As part of our continued effort to extend access and opportunity to New Americans and refugees we hosted this workshop on entrepreneurship with Davis Smith, CEO and Cofounder of Cotopaxi.

Outline of the show: 

0:00 Introduction 

1:15 Welcome and show of hands 

4:15 Co-founders 

25:00 Working with family 

28:30 The importance of networking 

33:30 Raising capital 

51:00 Creating momentum 

56:15 Office of Economic Opportunity 

57:45 Understanding your customer 

1:08:00 Trial and error 

1:14:45 Equity investors 

1:16:45 MBA program 

1:22:00 Culture 

1:25:30 Developing ideas 

1:28:45 Passion vs need 

1:34:00 Underserved communities 

1:44:00 Closing

Show links: 

https://www.cotopaxi.com https://

www.linkedin.com/in/davismsmith/ 

https://themillatslcc.com