South by Southwest is open to receive panel submissions for the conference in 2015, you can submit your ideas here until July 25. It’s super important that we get as many Latinos as possible to submit panel ideas, we’ve written about the Latino events at SXSW previously:

• 2014’s Latinos in Tech track at SXSW
• How tacos can power the Internet
• Latinas can lead the way in tech innovation
• What would Cesar Chavez tweet?
• How do you push Latinas to be tech entrepreneurs?

You can submit panel ideas about your work, your company, trends you’ve noticed or organizations in which you’re involved.… more

By Hudson Baird, Executive Director of PelotonU Popular opinion suggests the overwhelming priority for Latinos is immigration reform. Yet a study from the Pew Research Center found immigration was the fourth most important issue, with education taking first place. In Texas this is especially important, where only 16% of Latinos hold a Bachelor’s degree and only 40% of hispanic students graduate from college in six years. Current two and four years schools are struggling to graduate minority students, and this makes new approaches to post-secondary completion especially relevant.… more

Our latest Latino entrepreneur meet and greet in San Antonio was a smashing success, as we had so many attendees we ran out of nametags and people from all over Central Texas arrived to talk about their work, and meet others with whom they could share it. There was everyone from students to professors to innovation experts to investors and more at the event. We’ve seen some photos of the #SALatino event already here and here. Check out our photo gallery here. It was a packed event made possible by our great sponsors.… more

An unhappy mistake as a supply chain college intern inspired a passion for this work in James Vinson, who then dedicated his professional career to figuring out how to make supply chain more efficient and easier. In 2005 he left his job at Motorola to found VChain Solutions with the intent to build that solution, to make supply chain more proactive and less prone to errors. The Austin-based company is a supply chain solutions company that offers supply chain software and consulting, but is also invested in creating the next generation of supply chain professionals.… more

We’re so excited to be co-sponsoring another Latino entrepreneur meet and greet in San Antonio on June 30 at Geekdom. Our last event in Austin was exciting in that we met lots of folks from all sorts of backgrounds — everything from education to engineering to finance and media — and we’re hoping to continue to bring people together in San Antonio. We are so grateful to our sponsors, who are helping us with refreshments, space and promotion: Geekdom, Acción Texas, Café Commerce, Yapa Artisan Empanadas, Fwd.US, LATISM, Texans for Economic Progress, Mando Rayo Collective, Avinde, Más Wired & Puro Pinche.… more

Miami is quickly becoming a hot technology hub for new startups and entrepreneurs. A recent Forbes article discussed Miami’s potential for becoming the next Silicon Valley due to the area’s high caliber of startups, the city’s proximity to Latin America and its diverse population. One of these hot startups is wind2share, a social referral network focused on connecting companies with industry leaders to generate business opportunities. The company, based in Miami, has been in the works for the past five years and are self-funded.… more

Manos Accelerator has selected its next batch of Latino startups, and they are listed below. As you recall, Manos partners with Google for Entrepreneurs, and helps Latino-owned startups take their products to the next level. We recently interviewed CEO Edward Avila about his work, especially since less than 1% of venture-backed startups are founded by Latinos. Bandbazaar (San Jose, CA): Bandbaazar connects music enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels — It is a web app that’s pioneering a new way for people to convert their skills, musical instruments & gear and space into a source of income. … more

Mexico could be an unparalleled global destination for technology workers, something that Austin-based IT solutions entrepreneur Anurag Kumar believes would change the country’s economic future. “There’s a lot of talent sitting next door,” Kumar, the CEO of iTexico, told Más Wired. “There’s a huge opportunity for Mexico to bring good paying jobs, infrastructure. I think the return is going to be very high if the government of Mexico can invest in more IT, tech training.” Kumar should know.… more

The future of medicine is being developed in El Paso, Texas, at a company called TeVido BioDevices. The technology combines medicine and 3D printing in such a way as to allow scientists to take skin and fat cells and, using 3D printing technology, create a piece of flesh made of your own cells. “I was just blown away,” is how Laura Bosworth, CEO of TeVido, describes feeling when she came across this technology at the University of Texas at El Paso in 2010. Bosworth had retired after decades’ worth of experiences as an executive at IBM and Dell, and had gone home to El Paso to work with entrepreneurs at UTEP in hopes of fostering innovation.… more

What do DREAMers and other immigrants need the most when it comes to pursuing legal status? How about a one stop destination? In 2012, Más Wired wrote about LexSpot, a service that focused on providing easy access to the necessary resources for immigrants in the United States. LexSpot, however, has redesigned and re-launched, as BridgeUS, and now provides a new service — access to immigration attorneys at a reasonable price. This feature allows immigrants the opportunity to have their applications reviewed by lawyers without going through the entire process with a lawyer, thus saving the applicants money.… more