Oscar Talavera

Our world is in need of leaders that build and define a better future for mankind; people that want to make a change and are commited to creating equal opportunities for everyone. To me, being a business entrepreneur is more than a career or a job - it´s a responsability. Every day I work towards becoming one of those change-makers, both with my own actions and helping others make that change as well.

I like to use creativeness in order to solve current problems within the community and to find new business opportunities. Like the writer Herman Melville put it: “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation”. I believe the possible solutions are endless, we just have to open our minds to find them. If we fail, that´s one more experience in our favor.

I´ve had the opportunity to be involved in the social entrepreneurship environment both as vice-president of the student association “Changemakers” at ITESM and working with the Innovation, Science & Technlogy branch of the city of Guadalajara´s government as an intern, developing a community of pioneers in the field of innovation. These experiences have given me the knowledge to co-found CRAFTEO, a platform to help Mexican artisans further develop their potential.

At the end of the day I´m driven and inspired by artistic expression. The root of my originality comes from surrounding myself with writing, painting and performing music.