How To Create Markets With Technology

Belief, lots of work and sweat lots of sweat equity. That is what it takes to create and maintain a community that focuses around the simple notion of being latino. That is what Lance Rios has been able to create. An active and vibrant community of folks that share the love of being latino.

This space is devoted to highlighting those latino/a entrepreneurs that are risk takers and that are leading the way. This post explores a startup that is lead by Julio Varela (@julito77) and that has found that the path you take often defines the services your company provides and that it is often better to learn as you go and be flexible with your business objectives. Have one mission in mind but don’t forget what you learn along the way.

n order to put a great conference together we need your help. We would like you to join us for an informal meeting in Los Angeles where we will discuss the essence of Latino2 and where we will lay down the basis for the implementation of this magnificent event.

Please join us on February 6th, 2009 at Seven Restaurant in L.A. at 8 PM. Giovanni Rodriguez, David Vallejo and Kety Esquivel will be hosting the event. We already have 24 people that have signed up to attend the event. We have 16 more free tickets that we have released so please go ahead and get your free ticket now.

This post is a detailed description of a corporate marketer’s profile and how things have changed in this role over the past six years. It used to be that things changed every decade, now it changes every two years. Your challenges are forcing you off of your comfort zone and you better get ready because there’s more coming. Read on to learn more.

I really like the beginning of a new year. With all the hustle and bustle behind us, we dip our toes into resolution season and with a sense of renewal we try to leave all the stuff that we didn’t like behind us. Glorious feeling of reincarnation. You are either different, more grown up, wiser and have a few more gray hairs to for show it.

You can create a community of thousands around the idea that “Yes, We Can” but you cannot squeeze that idea out of an existing community.

The end of the year is great opportunity to review goals, make all sorts of predictions about what the new year is bringing and feel as if we have run out of time to complete some of the goals that we set off for 2009.

I have decided to start my own Facebook page. It was a decision that didn’t come easy. I needed time to get used to having “fans” on facebook and to the fact that opening up my own page might look rather self-absorved for folks that don’t understand what I am doing, so I decide to share a few reasons why someone should have (or not) a Facebook page for yourself.

On December 24th, all drip coffee and tea at Peet’s is free. Instead of paying for your drink (or in addition, if you drink espresso drinks and are so inclined), you can make donations to our program at the register. Peet’s will then contribute a match of up to $1,000 of the donations collected.

John Mayer Tweeted about it. In this time of real-time communication, new media, social networks, twitter and facebook how does a company like Accenture make use of the channels at hand? Here is a run down of what Accenture has been doing and what they are missing in the Tiger Woods issue.

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