stating that Latinos have made”significant strides” within Silicon Valley. But the truth is that Silicon Valley continues to be a white boys club, where those significant strides have been uphill and hard coming.
Also, the idea that Latinos “have become” an integral part of the New Mainstream is a bit condescending. In many ways Latinos are the New Mainstream, and business, politics and technology are rushing to catch up. VL

By Keerthi Chandrashekar, Latin Post

Although Latinos have made significant strides within Silicon Valley and other entrepreneurial industries, accurate and cohesive data on just how Latinos are faring is still hard to come by. Hopefully, not for long, though, as Stanford University will be launching a new initiative aimed at strengthening Latino ties with the entrepreneurial world and creating one of the most comprehensive databases of Latino entrepreneurs.

Spearheaded by Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and The Latino Business Action Network, the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative (SLEI) aims to provide key services to Latino entrepreneurs to help them thrive.

“Latinos have become an integral part of the New Mainstream in the U.S., and economic growth depends heavily on the accelerated social and economic development of this segment of our society,” reads the SLEI website.

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