Community, New Year's are always full of new promise and renewed commitment to your goals and objectives. But let’s be real for a moment. Most founders don’t struggle because they lack talent, hustle, or ideas. They struggle because everything feels important… and that kills focus. One idea turns into five. Five directions turn into confusion. And pretty soon, you’re busy—but not moving forward. Clarity changes everything. When things are clear, decisions get lighter. You stop second-guessing yourself. You know what to work on this week, not just “someday.” That’s honestly why we built The Latino Startup. Not to add more noise.Not to throw more tools at you.But to help you slow things down just enough to see what actually matters. We help you:• Get clear on the problem• Get specific about who you’re serving• Take the next right step—without overthinking it You don’t need a perfect plan. You need focus, direction, and a way to test your ideas without burning yourself out. That’s the work we do together here. One clear step at a time. One decision that moves you forward. You’re not behind. You’re building. And we’ve got you. 💪

As the year slows down, I just want to say this: I’m proud of this community. You showed up. You asked hard questions. You chose progress over comfort. This season is a reminder that what we’re building here isn’t just businesses — it’s confidence, clarity, and comunidad. Take time to rest. Break bread with your people. Reflect on how far you’ve come. When we return, we do it with more focus, more courage, and more belief in ourselves and each other. Gracias for being here. The work continues — but tonight, we celebrate. 🎉 Con ganas, David

The Latino Startup is my passion and I’ve pinned my hopes that solving a great problem would lead to creating a great company. But like all of you, I too have my moments of doubt, where you decide to risk it all on success. And yes, we will all have moments of doubt, of fear of the unknown, of what if I’m wrong? But yesterday, October 1st, my first day of my next chapter in life I got a sign. A sign that the work matters, that these ideas can have a real impact. That I should have the courage of stepping into the unknown. Please watch my story about the sign. Appreciate any feedback or discussion.

I just received information that one of my first startups in my UCSD program just won a pitch competition in Alabama for $750k! Ruth Young Loaza was either the 3-4 startup to join my program in 2022. By using the LEAN Startup and helping her pivot her concept away from home decor, and instead thinking of her bed sheet system as an ergonomic solution to help housekeepers in the hospitality industry be safer and faster when they made up the beds in hotels, she could get better traction and differentiation. I remember when I said ergonomic and she said, .... ergo.. what? That small pivot in her idea opened doors, created a bigger value proposition than just looking good, and got her the attention of the people who were experiencing the problem. The hotel industry, the insurance companies and the housekeepers themselves. And the coolest thing? Ruth was a hotel housekeep herself for over 20 years, became nearly homeless, but had this idea at her most difficult time that there must be a better way to make beds. She made prototypes, tried them out, refined her concept... even applied for and recieved over 3 patents.... and then joined my incubator in 2022. THIS is the power of finding a great problem to solve, applying yourself to solve it in a unique and powerful way and then, persevering through the challenges of finding commercialization partners. She still has new challenges with the $750k, but she has a fighting chance to succeed and bring generational wealth to her and her children. THIS is why I do what I do..... https://www.axios.com/local/huntsville/2025/10/01/huntsville-entrepreneur-nabs-3x-pitch-competition-winnings

Hey Team, I got the photos and one promo video! The trouble is they are high res and I can't post here. I have them all on a shared drive, what would be the easiest and best way to distribute? David