Leopoldo Peña's guest appearances

Leopoldo Peña

Founders Get Funds

Lay of The Land

Ras Asan

Trevor Nelson

Dana Wilson

Travis Holoway

Terrance Williams

Kim Roxie

Brittani Hunter

Isoke Luqman

Julia Wang

Errol Porter

Jared Eummer

David Pritchett

Angel Washington

Ed Long

Breonna Massey

OwlTail

Lay of The Land's conversation today is with Leopoldo Peña.Leo is the Co-Founder and CEO of Presta — a digital lending infrastructure that allows traditional financial institutions to better lend to small and medium-sized businesses by allowing them to book loans digitally.Leo’s prior professional experience has been centered around the world of government and civic technology — most recently focused on expanding access to equity investment. In 2019, he co-founded and launched The Opportunity Exchange, an equity investment marketplace for economic development projects. After powering projects in the majority of the US, The Opportunity Exchange was acquired by Bludot, a competitor in the space.Prior to that, Leo and I actually worked together as part of the founding team of Votem to launch a mobile voting platform designed to securely cast votes in elections across the globe, allowing members of the US military to participate in general and midterm elections while serving abroad, in addition to building out other core election infrastructure like voter registration systems.Leo currently resides here in Cleveland, Ohio with his dog Chamo, holds a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University, and is an alumnus of the Venture for America Fellowship.Leo is one of the best people I know — so needless to say I’ve been looking forward to having him on the podcast for a while now. I’m glad the timing finally made sense and I hope you all enjoy our conversation!--Learn more about PrestaConnect with Leopoldo Peña on LinkedInFollow Leo on Twitter @leodpena --Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedInFollow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Lay of The Land's conversation today is with Leopoldo Peña.Leo is the Co-Founder and CEO of Presta — a digital lending infrastructure that allows traditional financial institutions to better lend to small and medium-sized businesses by allowing them to book loans digitally.Leo’s prior professional experience has been centered around the world of government and civic technology — most recently focused on expanding access to equity investment. In 2019, he co-founded and launched The Opportunity Exchange, an equity investment marketplace for economic development projects. After powering projects in the majority of the US, The Opportunity Exchange was acquired by Bludot, a competitor in the space.Prior to that, Leo and I actually worked together as part of the founding team of Votem to launch a mobile voting platform designed to securely cast votes in elections across the globe, allowing members of the US military to participate in general and midterm elections while serving abroad, in addition to building out other core election infrastructure like voter registration systems.Leo currently resides here in Cleveland, Ohio with his dog Chamo, holds a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University, and is an alumnus of the Venture for America Fellowship.Leo is one of the best people I know — so needless to say I’ve been looking forward to having him on the podcast for a while now. I’m glad the timing finally made sense and I hope you all enjoy our conversation! --<a href="https://www.letspresta.com/about-us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learn more about Presta</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/leopoldo-pe%C3%B1a/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Connect with Leopoldo Peña on LinkedIn </a>Follow Leo on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/leodpena" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@leodpena</a> --<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn</a> Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/@sternjefe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@sternJefe</a> Follow Lay of The Land on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/PodLayOfTheLand" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@podlayoftheland</a> <a href="https://www.jeffreys.page/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.jeffreys.page/</a>

#92: Leopoldo Peña (Presta)

This Cleveland based couple has committed their entrepreneurial journeys to solving problems with a focus on people. Leopoldo Peña is the Co-Founder and Head of Product at Opportunity Exchange. Julia Wang just took on a role as the Entrepreneurship Programs Manager for Venture For America and recently participated in CLC's pitch competition, Accelerate. Both have developed intricate networks in the CLE and discuss how you can get connected. Then, we dove into a discussion on how to build communities that present opportunities to groups that are often disproportionately allocated resources. Do you want to use community focused solutions for your business? Apply for our online savings club today!--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.  https://anchor.fm/app

This Cleveland based couple has committed their entrepreneurial journeys to solving problems with a focus on people. Leopoldo Peña is the Co-Founder and Head of Product at Opportunity Exchange. Julia Wang just took on a role as the Entrepreneurship Programs Manager for Venture For America and recently participated in CLC's pitch competition, Accelerate. Both have developed intricate networks in the CLE and discuss how you can get connected. Then, we dove into a discussion on how to build communities that present opportunities to groups that are often disproportionately allocated resources. Do you want to use community focused solutions for your business? <a href="https://www.foundersgetfunds.com/founders-savings-club" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apply</a> for our online savings club today!--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/app</a>

The Couple For The Community With Julia Wang & Leopoldo Peña