Luis Garcia: The Shades of Entrepreneurship

Luis Garcia's background @ 0:00

Luis Garcia is an experienced executive with over 25 years of experience in technology and education. He has a track record of driving new ventures and products to rapid growth by building effective teams and leveraging innovation, technology, and creativity to solve complex problems. He previously led the successful scaling of an online university from 30 to over 12,000 students.

Challenges in online education @ 3:43

Luis discussed two key challenges he encountered in scaling online education: 1) Creating effective educational content and instructional materials when the instructor is not physically present, and 2) Evaluating student learning at scale, as traditional testing methods are not sufficient.

Founding Pete to solve these challenges @ 5:42

Luis partnered with a former fintech executive to found Pete, a company that uses generative AI to help organizations create effective training materials and evaluate employee learning at scale. Their tools enable rapid course creation and interactive simulations to assess knowledge and skills.

Applying Pete's solutions to Latino Founders @ 9:46

Gabriel described how Latino Founders, a nonprofit accelerator program, could leverage Pete's platform to establish a learning management system. This would help assess entrepreneurs' baseline knowledge, identify those ready for the accelerator, and provide tailored training and mentorship to support their growth.

Pricing and implementation @ 50:49

Luis outlined Pete's pricing model, which ranges from $12,000 to $24,000 per year for organizations with 100-700 employees. He also discussed the extensive onboarding process to ensure the AI is properly trained on the client's content and needs.