How to Escape the "Mexican Matrix" and Build Real Generational Wealth
Wealthy Way
Ryan Pineda
4.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 109 minutes
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Summary
Ryan Pineda and cohost Brian Davila sit down with Carlos Reyes to discuss the “Mexican Matrix,” entrepreneurship in Latino communities, blue-collar wealth creation, identity, faith, business scaling, and how Hispanic entrepreneurs can break generational limitations through community and ownership.
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https://www.instagram.com/carlosreyes
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CHAPTERS:
02:18 - Launching Empresarios Community
08:14 - Blue Collar Business Success
19:43 - Escaping The Mexican Matrix
30:05 - Scaling Trades Businesses Fast
41:43 - Blue Collar Millionaires Rising
45:08 - Why Influencers Sell Education
51:24 - Latino Upbringing & Entrepreneurship
57:03 - Why Minority Mentors Matter
01:16:06 - Faith Accountability & Leadership
01:27:17 - Peptides, Stem Cells & Health
01:39:20 - Learning English & Identity
01:44:18 - Breaking Cultural Cycles
01:48:14 - Final Thoughts
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| 0:00.0 | Today I got a Mexican in the studio. It's not just Brian DeVilla, my bald co-host, but this guy is a great buddy of mine. And we are going to talk about Mexican Americans and why it is so different for them when it comes to building wealth and how to get past all of the mindset, barriers and things that you've got growing up. I've got Carlos Reyes. What's up, man? What's up, brother? Thanks for having me back. It's always a pleasure. You look good, by the way. Thank you. Do you think any Mexicans would be offended by that intro? Or do you approve? No, we love it. Okay, good. And I'm Puerto Rican, I'm not Mexican, by the way. Yeah. People think I'm Mexican. Your beard is Arabic. Yeah, I look at them yeah his beard's Arabic yeah I mean clearly we don't there's no |
| 0:39.7 | PC stuff here |
| 0:40.6 | you know |
| 0:41.1 | we've got every nationality represented here. Filipino. Yep. We got two black camera guys right there. Got my, yep. Somebody's walking in right here. What are you? Ethiopian. Ethiopian. I'm joking, I don't know. I don't know. We got it all. This is America. This America. That's the beauty of America. Yeah, there's a melting pot. |
| 0:57.8 | Yeah. Ethiopian. I'm joking. I don't know. We got it all. |
| 0:54.3 | This is America. That's the beauty of America. Yeah. There's a melting pot. Yeah. And then if anybody gets offended by it, like they shouldn't be in America. No. Amen. No. No. Where should they be? Saudi Arabia. Yeah. Yeah. Like Brian. Yeah. But anyways, bro, I've liked what you've been doing in cooking lately. You got this impresarios thing. Yeah. Which means entrepreneur. Yep. Entrepreneurs. Yeah. Yeah. In Spanish? Yes. Yes. The beautiful thing, bro, is that, first of all, everybody always thinks it's like, oh, do you guys speak |
| 1:28.4 | English over there? Like, yeah, dude. We all speak English over you here, bro. Right. Truth be told, |
| 1:38.3 | like, dude, everybody there is like first generation Mexican-American. Like, what does that mean? Yeah. They were born here. Yeah. They just have Mexican immigrant. But you weren't born here. No, I wasn't. I'm like, so I believe that's why they love me so much. Because, you know, like their dad and their moms, they're born in Mexico. And, you know, they came over the way that I did, which wasn't |
| 2:03.0 | legal, by the way. |
| 2:04.2 | Nice. |
| 2:04.8 | Right? |
| 2:05.1 | Just in case you were wondering. |
| 2:07.4 | And they, they know that I know. |
| 2:09.5 | Like, I understand, you know, and they understand. |
| 2:12.8 | And it immediately just connects us, you know? |
| 2:16.6 | It connects us. And I started this movement over a year ago. |
| 2:21.6 | Over a year ago, I started this movement. It was February of 2025. I started promoting it in |
| 2:26.1 | December. And I started the, like, officially our first events was in February 25. And brother, you remember back then when I was like throwing 2025 and brother you remember back then when |
| 2:36.1 | I was like throwing events |
| 2:38.1 | and teaching everyone |
| 2:40.0 | right and I still do I don't |
| 2:41.9 | discriminate you know what I mean |
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