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Cultures in Business

Cultures in Business. By Lucy and Yee. Latina. By Lucy. Latina Entrepreneurs: An Economic Force in the U.S.

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Cultures in Business

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  1. Cultures in Business By Lucy and Yee

  2. Latina By Lucy

  3. Latina Entrepreneurs:An Economic Force in the U.S. • The United States is becoming more ethnically and culturally The growing presence of Latinos in the United States has a profound implication for the future of leadership in our nation.

  4. Latinas share many of the same motivations for entrepreneurship as all women business owners: • To control own destiny • Improve economic situation • Change in job situation

  5. Latina entrepreneurs describe their businesses as family run. The immediate family-spouse, children or parents-are involved in their business The first and second generation came from diverse regions, including Mexico, Cuba, South America, Puerto Rico, Family and Heritage are important Factors

  6. Latina Entrepreneurs: An Economic Force in the U.S. • Latina entrepreneurs are a growing economic force with unique characteristics, they are improving their opportunities for access to capital, technology and training.

  7. Latina Entrepreneurs use English and Spanish in their Business Activities. • Typically, Latina business owners say they vary their language based type of business dealings • However, Latinas maintain ties to their heritage; they use both languages

  8. What Latinas like best about business ownership • The freedom and more flexibility • Being their own boss The down side of being a business owner • Long hours • Burden of responsibility being employers

  9. As Latinas play an increasingly significant role in the United States. • There is a corresponding imperative to understand how leadership is experienced, understood, and developed within the Latina community. Next is Yee

  10. Hmong Business By Yee

  11. Hmong Background • Live in mountains of Laos and Thailand • Raise live stock, and harvest crops • Came to America because of Vietnam War

  12. Business in Laos • Men do business from village to village and also to big city. • Selling hand made goods

  13. Hmong in America • Adapt with American society • Education is a must

  14. Usual Career suggestions • Doctor • Teacher • Auto mechanic • Nurse

  15. Hmong Business • Men and women are about the equal, but men makes all the decision. • Usual Hmong business are: • Local market • Repair shop • Restaurant • Strawberry farming

  16. The End

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