Scaled: The Latino Business Story - Investors Want a Big Vision, Good Metrics and a Problem You Love

Investors Want a Big Vision, Good Metrics and a Problem You Love

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01/16/23 • 26 min

Scaled: The Latino Business Story

Jorge Torres is co-founder of MindSDB, a tech company that's working to democratize machine learning so businesses make better predictions with their own data. He speaks candidly with Elian and Juleyka about pushing himself to think bigger and reimagine the problems his company can solve, finding the elusive product-market fit, and learning to navigate the VC funding game while rising above industry bias. Our Latino Business Moment of Zen affirms our significance and the value we bring to the sectors we operate in.

This episode was supported by our LBAN Alumni Founding Sponsors Windrose Vision, VND, Fig Factor Media, Allegiant Electric and Global 4PL.

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This episode was supported by our LBAN Alumni Founding Sponsors Windrose Vision, VND, Fig Factor Media, Allegiant Electric and Global 4PL.