Hispanic Americans own 4.2 million businesses that contribute $668 billion in revenue to the U.S. economy, and Los Angeles is home to 65% of Hispanic-owned businesses in California.
“Members of our community are driven and committed to starting and building their own businesses,” said Luis Patiño, president and general manager of Univision Los Angeles. POSiBLE LA fosters that passion and empowers Angelinos by providing all the tools and resources needed to bring ideas to life.”
Univision Los Angeles will once again host the one-day POSiBLE L.A. Entrepreneur Summit to empower business owners. Launched last year with Angelino entrepreneurs in mind, POSiBLE LA drew about 5,000 business owners.
Univision Communications Inc. includes Univision Network, UniMás, Univision Cable Networks, ForoTV, Univision Now, FUSION TV and digital brands that span categories including, technology (Gizmodo), sports (Deadspin), lifestyle (Lifehacker), women’s interests (Jezebel), news and politics (Splinter), African American news and culture (The Root), gaming (Kotaku), Environment (Earther), and car culture (Jalopnik). Additionally, UCI has ownership in comedy and news satire brands The Onion, Clickhole, The A.V. Club and The Takeout.
POSiBLE L.A. 2018 will take place Sat., June 23rd at The Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, CA. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., with the event running from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. POSiBLE L.A. 2018 presenting sponsor is Wells Fargo Bank, with Rise Programs as the premier sponsor.
The program for the 2018 Summit includes a keynote address from financial expert Julie Stav of Julie Stav Inc. as well as best-selling author Carlos Marquez who will also be speaking during one of the panel discussions.
In addition, panel discussions will feature a number of Univision personalities. Andrea Gonzalez, anchor for Noticias 34, will moderate a discussion titled “Latinas de Exito” (Successful Latinas), while Salvador Garcia, creative services director for Univision Los Angeles, will host “Branding: It Makes or Breaks Your Business.”
K-LOVE radio personality Donaji Esparza will lead a discussion titled “Los errores son el camino al éxito” (Errors Are the Path to Success).
In addition, Univision Creator Network influencers Gia Fey and Rosy McMichael will share first-hand insight on how their YouTube channels have grown from passion projects to businesses.
Made up of six business zones named “Plan It, Finance It, Explore It, Grow It, Structure It and Emerging,” attendees to the one-day event will learn from entrepreneurs and professionals about how to plan, finance, structure, launch and grow a business.
Entrepreneurs can join the conversation via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and using the hashtag #POSIBLELA across all social platforms. For more information, please click here.
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