{"id":18857,"date":"2016-09-12T10:36:14","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T14:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.hispanicizewire.com\/es\/?p=12624"},"modified":"2022-02-04T11:31:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T16:31:41","slug":"hispanicize-media-group-ceo-manny-ruiz-named-recipient-score-miami-dade-entrepreneur-spirit-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/hispanicize-media-group-ceo-manny-ruiz-named-recipient-score-miami-dade-entrepreneur-spirit-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Hispanicize Media Group CEO Manny Ruiz Named Recipient of SCORE Miami Dade Entrepreneur Spirit Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI, FL &#8211; September 12, 2016 \u2013 (NOTICIAS NEWSWIRE) &#8211; Hispanicize Media Group CEO Manny Ruiz, founder of the holding company that owns the annual Hispanicize event, DiMe Media and Hispanic Kitchen, has been named the recipient of the SCORE Miami Dade Entrepreneur Spirit Award.<\/p>\n<p>A 25-year Hispanic media and marketing veteran, Ruiz is being recognized for pioneering the U.S. Latino social media space and turning the 8th annual, Miami-based Hispanicize event into the largest and most important gathering of influencers in U.S. Hispanic media, social media, marketing and entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m honored and humbled to work with a terrific team of women and men who make what we do look so much easier than it is,\u201d said Ruiz. \u201cThis award is a testament to our team\u2019s work and creativity and to our continued belief that Miami is a very special base for entrepreneurs like ourselves.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>SCORE\u00a0Miami Dade and the\u00a0SCORE\u00a0Miami Business and Leadership Awards committee will present Ruiz with the honor at the second annual\u00a0SCORE\u00a0Miami Business and Leadership Awards\u00a0Luncheon\u00a0that is taking place on September 29 from 12 to 2 p.m. at the 94th Aero Squadron. (Tickets can be purchased by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/events.r20.constantcontact.com\/register\/eventReg?oeidk=a07ecjw12s4b84e8834&#038;oseq=&#038;c=&#038;ch=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Additional 2016 winners include:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Legacy Award:<\/strong> Bernie Navarro,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/benworthcapital.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benworth\u00a0Capital Partners<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>Client Success Award:<\/strong> Marcelo\u00a0Zelicovich,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.doctoraromas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doctor Aromas<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>Cultural Award:<\/strong> Kristina\u00a0Villaverde,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamilightproject.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miami Light Project<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>Emerging\u00a0Business Award:<\/strong> Zak\u00a0H. Stern,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zakthebaker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ZAK the Baker<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Innovation Award:<\/strong> Susan Perry,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.speechmed.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpeechMed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Minority Business Award:<\/strong> Ed Haynes,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.haynessecurityservices.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Haynes Security Services<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>Nonprofit of the Year Award:<\/strong> Tony Lorenzo,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kwfoundation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kiwanis of Little Havana Foundation<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>Service Award:<\/strong> Ian S. James,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worksquare.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WorkSquare<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>Small Business Award:<\/strong> Elena\u00a0Linares,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.razzledazzlebarbershop.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RazzleDazzle\u00a0Barbershop<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>Technology Award:<\/strong> Alexander\u00a0Lopatine,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nymbus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nymbus<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>Young Professional of the Year Award:<\/strong> Trisha Laney\u00a0Hedgemond,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/culturalcosmetics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cultural Cosmetics<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Hispanicize Media Group<\/strong><br \/>\nHispanicize Media Group, LLC (HMG) works with leading brands and advertisers to navigate the rapidly evolving, trillion dollar U.S. Hispanic market by offering branded media opportunities, brand integrations, digital marketing campaigns and social influencer management through its on and offline platforms that include the annual Hispanicize event, DiMe Media and Hispanic Kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>HMG\u2019s award-winning management team is credited with pioneering the U.S. Hispanic social media industry and creating culturally resonating and engaging content for today\u2019s Latino consumers. HMG is headquartered in Miami with offices in New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About SCORE Miami-Dade<\/strong><br \/>\nThe SCORE Miami-Dade chapter consists of more than 100 volunteer, business professionals supporting the South Florida business community. As an affiliate partner of the Small Business Administration, SCORE Miami-Dade offers free mentoring, workshops and expert resources and carefully crafted executive programs designed to help small business owners and entrepreneurs thrive. For more information about SCORE Miami-Dade, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoremiami.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.scoremiami.org<\/a>\u00a0or email\u00a0marketing@scoremiami.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI, FL &#8211; September 12, 2016 \u2013 (NOTICIAS NEWSWIRE) &#8211; Hispanicize Media Group CEO Manny Ruiz, founder of the holding company that owns the annual Hispanicize event, DiMe Media and Hispanic Kitchen, has been named the recipient of the SCORE Miami Dade Entrepreneur Spirit Award. A 25-year Hispanic media and marketing veteran, Ruiz is being&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/hispanicize-media-group-ceo-manny-ruiz-named-recipient-score-miami-dade-entrepreneur-spirit-award\/\" class=\"learn-btn\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[19529,19530,3353,5673,19531,19532],"class_list":{"0":"post-18857","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-ceo-es","8":"tag-entrepreneur-spirit-award-es","9":"tag-hispanicize-media-group-es","10":"tag-manny-ruiz-es","11":"tag-miami-dade-es","12":"tag-score-es","13":"entry"},"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Manny-Ruiz-Featured.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Manny-Ruiz-Featured.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"mruiz","author_link":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/author\/mruiz\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}