Read our analysis of Stanford MBA Curriculum for Entrepreneurship (Stanford Ignite, Stanford Entrepreneurship Network, Stanford Venture Studio, StartX, Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students (BASES))

STRAMGT 321: Create a New Venture: From Idea to Launch
STRAMGT 554: Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital: Partnership for Growth
STRAMGT 340: POWer: Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital from the Perspective of Women
STRAMGT 366: The Startup Garage: Testing and Launch
STRAMGT 367: Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation

When I was eight, my parents found the violence in our neighborhood a triggering point to leave El Salvador. The legal path to immigration was relatively easy as my Dad had built a reputation as a respectable academic, but his established career in El Salvador meant little in competitive tenure-based universities. He picked clerical jobs to survive in the US. The sacrifice gave me a second chance at life. I wondered about the number of immigrant parents who are denied a shot at living their true passion.

To help middle-aged immigrants develop competitive skills, I started an App - SeniorCan, that offered free tutoring in Accounting, Computer Programming, and Marketing. 67% of the users acquired basic skills. Eager to scale the skill development App and gain press coverage, I organized a start-up event - "Start-Up 99" persuading Google and Intel to sponsor a $100,000 prize for the best start-up idea.  I placed SeniorCan as the third event sponsor. The curiosity for the brand resulted in a 2000% increase in website traffic, and over seven requests to be featured in established online publications. The word spread and Google offered me a job and our App for $2M.

I rejected the offer.
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