LISTA NorCal Conference

Today the teams from the Manos Accelerator went to the LISTA conference held at nestGSV in Redwood City.

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During lunch, Redwood City Mayor Alicia Aguirre presented a proclamation proclaiming this week to be nestGSV and LISTA week.

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nestGSV gave the attendees of the conference a quick tour around the incubator. The boardroom is where they spend Fridays choosing startups to invite. Hanging from the checkered ceiling tiles are chess pieces.

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The first floor is where the startups work.

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Rick Najera was a hilarious MC and had the crowd laughing.

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At 5pm, Manos co-founders Edward Avila and Sylvia Flores sat down with Chester Luiz and talked about the importance of Latino co-founders and the support that Manos and the community is providing to encourage successful companies led by Latinos.

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Edward introduced the five teams that were present at the conference.

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Sleek-geek on the screen!

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Sleek-geeks on stage!

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To conclude, Director and Chief Information Officer, Carlos Ramos gave the keynote.

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Manos Accelerator teams with Ramos.

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Flyer about the Manos Accelerator handed out to attendees.

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