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LATINA Style
Business Series in
Dallas
Entrepreneurship
is about the pursuit
of a vision and
opportunities,
fearlessness in
execution,
networking and
flexibility. Great
leadership and
courage is required
in order to open
your business and
the LATINA Style
Business Series
certainly promotes,
informs and
celebrates such
leaders!
On May 25th, 2007,
over 150 empowered
Latina business
owners gathered in
unison at a dynamic
and energetic
conference in
Dallas, at the
Hilton Anatole
Hotel. Broad
spectrums of topics
were discussed
including marketing
strategies, access
to capital,
protecting your
investments, health
Insurance and
technology Solutions
for your business.
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Business Plans
are road maps
that get you
from point A to
point B yet need
to be flexible
and revisited
every six months
for adjustments.
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The Small
Business
Administration
helps business
owners with
funding and
developing
successful
business plans.
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Surround
yourself with
people that are
good with the
areas that you
are not.
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Spend money
ahead of time in
order to ensure
success versus
analyzing where
you failed...
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Keynote
Speaker,
Deputy
Administrator
Jovita
Carranza
of the
U.S.
Small
Business
Administration |
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Entrepreneur
panel:
Gina
Puente,
Puente-Brancato
Enterprises;
Patricia
Rodriguez,
CRC
Group
and
Emma
Silva,
El
Extra
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Establish a
reputation as a
good deliverer
of outstanding
services.
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Complete jobs on
time and under
budget. Be fair
in your prices.
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Brand yourself
and build strong
references.
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Target different
industry areas
with customized
presentations.
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Determine your
type of business:
Sole
Proprietorship,
partnership or a
corporation as
this would have
different tax
regulations,
exceptions and
rules.
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Keep good
records; consult
a lawyer and a
CPA for your
business.
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$686B buying
power of
Hispanic market
& IT spending of
$2.3B.
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IBM has
technology
advancements
that can take
your business to
the next level
while saving
your business
money. Examples:
Storage, voice
over IP,
broadband etc.
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AT&T offers
unity rate plans
which allow you
to talk to AT&T
customers for
free! A true
Global Network!
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Comprehensive
health insurance
covers: hospital
stays, surgeries,
doctor visits,
routine labs
exams,
preventive care,
prescriptive
drugs and more.
Good to consider
for your
business
Among the many
speakers at the
event were: Lavan
Alexander district
director of the U.S.
Small Business
Administration;
Bianca A. Gulberti,
vice president at
Bank of Texas; Cindy
Benavides, president
& CEO of Strategic
Events & PR; Dovar
Tovar, president of
Tovar Public
Relations; Minerva
Rodriguez, president
of the Chichi group;
Bridget Moreno,
attorney at
Linebarger Goggan
Blair & Sampson, LLP;
Randy Garza, area
retail sales manager
for AT&T; Cici
Rojas, president of
the Greater Dallas
Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce; Gina
Puente, president of
Puente-Brancato
Enterprises;
Patricia Rodriguez
Christian, president
of the CRC Group, to
name a few. |
During the
Latina Entrepreneur Award
Luncheon, Gloria Campos, anchor
and reporter of WFAA Channel 8
served as mistress of ceremony,
while special sponsor remarks
were given by Leonard James III,
U.S. Business Development
manager at ExxonMobil Fuels
Marketing. Attendees were eager
and excited to have the
Honorable Jovita Carranza,
deputy administrator of the U.S.
Small Business Administration as
the keynote speaker of the event.
She spoke about her success
story starting at a packing
department at UPS, moving up
until managing a large division
for UPS and currently working at
the White House! Also, the
Latina Entrepreneur award
recipient was Gina Puente,
president of Puente-Brancato
Enterprises. Her family business
is an innovative concept of
airport winery that has
succeeded and survived in spite
struggles and hurdles they went
through after September 11. The
evening concluded with giveaways,
and prizes such as iPODs, free
airline tickets to anywhere in
the U.S., George Foreman Grill
and much more! It was also great
to see the amazing work created
by such amazing committee of
Latinas: Lupita Colmenero,
publisher of El Hispano News,
Veronica Torres, director of
diversity and community
relations at the Dallas
Convention & Visitors Bureau,
Carmen Garcia, director of
community affairs at the State
Fair of Texas, Cici Rojas,
president of the Greater Dallas
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce,
and Nina Vaca, president of
Pinnacle Technical Resources,
Inc.
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Lupita
Colmenero,
publisher
of
El
Hispano
News
presents
Gloria
Tostado
of
General
Motors
Company
the
Leadership
Dinner
Sponsor’s
Recognition |
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AARP
representatives |
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American
Airlines
representatives |
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AT&T
representatives |
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State
Farm
representatives
during
the
exhibit
and
networking
reception |
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Thanks to all our sponsors and
participants for a successful
and fun event!
Sponsors: American Airlines,
AARP Health Care Options, AT&T,
ExxonMobil, GM, IBM Corporation,
Northwestern Mutual Financial
Network, Office Depot, Principal
Financial, State Farm Insurance,
Sam’s Club, UnitedHealthcare,
and Wal-Mart.
Partners: Greater Dallas
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, El
Hispano News, Dallas Convention
& Visitors Bureau, State Fair of
Texas, Pinnacle, El Lider USA,
El Extra Newspaper, ACCION
Texas, Hispanic Women of North
Texas, Univision Radio and the
US Small Business Administration.w
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By Vielka-Lee
Heitz |
