How did a former Silicon Valley executive build the leading online marketing platform for real estate in the Philippines? In this episode, Ronster chats with Dennis Velasco of Prosperna. Dennis will share his humble beginnings growing up as an Asian in Texas and how he got exposed to entrepreneurship early in life through his family. He'll also share how he got to Silicon Valley and what the business he did when the financial crisis of 2008 hit just to keep him afloat. Dennis will also share how he got to Salesforce, Cornerstone OnDemand and Xero before he decided to move to the Philippines to create his own startup. He will also share how they were able to grow consistently for 4 years despite being bootstrapped and he'll provide a lot of great advice for employees considering the jump to entrepreneurship and for people going through financial struggles because of the pandemic in this episode brought to you by B21.

Links in the episode:

1. Texas A&M

2. Wells Fargo

3. Salesforce

4. “IPO”

5. IdeaSpace

6. Xtendly

7. Prosperna

8. “Seed Round”

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