Sep 14, 2026 · 32 min · 8 segments
Some people learn venture capital in a boardroom. Adrianna Samaniego started learning it as a kid, at her grandparents’ side, watching a small business get built the hard way. That’s where this whole…
Adrianna SamaniegoGuestAngel LeonHost
Yeah, it's been it's been incredible kind of to see, you know, even my own as you you talked about my career.
But it did it didn't start in a business, you know, in business school, which I went to business school.
And my grandparents, as you said, they ran, you know, a plumbing and construction company.
And at the age of 12, you know, they were already kind of wanting us involved in the business.
And my nana specifically really, like, taught me everything that I needed to know.
you know, literally how the ledger works, chasing who, you know, owed us money, figuring out if we could make payroll that week.
And it wasn't a metaphor, again, that I picked up in business school or while investing.
I kind of understood that cash flow gap pretty early and what, you know, I put a, you know, pencil to it every single week.
And I think that that's just, I don't know, Latinos know how to work hard, in my opinion.
And I think that that still very much is something that we experience today and in a place where the expectation was to kind of, you know, be hired, you know, to build the thing.
Yeah, it's been it's been incredible kind of to see, you know, even my own as you you talked about my career.
But it did it didn't start in a business, you know, in business school, which I went to business school.
And my grandparents, as you said, they ran, you know, a plumbing and construction company.
And at the age of 12, you know, they were already kind of wanting us involved in the business.
And my nana specifically really, like, taught me everything that I needed to know.
you know, literally how the ledger works, chasing who, you know, owed us money, figuring out if we could make payroll that week.
And it wasn't a metaphor, again, that I picked up in business school or while investing.
I kind of understood that cash flow gap pretty early and what, you know, I put a, you know, pencil to it every single week.
And I think that that's just, I don't know, Latinos know how to work hard, in my opinion.
And I think that that still very much is something that we experience today and in a place where the expectation was to kind of, you know, be hired, you know, to build the thing.
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