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Carlos García Ottati and the price of a promise
A difficult car sale gave the Kavak founder an idea. Building a business around trust would require workshops, credit, software, and a reckoning with his own promises.
Alirio Torrealba Swapped Car Lots for City Blocks
After 25 years in auto retail, the Caracas-born entrepreneur found a second act in Coral Gables - one measured in courtyards, train stops and the patience to make new buildings feel inherited.
Alexandra Bonetti
Alexandra Bonetti is a Venezuelan-born, New York-based founder who turned a barre studio into a thesis about people. She built Bari Studio, ran it for nearly a decade, then sold it in 2018 to launch Talent Hack, a vertical SaaS platform that helps fitness and wellness creators sell classes, find work and grow independent businesses - a company whose $17M Series A was billed as the largest ever for a Latina-led software startup. On the side she co-founded Fair Warning, the members-only fine art auction app started with former Christie's rainmaker Loic Gouzer, where she serves as fractional CEO. Her through-line is unglamorous and consistent: bet on people first, build the tools they are missing.