Pablo Casillimas is a Co-founder and Managing Partner at OneSixOne Ventures, an early stage VC firm with offices in Miami, Gainesville and Seattle.

Pablo moved to Gainesville in 2014 to attend the University of Florida as a student in the Innovation Academy. During his time at UF, Pablo served as an ambassador for the Innovation Academy, a Resident Assistant and a member of the Entrepreneurship Club. During Pablo’s 3rd year attending UF, he competed and won in the Big Idea Competition; this allowed him to move Rootex into the Reitz Union for an academic year as part of the Gator Hatchery program in the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center (EIC). 

For the past 4 years, Pablo has woken everyday on a mission to answer the question “What makes an entrepreneur succeed rather than fail?” Since before Rootex was founded, Pablo has consumed every book on business that he could get his hands on. Pablo’s mission is two-fold, to help as many startups as possible grow & succeed, and to get businesses & organizations the best return on their marketing dollars – whether that means producing a dynamic promo video for them or referring them to a strategic partner. 

As part of his quest to understand what leads to a startup’s success, Pablo started a podcast so he would have the opportunity to interview world class entrepreneurs and understand what were the common traits and what factors led to success in each scenario. The podcast is called the Art of Biz and is co-hosted with his mentor Martin Schaffel. 

In his free time, Pablo does competitive powerlifting and is a semi-pro salsa dancer & instructor. He also mentors students in the Innovation Academy at UF, the Gator Hatchery at the EIC, as well as creative students in the video production programs at UF, Santa Fe College & Gainesville High School. Pablo speaks often on the 3 subjects that he knows best: Marketing, Personal Branding, & Networking.

To learn more, connect with Pablo on linkedin or instagram.