I come from a family of entrepreneurs. The entrepreneurial bug entered my genes from my grandfather, who came from Europe to Mexico with nothing and built a substantial set of businesses; it was passed on to my father, who grew a small manufacturing operation into a multi-million-dollar success. On the flipside, my mother is a university professor. I have both business and education genes in my DNA. I knew I didn’t want to be just a business owner or just an educator, because I like being both.

 

Over the years, I’ve forged paths using the gifts I was given. From my self-development company that combined sports and learning to my position as the CEO of the family's manufacturing firm in Mexico City. In addition, I help aspiring entrepreneurs as a Vistage Chair in La Jolla, California.

 

My sales and marketing company, 501 Connections, combines online and offline networking with innovative products and services, I am living my dream to have no regrets and help others.

I developed QuoteActions during the recession in 2007, for my self-development business. I saw a trend in my newsletters. The cost of production—first in the print newsletters, then the email newsletters—was going up, and the readership was going down.

I wanted a way to stay in frequent contact with my clients and prospects--a way that was cost effective and would add value. At the time, my former business partner would write some articles; I saw that those articles were the ones the readers enjoyed the most. What if we could have an article delivered to people every day? That quickly proved to be a nonstarter. But I kept pressing the whole concept. I ended up with the idea of delivering quotes—motivational, inspirational quotes. I personally like them and use them in many instances.