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NUEVO LEÓN (2008) ENDEAVOR MAIN OFFICE Mexico City (2002) TATIANA BILBAO , founder of her eponymous design firm, was profiled in T Magazine, The New York Times' style publication. THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM named Intellego a 2014 Latin American Global Growth Company. This list highlights the region's most innovative and high-impact compa- nies, with growth rates above industry averages. JAVIER LOZANO , co-founder of Clinicas del Azucar, and Patrick Struebi, founder of Fairtrasa, were named Social Entrepreneurs of the Year by the Schwab Foundation. ENDEAVOR MEXICO and six Endeavor Entrepreneur companies were listed on Best Place to Work's ranking of the best com- panies in Mexico, from 50 – 500 employees. MEXICO'S NARANYA LABS partnered with NXTP Labs to form a new Latin America-focused seed fund. ENDEAVOR MEXICO kicked off its Endeavor Tech Track program, which searches for and detects early-stage tech com- panies and encourages their founders to prepare for the Endeavor selec- tion process. FOCUS Andrés Rodríguez, Silvanna Valencia & Juan Vera COMPANY BlueMessaging INDUSTRY Technology YEAR SELECTED 2012 EMPLOYEES AT SELECTION 20 EMPLOYEES 2014 49 REVENUE AT SELECTION $760k REVENUE 2013 $3.2m CHILDHOOD FRIENDS Andrés and Juan's first venture was a Customer Relationship Management com- pany that ultimately failed. Andrés and Juan applied the lessons they learned from failure and launched a second company, BlueMessaging. They brought on Silvanna, an opera- tions expert with finance experience, to round out the management team. BlueMessaging's mission is to connect brands with consumers in a friendly, easy way through its intelli- gent engagement platform based on artificial intelligence technologies. Its patented product, AdChat, takes advantage of web, social media, and mobile platforms as chat channels, allowing one-on-one dialogues with consumers. Endeavor has connected Andrés, Juan & Silvanna to Y&R's Spark Plug Program, which helped facilitate their expansion to the US and open a new distribution channel. In addition, the entrepreneurs have attended several C-level and tech retreats and have completed over 20 mentorship meetings arranged by Endeavor. Endeavor Mexico supports 103 entrepreneurs leading 62 companies. JALISCO (2008) CHIAPAS (2008) PUEBLA (2007) AGUASCALIENTES (2008) QUERÉTARO (2014) GUANAJUATO (2013) YUCATÁN (2009) QUINTANA ROO (2012) SINALOA (2010) BAJA CALIFORNIA (2007) 50 ENDEAVOR IMPACT REPORT 2013–14