Meet Larissa Davila: Providing Businesses with Quality Control and Process Standardization

Meet Larissa Davila: Providing Businesses with Quality Control and Process Standardization

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Larissa Davila, graduated from Texas A&M International University with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a major in Management. She has a certification as an ISO Internal Auditor from PENTA in Vancouver, Canada and she is 100% fluent in Spanish and English. Davila has more than 15 years of experience working with large corporations like FedEx, Sony and IBM. She has worked with international markets including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America; some European countries, Africa and Asia.

Her areas of expertise are marketing, sales, auditing, customer service, administration and logistics. Davila’s passion is to help her local community and she has worked pro-bono with several non-profit organizations for many years. She has volunteered her expertise in organizations such as V-Day, Jovenes Unidos, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Habitat for America and Latino Policy Coalition. In 2014, she co-founded Voces Latinas and in 2015 she helped to establish the Latino Arts, Culture and Education organization. She also serves in the board of Amhiga Hispana, an organization that aims to empower Spanish-speaking women in the United States.

Every year, Larissa also helps V-Day to host the One Billion Rising in Austin, Texas while supporting many other local non-profit organizations. Larissa firmly believes with a little strategy and a lot of passion, small and mid-size business can reach higher levels of profit and with this theory in mind, in January of 2015 she decided to start BCO Consulting Group. BCO Consulting Group offers Bilingual Community Outreach, Business Development, Quality Control Methods, Process Standardization, Marketing Strategy, Corporate Identity, Online Presence and Website Development. In March of 2016, BCO Consulting Group was a nominated finalist in the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Facebook Rising Star award.

The operation of BCO Consulting Group began long before the company established as a business. The owners of BCO Consulting Group, Gerardo and Larissa Davila have donated their time, knowledge and skills pro-bono for several years in the Austin community and in 2015 they decided to establish BCO Consulting Group to extend their services in a more professional way to the community of Central Texas. Their services include Bilingual Community Outreach, Business Development, Quality Control Methods, Process Standardization, Marketing Strategy, Corporate Identity & Branding, Online Presence, and Website Creation and Development.

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Soul-y Austin in search of three new commercial areas

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Soul-y Austin is in the process of selecting three new commercial areas to participate in the Soul-y Austin initiative starting summer 2016. The goal of Soul-y Austin is to provide businesses with a flexible set of tools to assist with the formation of merchants associations and organized commercial districts. As part of the initiative, each district receives an activation award along with a District Plan that outlines the association’s goals and strategies for implementation. The Plan includes strategies related to beautification efforts as well as policy tools and regulations. These strategies include sidewalk and bicycle lane improvements, alleyway activation, and sound ordinances.

If you are a business or property owner and are located within a commercial area or corridor and would like to see if your area is eligible to participate, please contact Nicole Klepadlo, Redevelopment Project Manager at Nicole.Klepadlo@austintexas.gov or 512-974-7739.

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Manor Road District Update

Soul-y Austin efforts in the Manor Road District are continually gaining popularity and new businesses are joining the initiative. With the hopes of contributing to the development of Manor Road into a pedestrian and bike friendly corridor, Manor Road businesses are preparing for the formation of their merchants association. Participating businesses have already identified district priorities which include: increased foot traffic, safe bike lanes, safety, and lighting around the district. The Manor Road businesses will participate in the district workshop scheduled for May 2016. The Soul-y Austin team is supporting Manor Road businesses along this journey by providing guidance, trainings, and any additional resources needed to successfully organize a merchants association.

Innovation Week with PeopleFund

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Join PeopleFund on May 2nd through 6th at PeopleFund Headquarters, 2921 E. 17th Street Bldg. D Ste. 1 Austin, TX 78702,  for Innovation Week with over 30 sessions.  Celebrate National Small Business Week in style with engaging panels, interactive workshops, and thought provoking sessions designed to help you grow your business. Topics include:  Marketing and Social Media, Innovation as Social Strategy, Best Practices for HR, Quickbooks and Accounting, Diversity and Economics Empowerment, Graphic Design for Nonprofits 50+,  Ways to Fund Your Business and much more!  This is an expanded version of PeopleFund’s long-running Economic Summit to provide you with the skills you need to live your dreams.

Innovation Week with PeopleFund

Make sure to check out their full schedule and RSVP!

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Ambitious Entrepreneur Virtual Summit

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The Ambitious Entrepreneur Virtual Summit (AEVS) is your gateway to success in 2016! If you have ideas and are ready to pursue  your passion for monumental growth, do not miss this virtual event on April 25th to the 29th. 17 speakers are lined up to deliver 5 days of AMAZING, never seen before content! From interviews to webinars to online networking, AEVS is ready to help you level up your entrepreneur game and find the success you’ve been looking for!

Register to the Ambitious Entrepreneur Virtual Summit with 17 AMAZING, talented entrepreneurs world wide for over five days of access to training’s on a broad range of business topics: http://www.ambitiousentrepreneurvirtualsummit.com/register

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TAMACC to Host Statewide Women of Distinction Awards Luncheon

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The Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce (TAMACC) will honor 13 outstanding Latina business and community leaders from across Texas at the fifth annual Women of Distinction Awards luncheon Friday, May 13, 2016 at the AustinClub, 110 East 9th Street, Austin, Texas from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM.

Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce was founded in 1975 by a small group of Hispanic businesspersons interested in increasing business opportunities for themselves and other similar business owners.

“I know I speak for all our Chamber and business members in congratulating this year’s Women of Distinction award recipients,” said TAMACC Chairman of the Board Sam Guzman. “Year after year we are proud and honored to recognize and celebrate the outstanding successes and contributions that Hispanic women make to our communities, state, and indeed our nation.”

The 2016 Women of Distinction are:

Aliana Apodaca, President, Positive Directions Co., El Paso

Rosemary H. Banda, Community Volunteer, Austin

Barbara Ann Canales, Secretary, Port of Corpus Christi Authority Commission, Corpus Christi

Judith A. Canales, State Executive Director, United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency, College Station

Dr. Catalina E. Garcia, M.D., President, Dallas Anesthesiology Group, Dallas

Virginia “Viky” Garcia, Community Volunteer, Laredo

Dr. Eva Garza-Nyer, Ph.D., Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Texas College Advisor, Austin

Genoveva G. Gomez, Vice President of Engineering and Construction, San Antonio Water System, San Antonio

Alida Y. Helgerman, Marketing and Public Relations Manager, Border Federal Credit Union, Del Rio

Helen Soto Knaggs, Office Manager, Texas Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr., Austin

Cristina Rivera, Chief Executive Officer, Rio Grande Regional Hospital, McAllen

Alice Rodriguez, Councilwoman, City of Waco, Waco

Major General Angela “Angie” Salinas, United States Marine Corps (Retired), Chief Executive Officer, Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas, San Antonio

For additional information, event tickets, or sponsorship opportunities please visit our web site at www.TAMACC.org

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Expo Mujer 2016

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Expo Mujer is a premier women’s expo in Texas in Spanish. The event is a day full of surprises with cooking workshops, personal enrichment seminars, fashion shows, beauty products, and other themes woman would be interested in learning about. TX Women’s Expo is back for the second time in the city of Austin, and comes with many more surprises and more opportunities for  attendees and exhibitors!  Organizers of this annual event are inviting interested exhibitors to participate in Expo Mujer TX 2016 and be part of this great experience!
This year there will be more than 100 companies looking to target this audience, with priority registration as an exhibitor to readers of this message.

For businesses interested in marketing their product/services  into the increasing Latina audience, contact Diana Sanchez and Melania Hernández at [email protected]

Whether wanting to participate as an exhibitor or attendee, save the date of June 12th, 2016.

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Meet Stuart Wallace, founder of North Austin Creatives and visual artist in North Austin

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Stuart Wallace grew up in Texas to a British mother and a Canadian father whose family emigrated from England and Scotland. Growing up, Stuart felt as though he was living in a British enclave. Feeling out of place drove him to move abroad after university. He studied abroad in Spain, and then moved to rural Nagasaki, urban China, Hong Kong, Okinawa, Tokyo, Panama, and Turkey. His 7 years abroad were transformative and his art expresses foreignness, identity, and place.

After Turkey, Stuart taught bilingual 5th grade in Austin Independent School District (AISD). That experience prompted him to pursue his art full-time at his home studio. Becoming a full-time artist in North Austin frustrated him due to a lack of consolidated information and opportunities. To serve his community and improve these conditions, he worked with Love North Austin to transform that organization into North Austin Creatives.

North Austin Creatives works to strengthen the arts in North Austin. They hold monthly formal and informal meetings which are fiscally sponsored by Austin Creative Alliance for easy tax-free donations, and are planning a pop-up event this year to highlight local talent. They started with 30 members and now count in the hundreds. Sharing information, making connections, partnering with local businesses and organizations, and developing an open-source Google Map of North Austin creative resources are just some of the activities they engage in to make North Austin a destination for the arts.

In November, Stuart became a father of a little girl. He is a stay-at-home dad and wants her to grow up in cool Austin without having to drive to East Austin or Downtown.

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North Austin Creatives Spring Extravaganza

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North Austin Creatives is proud to announce their inaugural Spring Extravaganza on March 26th, from 1 – 5pm at  a big empty piece of commercial real estate at The Linc on 6406 N IH35 Austin Suite 2850A, TX  78752. The event will feature artisans, musicians, and food vendors highlighting local talent from the North Austin area.  North Austin Creatives is a network of several hundred creatives and their supporters whose mission is to strengthen the arts in North Austin. North Austin Creatives include many dynamic fields such as visual art, live music, photography, and more. The group connects local businesses, community organizations, and schools with the arts for the economic and cultural gain of North Austin. Their monthly formal meetings and happy hours build relationships and help spread the word about North Austin’s emerging arts scene. North Austin Creatives is a fiscally sponsored project by Austin Creative Alliance under the umbrella of Love North Austin.

North Austin Creatives is a fiscally sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance with a Community Initiatives grant of $3,000 from the City of Austin to put on this event, but more help from wonderful North Austin businesses and individuals are needed.  Generous donations from local businesses ensure the success and strengthen the culture and creative economy of North Austin. Donors will have their business name and logo on the donor board displayed at the event.  Tax-deductible donations can be completed online at Austin Creative Alliance’s donation page. Gift cards and/or prizes for our raffle, along with other cash or in-kind donations are greatly appreciated!

Long term goals for North Austin Creatives include:

  • North Austin Creatives to feel community where they live.
  • Support creatives by building connections in our area.
  • Business districts where people can walk and enjoy arts.
  • Local artists’ work and musicians in local businesses.
  • North Austin economy to blossom artistically.
  • Studio, rehearsal, and exhibition space.
  • North Austin Studio Tour.
  • More murals and public art.
  • North Austin to become more beautiful and prosperous through the local development of artists, musicians, writers, dancers, actors, and anyone who wants more art in North Austin.

Attendance is FREE for the March 26th event. Raffle tickets will be available for purchase at $5 donation per ticket.  Please come out and support the arts in North Austin!

If you are interested in a booth at this event, please fill out the form at the link, here. If interested in sponsorship opportunity, contact Stuart Wallace at [email protected] .

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North Austin Creatives Board Members

Chair: Stuart Wallace | Vice-Chair: Angel Austin

Secretary: Tomas Fierro |Treasurer: Claire Simmons

Business Outreach & Marketing Chair: J Jolie Tan

Social Media Chair: Clarissa Cochran

Newsletter Chair: E.M. Adriana

Technology Chair: Amy Young

Soul-y Austin Business District Incubator

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Soul-y Austin exists under the City of Austin’s Economic Development Department’s emerging Commercial Stabilization Program, which aims to promote, support, and improve Austin’s commercial areas and corridors. Soul-y Austin will select a number of commercial areas to work with and provide the businesses with the education and resources needed to successfully form merchants associations in their business districts. As part of the Soul-y Austin program, businesses in the selected commercial corridors are required to participate in the merchant’s association formation training. The training, led by Andrea Harrington from Texas CBAR, addresses legal aspects of merchants associations including the different types of organizations and what their main goals are, the application process, and how associations maintain legal status.

The training serves as a resource for businesses prior to any decision making. Businesses in each of the Soul-y Austin districts will have to vote on which type of organization or association they would like to be, they will need to select their president and board members, and will need to decide what the membership dues will be, etc. Without any prior knowledge about the process, businesses might make unfounded decisions that can jeopardize the success of their merchants association and impact the future of their commercial corridor.

For more information on this effort please contact Nicole Klepadlo, Project Manager at (512) 974-7739 or by email at nicole.klepadlo@austintexas.gov.

Manor Road

Manor Road businesses is an example of a group that recently embarked on the adventure of working with the Soul-y Austin program in hopes of forming a Manor Road Merchants Association. With the hopes of creating a greater future for their corridor, a number of businesses on Manor Road approached the Soul-y Austin Program Manager in early 2015 and expressed interest in participating as one of the commercial districts for the City’s initiative. The Manor Road corridor, which is bordered by IH-35 and Airport Boulevard, is home to a variety of businesses and services which include a unique selection of bars, restaurants, and shops.

The impact of surrounding development in East Austin has put pressure on Manor Road businesses as rising rents are forcing businesses and residents out of the area. In.gredients, Windmill Bicycles, Haymaker, Dane’s Body Shop, and SchoolHouse Pub are a few of the Manor businesses involved in addressing these issues, and they are closely collaborating with the Soul-y Austin team assisting their area.

Businesses have been attending monthly meetings in which they are educating themselves on how they can improve their district both physically and economically. Manor Road businesses consistently state how their corridor is in need of physical improvements, and how improving the district would attract more pedestrian traffic therefore increasing the economic vitality of the area. Sidewalk improvements, increased walkability, and safety are a few of the priorities identified by the businesses. Businesses have also recognized how Manor Road is a bikeable corridor that provides individuals and families with a variety of nighttime activity. Additionally, Manor Road businesses are highly interested in collectively branding and promoting their corridor – they are unifying to develop strategies that will fulfill and exceed the expectations of Manor Road visitors.

The Soul-y Austin team is working on identifying themes that will contribute to the development of the Manor Road District plan; the plan will address the corridor’s vision and mission, and will provide businesses with clear goals and objectives that will lead to an enhanced and stabilized district.

The district is preparing for their workshop which will take place in early spring 2016. From there, the businesses will form a Manor Road Merchants Association and work together to accomplish the goals outlined in their district plan. The Soul-y Austin program and Manor Road businesses are looking forward to a 2016 filled with success and accomplishments. The City of Austin would like to thank the businesses within the Manor Road District for the continuous effort on making this initiative successful. For more information on the Manor Road efforts with Soul-y Austin click here.

Meet Daniel Rodriguez: Telling a story through each picture

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Daniel Rodriguez was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, where he lived until graduating with an Electronic Engineering Degree in 1995. Since receiving a job offer with IBM in 1995, he has called Austin his home.  After becoming employed with Dell Computers, Daniel was part of the Dell industry layoffs in 2001.  His career path took him to work with a Data Collection Company that involved Photography. He reached the determination that he had to reinvent myself which resulted in becoming an entrepreneur. He started his own business, Net Visual Tours in Real Estate Photography in 2004, which has since then expanded to additional Photography Services such as Commercial Real Estate Photography, Event Photography, Head Shots, Product Marketing Photography and now Google Trusted Photography that he provides in Austin, Texas and surrounding areas.  He is a “Google Trusted Photographer” who has enrolled and successfully completed Google’s Training Program. Once certified, a photographer has unique access to Google’s special support and publishing resources. With this exclusive access, he is able to market businesses on Google Search, Google Places and Google Maps.

The majority of Daniel Rodriguez’s clients hire him for their Real Estate Photography needs, in which he showcases a property at it’s best, capturing it’s unique features to get it sold! He has a passion for Head Shot Photography and is known for being able to capture the true essence of his clients resulting in their personality to shine through. His relaxed yet professional approach of working well with others, ensure the subject will be picture ready. “I am dedicated to delivering excellent customer service with the pursuit of excellence. I strive for all of my Photography Services to be concluded with my clients feeling a positive and memorable experience. One of my most valuable niche’s, is my unique Marketing System that is customized and strategized in gaining a strong Internet presence whether you’re a business in need of a presence or simply need consultation and enhancing to your current presence,” Daniel states proudly.

 He has been a member of the Austin Board of Realtors since 2004, a member of Real Tour Vision 2004, Home Builder Association 2013, and Certified as a Google Trusted Photographer as of Dec 2015. He looks forward to future experiences that push him to continually evolve his vision of Photography & Marketing with compassion and curiosity. He frequently attends local Real Estate Network Mixers or other professional organization Round Ups and Happy Hours’.

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