"Why is there low Mexican-American entrepreneurial benefit", although business ownership has implications for income inequality, wealth accumulation and job creation, little research has explored why Mexican-Americans are less likely to start business and why the businesses that they start are less successful on average than non-Latino whites. Robert Farilie presents his and Christopher Woodruff's comprehensive anaylsis of Mexican-American entrepreneurship. Robert W. Farilie is a Associate Professor and Director of Mater's Program in Applied Economics and Finance at the University of California, Santa Cruz.