Latino Business Report

Episode 15 – There are ways to brand and market your company other than paid advertising. In this episode we interview Bill Gato, CEO, Co-Founder and Partner of Latinx Newswire and Angela Sustaita-Ruiz, Co-Founder of Brilla Media, RetroPop Media and Hispanicize. Take advantage of Bill and Angela’s marketing and public relations expertise. Learn how even a small business can get great media coverage without having to pay for it.

Episode 14 – In this episode Host J.R. Gonzales has a candid conversation with Eddie Aldrete about Immigration, Dreamers and DACA. Aldrete has been named one of the Top 100 most influential figures in Texas politics and government and one of the most influential people in San Antonio. As an IBC senior vice president, Eddie Aldrete monitors local and federal policies that directly impact the financial services industry, international trade, economic development, immigration, border security...

Episode 13 - In this episode learn about the new criteria of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), and the set asides for small businesses. The Director of Business Education and Consulting Services for Prestamos CDFI, Amber Cordoba, gives listeners step by step instructions on how to apply for this forgivable loan. In this round of PPP Loans 501(c)(6) organizations with fewer 150 or fewer employees and Self-Employed Individuals with Schedule C positive net income on Line 31...

Episode 12 - Meet Albert Martinez, president, and CEO of Solve HR a professional employer organization (PEO). Originally from Mission, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley, Martinez grew his San Antonio based company, Solve HR, to 47 states. In this episode, host J.R. Gonzales, has a candid conversation with Martinez about many of the back-office obstacles that face small to medium sizes businesses. Martinez also talks about how efficiently providing HR solutions allows business owners to be...

Episode 11- Abusive commercial vehicle lawsuits have put a target on the backs of Texas small businesses, even if they have not been involved in an accident. According to the Texas Office of Court Administration, motor vehicle litigation has increased 118 percent in Texas since 2008, while other types of personal injury litigation have decreased. A lawsuit was filed after one out of every 10 crashes in 2019, up from one in every 17 cases in 2008. This has caused the price of insurance to...

Episode 10 - For over a quarter-century the Friends of the American Latino Museum has been the only organization dedicated to advocating for a National Latino Museum. In this episode, we have conversation with Danny Vargas, who was Chairman of the Friends of the American Latino Museum when Congress passed the bill and was signed into law. “The passage of this bill caps off a decades-long effort to create an institution that would celebrate and commemorate the over 500 years of Latino...

Episode 9 - Omar Uresti discovered his love for the game of golf at age 4. Determined to pursue his passion Uresti became a professional golfer when there were very few Latino playing the game. This interview gives listeners a glimpse of what it takes to be a professional golfer.

Many people think that if you put grilled meat in a tortilla add cheese, guacamole, sour cream, and Pico de Gallo that you have a fajita. No, you have a taco. A fajita is a specific cut a meat that comes from a cow. Therefore, there is no such thing as a chicken fajita. This episode - Chickens Don't Have Fajitas, interviews Sonny Falcon, the Fajita King. Sonny Falcon whose name became synonymous with fajitas passed December 19, 2019 at the age of 81. This audio recording of J.R. Gonzales...

Episode 7 - Business owners and entrepreneurs all want their operations to grow. However, many owners focus on the wrong things that have no direct or immediate effect on generating revenue, securing long-term customers, or many other business goals and objectives. This episode speaker Hamid simplifies the growth process into proven and amazingly easy to understand methods that entrepreneurs around the world constantly overlook. If you ready to get your business growing, grab a note pad and...

Episode 6 - Business owners and entrepreneurs all want their operations to grow. However, many owners focus on the wrong things that have no direct or immediate effect on generating revenue, securing long-term customers, or many other business goals and objectives. This episode speaker Hamid simplifies the growth process into proven and amazingly easy to understand methods that entrepreneurs around the world constantly overlook. If you ready to get your business growing, grab a note pad and...

Episode 5 - Due to the high and disproportionate infections and mortality rate of COVID-19 among Hispanics, African Americans and other minorities, the Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce (TAMACC) hosted a webinar with Dr. Anthony Fauci to address these concerns. The TAMACC webinar exceeded capacity. Over 1,000 Hispanic business owners, community leaders and elected officials from across Texas and from around the county registered to watch the webinar. Fauci's...

Episode 4 – In this episode Latino Business Report host J.R. Gonzales has a candid uninterrupted conversation with Ing. Francisco M. Galvan Garza, a representative of the Governor of Tamaulipas Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca.

Episode 3- Immigration attorneys Alejandro Martinez with the Immigration Institute and Raymundo Valdez with the law firm of Valdez and Monarrez have a candid conversation with Latino Business Report host J.R. Gonzales about immigration laws and new White House policies. Part 2 of 2 ( Recorded March 2017)

Episode 2 - Immigration attorneys Alejandro Martinez with the Immigration Institute and Raymundo Valdez with the law firm of Valdez and Monarrez have a candid conversation with Latino Business Report host J.R. Gonzales about immigration laws and new White House policies. Part 1 of 2 (Recorded March 2017)

Episode 1 - This episode interviews TAMACC leadership current and past about the organs of the Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce