A True Underdog Story w/ Edrizio De La Cruz

About this episode

The episode features a conversation with Edrizio De La Cruz, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor, discussing his journey from a Dominican immigrant in Harlem to co-founding a fintech company.

This week on The #MiamiTech Podcast the hosts chat with Edrizio De La Cruz. Edrizio is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, investor and occasional stand up comic :-) He’s a Dominican immigrant who grew up in Harlem. He dropped out of college to work as an aircraft technician to help make ends meet. He ultimately went back to college, worked on Wall Street and earned an MBA from The Wharton School. In 2013, he co-founded Arcus, a fintech company. He worked with an incredible team to build the co...

People in this episode

Host: Miami Tech

Guest: Edrizio De La Cruz

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• fintech
• immigration
• personal story
• education
• comedy

Keywords

• Edrizio De La Cruz
• fintech
• entrepreneur
• immigrant story
• Arcus
• Wharton MBA
• Silicon Valley
• comedy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Arcus, The Wharton School, Silicon Valley, Wall Street

Places: Dominican, Harlem

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