People of color, especially women, are often seen as high risk. They are high risk because society does not support them, but the only way to change this perception is to start having successful black and brown women in the space. This can be achieved is by providing financial support, investing in people and in their ideas.  All of us have the opportunity to change more than our own lives, we have an opportunity to change our community life, and in order to do that, we need to sit on a solid foundation.

Join the conversation with Vanessa Pegueros as she shares her career and investment journey to provide you with tools to help you grow your wealth, and achieve financial freedom while making the society a better place. Vanessa is a Chief information security officer, tech specialist, boards manager, an independent investor, and an Angel investor. She has been in tech industry for her entire career but for the last 19 years, she has been focusing on cyber security and networking in e-commerce and banking.

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During this episode, you will learn about;

[01:01] Introduction to the show

[04:30] Vanessa journey and career backstory

[06:22] Minority engineering program and how Vanessa benefited from it

[08:26] Vanessa pivotal time in Barclay’s program after getting a D in her tests

[11:51] Vanessa’s first job and how she got sponsored for her MBA at Stanford university

[13:42] How Vanessa got into wireless network and security space

[17:01] Investing in IPO start-ups and how it changed Vanessa financial trajectory outcome

[23:10] Investing in high-risk credit investments as a way of giving back

[25:41] The importance of investing and supporting black and brown women

[27:39] General and venture partner and what they mean in the investment space

[30:09] Understanding capitalism, especially in private equity (PE) and human value

[33:19] Final take aways from the guest

[33:51] Ending the show and call into action

Notable Quotes

• When you have freedom around money, you’re able to do so much more
• The more freedom you have to do the things that you enjoy, the more successful you become
• You can’t keep adding the same ingredients and expect better outcome.
• Capitalism works by extracting maximum value without considering human value
• We should help people grow to make the pie bigger for everybody

Let’s Connect

Vanessa Pegueros

Website: https://vpegueros.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-pegueros-nacd-dc-11296/

Lisha Bell

Website: https://www.lishabell.com/

Angel Syndicate Website: www.blxvc.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisha.bell

Twitter: https://twitter.com/belllism