While the number of Latino businesses is growing faster than any other demographic, most of those businesses start small and stay small.
In this five-part series, Stanford Business explores the latest findings from a survey of more than 5,000 U.S. Latino business owners and asks four to share their stories firsthand.
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A Different Kind of Funding Bias
Latino-owned businesses struggle with discrimination when it comes to securing financing. A Stanford GSB initiative is trying to help.
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“I See Others Who Scale and Wonder What They’re Doing Differently”
In the 18 years Maria Ureña has run King Automotive Services, all company financing has been personal.
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“Discrimination Is Easy for Lenders to Hide”
Dee Ann Espinoza used credit cards, personal funds, and other alternative funding to build her 30-person environmental consulting business.
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“VCs Have Preconceived Notions Regarding How You Look or Dress”
Start-up founder Tony Aguilar learned to spot and combat natural bias to raise money for his mobile app.
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“We’re Stuck in the Middle of the River Because of Financing”
Mario Jauregui of Spindle Cooling and Warehousing has had to piece together funding for his international logistics company.
Featured Publication
2018 State of Latino Entrepreneurship
Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative
January2019
Since 2015, the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative (SLEI) has annually collected data on Latino business owners across the United States to provide timely updates on…