Latino entrepreneurs are drastically altering the nation's business landscape

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Apr 12, 2017

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Latino entrepreneurs are drastically altering the nation's business landscape

Since the Great Recession, Latino-owned businesses grew 300 percent faster than the national average, one study claims.

Artist Javier Hernandez co-founded the Latino Comics Expo alongside Ricardo Padilla. Both men say the goal was simply to get all Latino/a comic-book artists together under one roof to talk, share and support the field.

Since the Great Recession, Latino-owned businesses grew 300 percent faster than the national average, one study claims.

It's been nearly ten years since the economic meltdown known as the Great Recession rippled across the globe. Jobs were lost. Retirement plans shot.

In the US, business owners were forced to shut their doors. But much has changed since then: the economy is creeping back. Entrepreneurs are chasing their dreams — and a survey from Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative makes the claim that it's Latinos leading the way.

Take Two talked about it with Natassia Rodriguez Ott. She's a researcher for the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative.

Press the blue play button to hear the full interview.