{"id":48796,"date":"2016-10-20T20:26:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T20:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo2016.hispanicprwire.com\/english-startup-weekend-in-oakland-focused-on-latinx-entrepreneurs-in-tech\/"},"modified":"2016-10-21T18:25:04","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T22:25:04","slug":"fin-de-semana-de-empresas-recien-creadas-en-oakland-se-enfoca-en-empresarios-latinx-en-el-sector-de-la-tecnologia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/fin-de-semana-de-empresas-recien-creadas-en-oakland-se-enfoca-en-empresarios-latinx-en-el-sector-de-la-tecnologia\/","title":{"rendered":"Startup Weekend in Oakland Focused on Latinx Entrepreneurs in Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prngen2{\nBORDER-TOP:1pt; BORDER-RIGHT:1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-BOTTOM:1pt; PADDING-LEFT:0.50em; BORDER-LEFT:1pt; PADDING-RIGHT:0.50em\n}\n.prngen3{\nBORDER-TOP:1pt; BORDER-RIGHT:1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-BOTTOM:1pt; TEXT-ALIGN: RIGHT; PADDING-LEFT:0.50em; BORDER-LEFT:1pt; PADDING-RIGHT:0.50em\n}\n.prnpr6{\nPADDING-RIGHT:0.50em\n}\n.prnpl6{\nPADDING-LEFT:0.50em\n}\n.prnvat{\nVERTICAL-ALIGN: TOP\n}\n.prnsbr1{\nBORDER-RIGHT:1pt\n}\n.prntblns{\nBORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: 1pt\n}\n.prnsbl1{\nBORDER-LEFT:1pt\n}\n.prnsbb1{\nBORDER-BOTTOM:1pt\n}\n.prnsbt1{\nBORDER-TOP:1pt\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">OAKLAND, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 20, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaporcapital.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kapor Capital<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaporcenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kapor Center for Social Impact<\/a> will host a Startup Weekend to bring visibility to rising Latinx tech talent in the Bay Area. The event will take place on <b><span class=\"xn-chron\">Friday, October 21<\/span> to <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sunday, October 23<\/span><\/b>, with the awards ceremony at <b><span class=\"xn-chron\">5pm<\/span><\/b> on Sunday, at the Kapor Center in <span class=\"xn-location\">Oakland<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgb77dleft\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgb77dleft\" title=\"The Kapor Center for Social Impact works to make the technology ecosystem and entrepreneurship more diverse and inclusive.\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The Kapor Center for Social Impact works to make the technology ecosystem and entrepreneurship more diverse and inclusive.\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnvar\/20160720\/391690LOGO\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Throughout the Startup Weekend, VC and industry experts will work with technical and non-technical entrepreneurs to design tech solutions that address problems disproportionately affecting the Latinx community. <\/p>\n<p>Organizers of this event chose to use the gender-neutral term &#8220;Latinx&#8221; (pronounced <i>la-teen-ex<\/i>) to highlight the intersectionality of the Latin-American identity across race, gender, and language. <\/p>\n<p>Media should make note of the following details for the event:<\/p>\n<div>\n<table id=\"convertedTable4448\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"1\" class=\"prntblns\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>WHEN:\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Friday, Oct 21, 6pm: Event Begins<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Sunday, Oct 23, 9pm: Event Judging\/Awards Presentation<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>WHERE:\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Kapor Center<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>2148 Broadway (@Franklin)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Oakland, CA 94612<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>WHO:\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Mitch Kapor<\/b>, Partner at Kapor Capital &amp; Kapor Center for Social Impact<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Carolina Huaranca<\/b>, Principal at Kapor Capital<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Andrew Tang<\/b>, Managing Director of Draper Dragon Fund, Partner at\u00a0Draper Associates, CEO of Hero City at Draper University<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Monique Woodward<\/b>, Founder\/Executive Director of Black Founders, Venture Partner at 500 Startups<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prnsbt1 prnsbr1 prnvat prnsbb1 prnpl6 prnsbl1 prnpr6\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>WHY:\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">The complex intersectionalities of the Latinx population in the U.S., coupled with their increasing technology consumption make this ethnic group one of the most misunderstood, yet powerful, communities of our time. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/content\/dam\/Census\/library\/publications\/2015\/demo\/p25-1143.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">By 2060, over a quarter of the entire U.S. population<\/a> will be Latinx &#8211; that&#8217;s about 119 million people &#8211; representing over a trillion dollars of economic power.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">The next big thing in tech to impact the Latinx community is not going to come out of the current demographics of Silicon Valley. Latinx are still vastly underrepresented in tech. This startup weekend aims to be a platform for aspiring Latinx entrepreneurs to innovate and create tech business ideas that will benefit their communities. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Startup Weekends are 54-hour events designed to provide superior experiential education for technical and non-technical entrepreneurs, beginning with Friday night pitches and continuing through brainstorming, business plan development, and basic prototype creation. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20160720\/391690LOGO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20160720\/391690LOGO<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">OAKLAND, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 20, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaporcapital.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kapor Capital<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaporcenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kapor Center for Social Impact<\/a> will host a Startup Weekend to bring visibility to rising Latinx tech talent in the Bay Area. 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