126: Top 20 Countdown
Top 20 Countdown: Week 6
Welcome to Innovation City—powered by Venture Cafe—where Tyler Kelley and Michael Johnson, Co-Founders of SLAM! Agency, interview innovators, creators, and disruptors to discover how business is changing in the modern world.
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Today’s episode is the sixth of several highlight shows where we are taking a look back at our top 20 favorite interviews and conversations of all time. Today’s guest is Natalia Martinez-Kalinina, General Manager of CIC Miami and Latin America Lead of CIC Global. Natalia is also the Founder of Awesome Foundation MIAMI, a micro-grant leader in South Florida, Co-Founder of Aminta Ventures, and she was appointed by Governor Rick Scott to serve on the Florida Commission on Community Service.
Some key points from Natalia from CIC Miami:
- Entrepreneurs of Choice vs. Entrepreneurs of Necessity
- The power of accessible entrepreneurship to drive economic development at all levels of society
- Pushing entrepreneurs to think about becoming a US or global company
- Aminta Ventures’ focus on growing Miami’s pool of female investors
- The need to build the overall investor pool in Miami
- Listen or watch Natalia’s full episode here
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