During the World Fellows Program, I was able to reflect deeply about the future and what I was passionate about. The answers were clear to me: I am an entrepreneur with a passion to serve people by helping them unlock their full potential and fulfill their dreams. I am committed to being a bridge to bring the best of the world to my country and taking the best of my country to the world.
2010
Ricardo Terán
Director of Business Development and Affiliate Services
Avanti Way Realty
Ricardo Terán is a serial entrepreneur who believes in the power of business to change the world. He helps accelerate the growth of small- and medium-sized companies, advising them on business-model strategy, partnership and business development, team building, and venture funding. He is currently Director of Business Development for Avanti Way, one of the fastest growing and most disruptive real estate ecosystems in Florida.
Ricardo is also Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Agora Partnerships, a non-profit social enterprise that provides access to investment capital, strategic consulting, and a global community of support to entrepreneurs looking to solve the world’s most pressing social and environmental challenges. He also co-founded and managed the Agora Venture Fund, one of first Impact Investment venture funds in Latin America.
Since 2013, Ricardo is a Visiting Lecturer on Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise at Georgetown University’s Global Competitiveness and Leadership Program, where he has helped over 100 of Latin America’s most promising leaders launch and grow social ventures. Ricardo is a Fellow of the inaugural class of the Central American Leadership Initiative (CALI) of the Aspen Institute and in March 2011, the World Economic Forum named Ricardo to its Young Global Leaders network. Ricardo was part of the team who brought the TedX conference to Nicaragua for the first time in 2012.
