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title: 'The Long Con: Juan Barraza, Latino Founders'
date: '2025-05-12T08:04:38-07:00'
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# The Long Con: Juan Barraza, Latino Founders

Juan Barraza of Latino Founders sits down for The Long Con podcast w/ Rick Turoczy. We cover community building, Portland nice, the value of physical space, valuing people’s time, and a whole bunch of amazing people in the Portland startup community who have influenced his work.

**Links**

- [https://latinofounders.com](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVc3NVpfcE1HeWJDWGNneXg2X1NOeVJBRS0yd3xBQ3Jtc0ttM3JrWlhfMDJvTFBNVWdRVHJmSml0MUpwVUVDN281YnNPeG9ET3VvM2lUWl9hMDhnRG5kQnFKRmRKUFRDRU9NVDRBWUNRU1BTLTc4V1poNWt6N25KYzZnX1NfdlVvTldCdlllejJlNlZRWDZJV0pYWQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Flatinofounders.com%2F&v=DIW_DF6rTW4)
- [Instagram](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbWFiQTRabGtlN1gwNk1NMUIxSnhIUW92ZG9QQXxBQ3Jtc0tsNXhWR0RpM2NXWjFFTmozSDhZWEJ3SFRwZVlpZU9rZjVOMEhnLU1NamVjRWZSemJneUJxRXpxMzRkR2tGd1JYaTJFUFNabUwwYlpBWFkycHd5UXZJMzBFYTdUYm5aMmFmeF9WbHE4RUZ2S2dFMy00Zw&q=https%3A%2F%2Finstagram.com%2Flatino_founders&v=DIW_DF6rTW4)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbU14TDY1bk1nOGhRc3NucXFyRjNZdGdNSENaQXxBQ3Jtc0tuYW9nWE9DUFJWN0xDZXJPbVU4X3hBNEtsTDhWVTRpME9YQ1NYNzhJVkd6cDdFTDRrSXFDcTZkMWdWYnN0QnFTZFdndlhTRlhJMnl3ekxKdmJURUlTYjN6cVdyVGlYTVM1eHlfLTU0dFpKbHFQMmFFSQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fbarrazajuan%2F&v=DIW_DF6rTW4)

**Topics**

- [00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIW_DF6rTW4) What does Juan want to talk about…?
- [03:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIW_DF6rTW4&t=210s) Juan’s origin story
- [11:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIW_DF6rTW4&t=675s) Inventing Invent Oregon
- [16:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIW_DF6rTW4&t=995s) Startup Weekend Latino
- [27:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIW_DF6rTW4&t=1650s) Benefits of having startup founders in physical space
- [40:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIW_DF6rTW4&t=2400s) Supporting the next generation of community organizers
- [51:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIW_DF6rTW4&t=3090s) Valuing people’s time

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