BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20240417T170000Z DTEND:20240417T220000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Latino Founder Day/Día Del Fundador Latino DESCRIPTION:This entire event is in Spanish and designed to empower\, elevate\, and celebrate Latino entrepreneurs in Washington State.\n\n \n\nWednesday\, April 17\n\n10:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the Wenatchee Convention Center\n\nFree to attend \n\nRegistration: ncwtech.org or link here \n\n\n\nWe are honored to host a lineup of six distinguished speakers from across the US and Mexico traveling to Wenatchee to share their knowledge and experience with us. One of our many exciting speakers includes Sandra Velasquez of Nopalera!\n\n \n\nSandra Velasquez is the Chicana founder of Nopalera\, a culture forward Bath & Body brand powered by the Mexican nopal. She launched Nopalera in the middle of the pandemic from her Brooklyn apartment with no outside funding or savings while working three jobs and raising her daughter. The brand can be found in Nordstrom\, Credo\, and over 400 boutiques nationwide. She is the winner of five grants and appeared on Shark Tank Season 14 where she turned down two offers by standing in her worth. After bootstrapping for two years she raised 2.6 Million in a seed round in 2022. Velasquez hosts The Nopalera Podcast and mentors other founders. Previous to Nopalera\, she was the bandleader of Pistolera\, a Latin-Alternative band that toured internationally and shared the stage with artists such as Los Lobos and Lila Downs. Watch this 2 minute video of her turning down two offers on the ABC Show Shark Tank. Check out her personal website. This is her company website.\n\n \n\nIn addition to the six incredible speakers\, education\, and lunch - we've set up an exhibitor hall where both organizations who serve small businesses and Latino owned businesses can showcase!\n\n \n\nIt is completely FREE to be a vendor and we'd love to have more vendors who provide small business services as well as local business owners to exhibit\, we just ask that there is someone who speaks Spanish at each booth. Registration as a vendor is on the same attendee registration link.\n\n \n\nYour participation and support in sharing this event within your network would be invaluable in making D a del Fundador Latino a success. Entrepreneurs who attend D a del Fundador Latino are then invited to continue on to the Flywheel Investment Conference\, which starts at 5:00 PM the same day.\n\n \n\nThis event is proudly organized by NCW Tech Alliance and CAFE\, please feel free to reach out to our teams at either organization for questions. I've also attached some marketing materials in both English and Spanish that we would love for you to share in your networks. We can also create custom materials for you. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
This entire event is in Spanish \;and designed to \;empower\, elevate\, and celebrate Latino entrepreneurs in Washington State.
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Wednesday\, April 17
\n10:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the \;Wenatchee Convention Center
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Free to attend \;
\nRegistration: \;ncwtech.org \;or \;link here \;
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\nWe are honored to host a lineup of six distinguished speakers from across the US and Mexico traveling to Wenatchee to \;share their \;knowledge and experience with us. One of our many exciting speakers includes Sandra Velasquez of Nopalera!
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Sandra Velasquez is the Chicana founder of Nopalera\, a culture forward Bath &\; Body brand powered by the Mexican nopal. She launched Nopalera in the middle of the pandemic from her Brooklyn apartment with no outside funding or savings while working three jobs and raising her daughter. The brand can be found in Nordstrom\, Credo\, and over 400 boutiques nationwide. She is the winner of five grants and appeared on Shark Tank Season 14 where she turned down two offers by standing in her worth. After bootstrapping for two years she raised 2.6 Million in a seed round in 2022. Velasquez hosts The Nopalera Podcast and mentors other founders. Previous to Nopalera\, she was the bandleader of Pistolera\, a Latin-Alternative band that toured internationally and shared the stage with artists such as Los Lobos and Lila Downs. \;Watch this 2 minute video of her turning down two offers on the \;ABC Show Shark Tank. \;Check out her \;personal website. \;This is her \;company website.
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In addition to the six incredible speakers\, education\, and lunch - we'\;ve set up an exhibitor hall where both organizations who serve small businesses and Latino owned businesses can showcase!
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 \;
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It is completely \;FREE to be a vendor \;and we'\;d love to have more vendors who provide small business services as well as local business owners to exhibit\, we just ask that there is someone who speaks Spanish at each booth. Registration as a vendor is on the same attendee registration link.
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Your participation and support in sharing this event within your network would be invaluable in making Dí\;a del Fundador Latino a success. \;Entrepreneurs who attend \;Dí\;a del Fundador Latino \;are then \;invited to continue on to the \;Flywheel Investment Conference\, which starts at 5:00 PM the same day.
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This event is proudly organized by NCW Tech Alliance and CAFE\, please feel free to reach out to our teams at either organization for questions. \;I'\;ve also attached some marketing materials in both English and Spanish that we would love for you to share in your networks. We can also create custom materials for you.
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