Meet Edrizio

Edrizio co-founded The Founder School, which incubates startups along diverse tech professionals.

He’s the author of the #1 best-seller, The Underdog Founder.

In 2023, he was the first Latino Visiting Partner at Y Combinator. In 2013, Edrizio co-founded Arcus, a fintech company that raised $25M from Y Combinator, Initialized, Citi Ventures, SoftBank, and a16z. In 2021, Arcus was sold to Mastercard, in its largest Latam acquisition ever.

He’s a Dominican immigrant raised in Harlem, who dropped out of college and joined the U.S. Air Force, becoming an aircraft technician to make ends meet. He later returned to college, worked on Wall Street, and earned his MBA from the Wharton School.

Empowering the underdog

“I love to root, coach, and help the underdogs in Silicon Valley, who dream big but don’t know how to get started” - Edrizio

  • Emprende (Dominican Republic)

  • Google ICON award winner

  • Culture Shift Award Winner

  • Descubrete Conference (Mexico)

  • Bank of America (New York City)

  • Y Combinator (San Francisco, CA)

Book Edrizio as a speaker or for a podcast

The Underdog Founder recently became the #1 best-selling book about startups, beating Peter Thiel's Zero to One. He’s been featured by NBC, ABC, Techcrunch and more. He’s done keynotes for Fortune 500 companies and conferences in the U.S. and abroad.

During his keynote, Edrizio shares his story from when he sold guavas in a Dominican barrio to when he sold his startup to Mastercard. He covers the following topics in Spanish or English:

  • The unwritten rules to success as an underrepresented founder

  • How to manage mental health as a founder

  • How to turn massive challenges into opportunities

  • How to leverage imposter syndrome

Our typical speaking engagment

  • 30 mins Ted Talk-style story

  • 30-minute fireside or Q&A with the audience

  • 60 mins meet & greet book signing

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