Career Video Series — Marco Rodriguez

Business

Senior Vice President | Entrepreneur

Subject Focus: Math, Technology, (compounding interest, exponents, problem-solving, Word, Excel, PowerPoint )

Summary: A son of Mexican immigrants, Marco is a successful entrepreneur and businessman who runs his family's store, Dulcelandia in Chicago. As a kid, Marco was a B, C student, and showed a lot of strength in businesses he created including a lemonade stand franchise. Building his career had a few challenges including a huge academic failure that lead to him being kicked out of college. Marco discusses the social-emotional challenge of overcoming this failure. Working around the clock and enrolling in community college, he ultimately gets back into the college that kicked him out. This video also discusses how he uses math, and technology on a daily basis in his work.