The success of 10 Mexican entrepreneurs is surprising. From the creator of Appa chatbot smart at recruiting staff or the entrepreneur who created Yana, a virtual friend to strengthen mental health. Going by the passionate about audio that she made Beek to listen to audiobooks or the founder of Fit to search for apartments or houses for rent.
They are women hardworking, excellent, focused, disciplined, passionate, persevering, visionary, strategists. They seek to constantly advance. They are always thinking about how to grow their business. They are very good at executing their ideas and seeing if they work or not; and they change quickly.
They have not only created one company, but several. At the same time they lead a life as mothers and wives. Furthermore, they are investors. Their ventures have been recognized as the most innovative in Latin America. Anyway, here we present the example of 10 entrepreneurs Mexican women who inspire you to break barriers and pursue your dreams.
Learn from the best Mexican entrepreneurs
1) Vera Makarov from Apli
Believe Appa chatbot intelligent that automates the entire recruiting process. She is a serial entrepreneur, investor and mother. Her passion is to bring innovation, efficiency and technology to companies and teams. She is highly motivated to correct inefficiencies and support advocates for change. She meditates, does HIIT exercise and tests the latest research on mindfulness, psychology or sales.
2) Pamela Valdes from Beek.io
She is the creator of Beek.io, an app to listen to audiobooks in Spanish. Pamela is passionate about audio. She believes that the most generous thing you can do for the world is to become the best version of yourself. Beek is the first startup Mexican admitted to Y Combinator, the same accelerator of Dropbox and Airbnb. Pamela has top investors such as Disney, Netflix, Accel, Greylock and former bosses of Pinterest and Airbnb.
3) Andrea Campos de Yana
Created the application Yana, a virtual friend that provides tools to strengthen your mental health. His company has been included for the second consecutive year on HolonIQ's list of the 50 most promising health technology companies in Latin America. She is a true believer in the incredible power that comes from collaboration and mutual support.
4) Mariana Castillo from Ben & Frank
She is the creator of the eyeglasses brand Ben & Frank. He studied economics and worked at the Bank of Mexico. He then did an MBA at the University of Chicago. She never thought she would be an entrepreneur. She started Ben & Frank when she was studying for her master's degree and she wasn't really expecting to make money. Today she has 150 opticians and more than 1,000 employees in Mexico, Chile and Colombia.
5) Cristina Palacios de Aptuno
She is the creator of Fit, a search platform for apartments and houses for rent. She is an entrepreneur focused on solving real problems with technological tools. In 2010 she along with three partners founded Aventones, a car sharing service. In 2015 the company was bought by BlaBlaCar. She is currently a partner at Innku and has actively participated in the creation of several companies: Briq.mx, Jetty.mx and Reservamos.com
6) Juliana Sarmiento from Envoyclick
She is co-founder of Shippingclicka software of logistics. Juliana is an angel investor and mentor of the program Women Techmakers Members of Google. He is passionate about helping every entrepreneur create their store on-line in 4 steps: select a platform e-commerce either marketplace, create an attractive catalogue; look for an online payment system; and use Sendclick to offer the best shipping experience.
7) Cristina Carvallo from Crabi
She is the creator of Crabi, 100% digital car insurance. She is an entrepreneur focused on creating great products and an incredible customer experience. As a product manager she is passionate about creating exceptional user experiences in educational and digital projects. She is good at telling stories to influence others. She is also a passionate advocate for building a prosperous and positive company culture.
8) Deborah Dana from Pink Basket
She is the creator of Pink Basket which helps Mexican entrepreneurs promote their products and services through Canasta Rosa's social networks. Deborah Dana's platform is to inspire, buy and sell unique, local and personalized products.
9) Lissy Giacomán de Vinco
She is CEO and co-founder of Vinco, a company founded by women passionate about education. Vinco connects employers and workers who want to grow with opportunities in educational institutions. Lissy's passion is to develop and advance the workforce through secondary education, high school, bachelor's, master's, languages, courses, etc.
10) Marlene Garayzar from Stori Card
She is co-founder of Story Card, which are credit cards without annuity and deposit accounts. She is an entrepreneur focused on building a digital platform to serve the underserved population of Latin America, solving the problem of access to credit. He has more than 19 years of experience in financial services.