Listen on Apple Podcast Amazon Music iHeart Radio Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant Entrepreneur: Doctor Giacomo Vacca Company: Kinetic River Corp. Place of birth: Italy Employees: 5 Age started business: 41 Show notes Doctor Giacomo Vacca leaves his hometown at the age of 16 because he always wanted to become a scientist. Leaving your […]
26: From a pre-reformed China, Wei Wang designs bridges and buildings in NY
Listen on Apple Podcast Amazon Music iHeart Radio Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Doctor Wei Wang Company: Urbantech Consulting Engineering, PC Place of birth: China Employees: 20 Age started business: 38 Show notes Doctor Wei Wang grew up in a communist China without much education options. But against all odds, he managed to […]
25: At 25 years old Fiona becomes a blogger to help millennials with personal finance
Listen On Apple Podcast Amazon Music iHeart Radio Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant Entrepreneur: Fiona Company: themillennialmoneywoman.com Place of birth: Germany Employees: 0 Age started business: 25 Show notes Fiona had no idea that she was ever going to land in the finance world. In fact growing up, she wanted to become a paleontologist […]
24: Juan Palacio is a college dropout, and self-taught, creates magic in the flower business
Listen On Apple Podcast Amazon Music iHeart Radio Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Juan Palacio Company: BloomsyBox Place of birth: Columbia Employees: 22 Age started business: 25 Show notes Juan came to the United States all because Columbia didn’t have much opportunities, there was violence and he knew his country wasn’t in a […]
23: Alex Robbio came with $700, built his company & sold it for $60+ million dollars
Listen On Apple Podcast Amazon Music Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Alex Robbio Company: Belatrix Place of birth: Argentina Employees: 700 Age started business: 26 Show notes Alex came to the United States with his wife and a young daughter from Argentina with only $700 in their pockets. Alex had extremely humble beginnings […]
22: Ashish Mudgal hacked into a video game but then invented a genius device for the elderly
Listen On Apple Podcast Amazon Music Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Doctor Ashish Mudgal Company: HeyHerbie Place of birth: India Employees: 7 Age started business: 36 Show notes Doctor Ashish Mudgal came to the United States when he was 26 years old from India. Although he always wanted to become a scientist and […]
21: From a government sector path to successful business coach with Alisa Barcan
Listen On Apple Podcast Amazon Music Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Alisa Barcan Company: The Savvy Corner Place of birth: Romania Employees: 0 Age started business: 30 Show notes Alisa was born in Romania at the time where Romania was nearing the communist regime. Although growing up, communism was over a lot of […]
20: Farm boy creates history in robotics platforms with Gary Kurek
Listen On Apple Podcast Amazon Music Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Gary Kurek Company: Kugar Place of birth: Canada Employees: 7 Age started business: 19 Show notes Gary was raised on a bison ranch in Alberta, Canada. He was always a curious kid growing up and he found himself in the robotic industry […]
19: From being depressed, and losing her faith to being featured in Forbes 30 under 30
Listen On Apple Podcast Amazon Music Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Nelly Garcia Company: Rocheli Patisserie Place of birth: Mexico Employees: 10 Age started business: 26 Show notes Nelly came to the States when she was 15 years old with her family and knew very little English. She grew up in Mexico where […]
18: Laila was separated by war & nearly died, but became a multimillionaire as a wealth manager
Listen On Apple Podcast Amazon Music Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Laila Pence Company: Pence Wealth Management Place of birth: Egypt Employees: 28 Age started business: 22 Show notes Laila was born in Egypt and had a great upbringing, but when war broke out when she was 9 years old she nearly died. […]
17: Mo took ESL classes at 13 but ended up being the founder of an analytics company
Listen On Apple Podcast Amazon Music Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Mo Hossain Company: Data Up Place of birth: Bangladesh Employees: 0 Age started business: 31 Show notes Mo lived a freeing and a happy life in Bangladesh, but when he came with his family members to join his father in the States […]
16: Anshu never wanted to live in the States, but ended up becoming an immigration attorney
Listen On Apple Podcast Amazon Music Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Immigrant entrepreneur: Anshu Karki Company: The Law Office of Anshu Karki, LLC Place of birth: Nepal Employees: 0 Age started business: 31 Show notes Anshu came to the States when she was 18 years old. She was raised by a single mother in Nepal and […]
15: From a scientist to a co-founder of Lever Photonics without raising any capital
Listen On Apple Podcast Amazon Music Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Immigrant entrepreneur: Doctor Maria Navas Moreno Company: Lever Photonics Place of birth: Columbia Employees: 3 partners Age started business: 35 Show notes Doctor Maria Navas Moreno came to the States of hoping to do scientific research. She was nearing the journey to becoming a professor […]
14: From pizza delivery guy, to being featured on Inc. 5000, fastest growing company list
Listen On Apple Podcast Amazon Music Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Immigrant entrepreneur: Andrey Sokurec Company: Homestead Road Place of birth: Belarus Employees: 45 Age started business: 31 Show notes Andrey Sokurec came to the States at 23 with $25,000 in debt. He not only had to start working odd jobs like in the construction business […]
13: Sean Conlon came to the States with $500, but became a multimillionaire within a decade
Listen On Apple Podcast Amazon Music Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Immigrant Entrepreneur: Sean Conlon Company: Sean Conlon and Co. Place of Birth: Ireland Employees: 10 Age started business: 24 Show notes Sean is originally from a small town in Ireland and was one of 5 kids in his family. His dad always told him that […]
12: Tsvetta had many limitations when she came, but opened her business without putting a single dollar in
Listen On Apple Podcast Amazon Music Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Immigrant entrepreneur: Tsvetta Kaleynska Company: RILA GLOBAL CONSULTING Place of birth: Bulgaria Employees: 2 Age started business: 30 Show Notes Tsvetta Kaleynska grew up in a post communism Bulgaria and remembers standing in long lines to get a loaf of bread with her grandma. She […]
11: From a musician to an inventor and appearing on Shark Tank
Listen On Apple Podcast Amazon Music Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Immigrant entrepreneur: Robbie Cabral Company: BenjiLock Place of birth: Dominican Republic Employees: 0 Age started business: 33 Show Notes Robbie came to the States in his 20s from Dominican Republic with his band partners to pursue music. He was raised by a single mother and […]
10: He came as a student with a couple of dollars in his pocket, but raised $40m in capital
Listen On Apple Podcast Amazon Music Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Immigrant entrepreneur: Dr. Patrick Anquetil Company: Portal Instruments Place of birth: Paris Employees: 35 Age started business: 32 Show Notes Doctor Patrick Anquetil was born in Paris where the status quo environment was to set you up only to work on a government focused career. […]
9: Mercedes came to the States with 2 suitcases and $200 hundred dollars and became a successful immigrant entrepreneur.
Listen On Apple Podcast Amazon Music Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Overcast Immigrant entrepreneur: Mercedes Concepcion-Gray Company: Gray Matter LLC & Patrice and Associates Place of birth: Dominican Republic Employees: 6 Age started business: 45 Mercedes Concepcion-Gray came to the States with 2 suitcases and $200 in her pocket. She came with big dreams, with broken […]
