Entrepreneur

She Shoots! She Scores!

Elisa Padilla shares her game plan for rebranding the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets.

Rising from Ashes

Manuel Tavárez rebuilds his pallet business from scratch after a devastating fire and experiences exponential growth.

Connecting the Dots

Serial entrepreneur Andres Ruzo seeks to reshift flow of trade from east-west to north-south via Link America.

Forging a New Path

CoCal Landscape’s Jesus “Chuy” Medrano explains why starting his own landscaping business was the natural choice.

Forward Thinker

Argent Associates president and CEO Beatriz “Betty” Manetta explains why entrepreneurism is not for the weak of heart.

Simplifying Project Management

Gui Ponce de Leon of PMA Consultants takes the complexity out of tackling projects.

A chance meeting turned two strangers into fast friends and business partners.

Now as principals of their own law firm, Michael Estrada and Michael Vasquez work together to tackle the “daunting and awesome” task of defending plaintiffs at their most vulnerable.

Constructing a Dream

Ricardo Rivera fights the odds to turn his fledgling venture, Ideal Interiors, into one of New York City’s premier general-construction firms.

Scoring Big

AC&M’s Jaime Cardenas gives the play by play behind some of his agency’s most memorable sports campaigns.

“You have to wrestle with doing the right thing—and we had to dig deep to figure out how to survive without laying anyone off.”

What Zeferino Banda Jr. started in 2003 as a one-man safety-consulting business has defied his own expectations. Now boasting 50 employees, Banda Group International, LLC demonstrates that with enough planning, care, and foresight, accidents are entirely avoidable.

At age 21, Henry Mesa worked in electronics by day and taught it by night.

He heads his own company now, providing high-tech installations for high-profile clients such as the Chicago White Sox.

“What I like about finance for women is that you can always quantify what you’re doing. Did you save money for the client? Did you bring in revenue?”

Adela Cepeda of A.C. Advisory turns her penchant for numbers into a formidable financial career.

Precious Piedras

The daughter of hardworking Colombian immigrants, Liz Palacios shares with HE how her passion for vintage jewelry and the support of her family led her to launch her own successful enterprise.

Making a Franchise McFlourish

Celebrating 20 years as owner/operator at McDonald’s, Joseph E. Montoya shares his tried-and-true strategies for running a successful franchise with golden arches.

Full-Time Perks

Ron Alvarado chose an odd time to launch a recruitment-services company. In 2009, as the country was experiencing some of the most financially troubling times in history, the premise of Alvarado’s Novus Staffing Solutions was to find people jobs when no one was hiring.

Armed with Work Ethic

Propelled by skills he learned in the army, Adolph Galindo has spent the last 28 years making Delta Scale, Inc. a leading industry force.

Cornering the Mexican-Food Market

From a small grocery store and tortilla plant started by the Villarreal brothers to one of the biggest Hispanic-owned corporations in Wisconsin, here is the story behind El Rey Mexican Products Inc’s. explosive growth.

“I was working 16 hours a day, seven days a week. I loved the adrenaline.”

Lured by the frenetic pace of the real-life game of car chess, Peruvian-entrepreneur Jorge Peralta lives life on the fast lane with his chauffeuring business World Ground, Inc.

Changing the Game

Edward Avila connects employers with candidates via Facebook app myJoblinx.

Showcasing the Fabric of Latinidad

Arabel Alva Rosales, cofounder and co-executive producer of Latino Fashion Week—the only show of its kind in the country—explains how the fashion event evolved from its humble roots into a powerful platform for Latino designers and models.

“You have to be willing to pay your dues. A lot of what we do requires getting dirty.”

Armed with the courage to dream big, Trison Services’ Joe Torres has seen his hard work materialize in the form of a fast-growing company after years of paying his dues.