El Mercado Mondays🪇
I'm Gustavo Casas & I'm all about community. If we've met you know that I've gotten very lucky off doing just one thing: Connecting people.
La Plaza found immediate success, with nearly 100 latinos braving the storm. One pattern stood out, one common request. Know who's hiring?
So we listened & decided to bring to life El Mercado, with that as the single North Star🌟
What is El Mercado: ⛲️
El Mercado's purpose is to create an environment that facilitates latino's hiring & helping other latino's. To do that we've arranged two recruiters to be on site, helping sharpen your skills & hopefully get you closer to that next job.
Our intention: [Get Latino's Hired]
Career Advancement - Chances are you'll find your next big job, investor, founder, or client in person, not on linkedin.
What to expect: [Drinks & Groups]
Glass cokes, Jarritos y Pacifico's.
You will be placed in a specific group to maximize curation & potential outcomes.
Who to thank: [Our Partners🤝🏽]
Procyon Services - helps organizations examine how support really works today & fix what's getting in the way.
Fabrik - Membership-based social spaces designed for community builders & people who want to find their people.
RosaTech - Chicago based Latina owned creative branding agency, specializing in startups.
Latina's in Tech - LiT is a global platform where tech professionals build the confidence, connections, and career momentum to thrive in today's fast-moving tech world.
Techqueria - Techqueria is a nonprofit serving the largest global community of Latiné professionals in tech.
Our ask: ["No llegues con manos vacías" - mom]
Invite one Latino that inspires you / motivates you to be your best. If you're blessed to have more, you're welcome to share with them.
Donation : To families impacted by ICE raids.
Details:
📅 Date: Monday 4th [1st Mon of the Mo]
⏰ Time: Starts at 5:30PM, be on time.
🎟️ Capacity: Must register & be approved.
Past attendees of my events include venture backed startups as well as leading Chicago VCs, partners at top firms, and LPs representing over $500B in AUM in Chicago & $650B+ in NYC.