Gen Y entrepreneurs rethink status quo

August 10, 2011 by Tamara Bell

[HTML1] Ruben Cantu, the August Y Gen Entrepreneur, is founder of Austin, Texas-based CORE Media Enterprises, which brings socially underexposed issues to light.

Ruben joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about how disruption of the status quo is necessary for young entrepreneurs to innovate and generate a system that can change the world. He also discusses how a healthy dose of curiosity can help turn business ideas into reality.

More about Ruben Cantu
Since high school, Ruben Cantu has been fascinated with multimedia. For more than 10 years, he has directed live television, produced large-scale media events as well as films. He founded Austin, Texas-based CORE Media Enterprises in response to a need to create thought provoking and empowering media. Its purpose is to bring socially aware and underexposed issues to light.

Through CORE, Ruben has completed production on several films that have gained national and international recognition. His first film, “Red Wednesday,” was nominated for a Student Academy Award. And recently he produced “Drama,” a short that has played at several national festivals including the Austin Film Festival and SXSW, winning best audience award.

Ruben graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with an undergraduate degree in Radio, Television, and Film, and a graduate degree in Technology Commercialization from the McCombs School of Business.

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About Tamara Bell

Tamara Bell is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Y Gen Out Loud, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that provides a platform for Generation Yto discuss national politics and public policy issues.

Tamara began her journalism career as a staff reporter for the Dallas Times Herald. A few years later, she moved to York, Pa., as a political reporter for the York Dispatch, covering local, state, and national government as well as writing investigative stories for the mid-sized daily newspaper.

A Texas girl at heart, Tamara returned to Dallas a year later to work as press relations director for the re-election campaign of U.S. Rep. John Bryant. The next year, she moved to Austin and the Texas Legislature, where she stayed for 15 years. While at the Legislature, Tamara worked for Democratic House members as Chief-of-Staff and Press Secretary, and as a Senior Policy Analyst for the Senate State Affairs Committee chaired by a Republicansenator.

In 1996, Tamara became co-owner of a political newsletter covering state issues and elections. As Editor-in-Chief, Tamara helped shape the weekly publication into a must-read for state officials, legislative aides, and lobbyists. More recently, Tamara wrote a regular column analyzing coverage by the Texas Capitol Press Corps for an online political publication. She also works as a lecturer in the Advertising Department at The University of Texasat Austin.

Tamara has also been a judge for the 2010 Bright Ideas Award given by the Texas Daily Newspaper Association, served as a panelist at the Society of Professional Journalists 2010 Region 8 Conference where the theme was How to Save Journalism, and has been a guest lecture for the Advertising Department’s Internship course, speaking about the jobs outlook for graduating seniors.

Tamara earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Journalism from The University of Texas at Austin, and her B.A. in Journalism from Texas A&M University. She resides in Austin with her son, Jackson.

Tamara Bell is also the Host of Keeping Up with Gen Y on WomensRadio. Keeping Up with Gen Y offers discussions, interviews, and commentary about important issues of the day from the perspective of Generation Y (18-to 30-years-old). Aimed at all generations interested in learning about and inspiring young people, this show features professionals, experts, researchers, and members of Gen Y who share insights and experiences about the topics on the minds of today’s young adults.