By Eric Diaz The Smile – Meeting Tyannah As I’ve learned in the advertising business, you can tell a lot from a smile. When my team first presented me with Tyannah’s friendly expression; I knew she was a perfect match for my client’s campaign. While working on one our agency’s CPG cli...
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As I stood on the stage and looked out on the 60 blank stares, I gripped the microphone with my sweaty palms and did what I always do in this situation; told a joke. A few weeks back I was honored to be awarded with the 4 Under 40 Award from ALPFA, the Association of Latino Professionals for Ame...
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This week kicked off the 2nd annual Phoenix Startup Week. PHX Startup Week, started by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, is a week-long, Valley-wide showcase and celebration of Arizona’s entrepreneur community. My team at Coworking on 15th Ave had the pleasure and honor of hosting the Hispanic Tr...
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In the last week I have been called the 'B word', accused of hiring illegal immigrants, and told that Donald Trump is going to deport me back to Mexico. Yes, you guessed it. I am posting a job in Spanish on Craigslist. The featured image (above and below) is the typical negative response that...
Continue reading ...The Problem: Business Card Etiquette I handed the poorly dressed banker my card, and within a split second it was engulfed in an over-sized plaid pocket, destined to be crumpled and forgotten in an old shoe box, its only hope to be resurrected one day as a desperate entrepreneur puts together a h...
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Mixed Feelings Ill admit that most of my reasoning for liking or disliking a city tends to be directly correlated to how I feel about their basketball team. I love new York because I love the Knicks. I hate Miami because I hate the Heat. And LA, well don't get me started on that bandwagon team. ...
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High Expectations? I honestly didn't expect much from a Toledo casino. Having been to a range of well known US casinos from Las Vegas to Foxwoods, I wasn't assuming much as my friend and I descended on the elevator into the Hollywood Casino adjacent to the Maumee River on Toledo's south side. ...
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