National summit encourages Latina entrepreneurship

Timi Aguilar faced a decision in 2004, after more than 10 years of corporate public relations work. Should she move from Denver to Texas, following her job at AT&T, where she was the company’s Western region public relations director? (AT&T merged with SBC Communications Inc., and her job would be transferred to Dallas.) Or stay in Denver, where she and her husband wanted to raise their family, and follow her dream of striking out on her own? “I was scared,” Aguilar said. “I thought, maybe this is the time to take that chance. I thought, even if I fail after a year, there’s times in your life where you’re going to take a chance. There’s times when you’re going to take a risk.” So she left AT&T. She turned down other job offers. And in January 2005, she started Aguilar Public Relations LLC. “I didn’t have a single contract, but I just did it,” Aguilar said. One month later, Aguilar Public Relations picked up its first contract through a referral, to work on branding strategy for McDonald’s USA. READ FULL STORY
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