Through my relationship working with the Silicon Valley SBDC at San Jose State, I got connected with Lydia Chan of San Jose State University’s Global and Professional Education team, on their partnership program with Tec de Monterrey. Tec de Monterrey has an initiative with an accelerator program that supports early-stage EdTech companies in solving challenges in Higher Education and Lifelong Learning.
Nine, selected start-up companies visited Silicon Valley on a one-week trip that gave them access to experts, venture funding partners, and networking as they prepare to launch and validate the next phase of their products.
As a marketing professional, a leader, and a parent, I am a big supporter for education. I believe education is one of the pillars that can lead nations and their people to enjoy better socioeconomic status and be on par with global technological challenges.
Participating in this opportunity enabled me to team with my SV SBDC business advisor colleagues Shawn Flynn and Hon Wong in providing 1-on-1 advisory sessions to 9 start-up companies in a two-day encounter.
I was impressed by the caliber of start-ups that I spoke with. I’m proud to see that they’re tackling educational and lifelong learning challenges in their respective home regions, e.g., Chile, Mexico, Spain, Argentina.
My conversations with these start-ups took me down the memory lanes when I was working in the Asia Pacific region, where I teamed with my regional colleagues to evangelize a global, co-branding program with local and multi-national OEMs.
It has been fun helping entrepreneurs coming from Latin America and European regions. It’s even more rewarding working with SJSU and SV SBDC counterparts to provide support at a global level on education.
