Listen on Apple Podcast Amazon Music iHeart Radio Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant Entrepreneur: Amine Rahal Company: IronMonk Solutions Place of birth: Algeria, North Africa Employees: 7 Show notes Amine immigrated from North Africa, Algeria at the age of 12 years old with his family to Canada. They came initially because his parents wanted […]
45: Fired multiple times from jobs, the wedding officiant, Veronica Moya hosted 500+ weddings during COVID in 2020
Listen on Apple Podcast Amazon Music iHeart Radio Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Veronica Moya Company: Wedding Packages NYC Place of birth: Argentina Employees: 20 Show notes Veronica had many odd jobs when she came to the United States at 21 years old. She worked at different cafe shops, as an au pair, […]
44: Sid Mohasseb created several businesses, he’s a venture capitalist, speaker, an author, and an adjunct professor
Listen on Apple Podcast Amazon Music iHeart Radio Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Sid Mohasseb Company: Venture Farm LLC Place of birth: Iran Employees: Now – one… previously from zero to 1000x Annual revenue: Zero to millions… Show notes Sid’s journey to United States started when he was 16 years old when he […]
43: Donizete Minchillo’s first job in the U.S. was painting houses, now both businesses he owns generates 6 figures + annually
Listen on Apple Podcast Amazon Music iHeart Radio Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Donizete (Donny) Minchillo Jr. Company: Pineapple Development | Joy of Cleaning FL Place of birth: Brazil Employees: 10 Annual revenue: $500,000 Show notes: Donny’s journey to entrepreneurship was definitely not a straight path. He initially dabbled with selling random things […]
42: Abdulhamid Ali’s first job was washing dishes, now he owns a company averaging $15M a year
Listen on Apple Podcast Amazon Music iHeart Radio Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Abdulhamid Ali Company: Daar Engineering Place of birth: Somalia Employees: 100 Annual revenue: $15,000,000 Show notes Growing up in Somalia, Abdulhamid had a great childhood, but after the Somalian’s pressident got assasinated he had to grow up very quickly. His […]
41: Igor Kransykh is a college dropout, now he runs a $1M business
Listen on Apple Podcast Amazon Music iHeart Radio Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Igor Krasnykh Company: PowerSync Place of birth: Russia Employees: 1 Age started business: 30 Annual revenue: $1,000,000 Show notes Igor immigrated from Russia at 17 years old.. He didn’t know much of any English and the English that he did […]
40: Gurhan Demirkan creates innovation in the augmented reality and the supplements industries
Listen on Apple Podcast Amazon Music iHeart Radio Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Gurhan Demirkan Company: Biavexia | Chattypix Place of birth: Turkey Employees: 10 Age started business: 27 Show notes Gurhan grew up in Turkey where his dad always said that he will be living in America one day. He also constantly […]
39: Startup consultant providing her expertise to immigrants, with Laura Kinser
Listen on Apple Podcast Amazon Music iHeart Radio Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Show notes Laura Kinser is a startup clinic consultant that has a wealth of experience with startup from the Silicon Valley. In this episode she goes over the step by step process of what it takes to open a startup in 2021 […]
38: How Vladimir Vasilenko creates innovation in the energy efficient market
Listen on Apple Podcast Amazon Music iHeart Radio Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Dr. Vladimir Vasilenko Company: Global Warming Solutions, Inc. Place of birth: Russia Employees: 4 Age started business: 43 Show notes Doctor Vasilenko is a very special guest on my show. He immigrated from Russia to Canada and had a very […]
37: Eddie Garcia crossed the border from Mexico on foot, now he owns one of the biggest real estate companies
Listen on Apple Podcast Amazon Music iHeart Radio Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Eduardo (Eddie) Garcia Company: Realty of Chicago Place of birth: Mexico Employees: 200 Age started business: 26 Show notes Eddie traveled on foot from Mexico with his older brother and his father when he was 5 years old. He had […]
36: After becoming really sick and unable to work, Fiona Gilbert launches Quanta Therapies
Listen on Apple Podcast Amazon Music iHeart Radio Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Fiona Gilbert Company: Quanta TherapiesJSYK ConsultingDevas Being DevasHaumea Health Fiona Gilbert Place of birth: Malaysia Employees: 10 Age started business: 42 (Quanta Therapies) Show notes Fiona immigrated to United States in her early 20s and landed in Silicon Valley. Shortly […]
35: Irina Alexander built a $1M business in 2 years in a male dominated field
Listen on Apple Podcast Amazon Music iHeart Radio Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Irina Alexander Company: Business Coach Place of birth: Russia Employees: 0 Age started business: 29 Show notes Irina met her husband in China while working abroad on a summer tour program. She never initally wanted to move to America, but […]
34: Christian Carreon loses both of his kidneys, creates a wealth management firm at 27 years old
Listen on Apple Podcast Amazon Music iHeart Radio Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Christian Carreon Company: AllOneWealth Place of birth: Mexico Employees: 2 Age started business: 27 Show notes Christian came to the United States when he was 7 years old with his family after losing his sister. His mom was able to […]
33: After launching several different companies, Jorge Ruiz creates innovation in the global fintech industry
Listen on Apple Podcast Amazon Music iHeart Radio Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Jorge Ruiz Company: FinConecta Place of birth: Bolivia Employees: 25 Age started business: late 20s Show notes Jorge came from Bolivia to the U.S. initially to study in college. His journey brought him back home where he launched several different […]
32: Angelica Rivera was once undocumented, now creates millions in revenue in the construction field
Listen on Apple Podcast Amazon Music iHeart Radio Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Angelica Rivera Company: Colmex Construction LLC Place of birth: Columbia Employees: 15 Age started her business: 24 Show notes When Angelica came to the United States, she was only supposed to be here for 6 months to finish high school. […]
31: Creating the impossible in the data analysis world with Ahmed Elsamadisi
Listen on Apple Podcast Amazon Music iHeart Radio Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Ahmed Elsamadisi Company: Narrator.ai Place of birth: Egypt Employees: 7 Age started business: 25 Show notes Ahmed came to the United States at the age of 10 with his family from Egypt, all in the name of education. In Egypt […]
30: Escaping the drug war to become an immigration attorney, with Camila Pachon Silva
Listen on Apple Podcast Amazon Music iHeart Radio Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Camila Pachon Silva Company: Capella Immigration Law Place of birth: Columbia Employees: 3 Age started business: 30 Show notes Camila and her family had to escape the intense drug war that was happening in Columbia. In this episode she explains […]
29: As a refugee from Bosnia, Igor Dobrosavljević creates an I.T. consulting company
Listen on Apple Podcast Amazon Music iHeart Radio Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Igor Dobrosavljević Company: Grand Consulting Place of birth: Former Yugoslavia Employees: 8 Age started business: 27 Show notes Immigrant Entrepreneur: Igor Dobrosavljević Igor immigrated from Germany with his family at 16 years old from Germany. Germany was their first destination […]
28: How the Israeli army shaped her entrepreneurial path, with Nirit Rubenstein
Listen on Apple Podcast Amazon Music iHeart Radio Google Podcast Spotify Stitcher Pandora Immigrant entrepreneur: Nirit Rubenstein Company: Dovly Place of birth: Israel Employees: 13 Age started business: 41 Show notes Nirit came to the United States when she was 4 years old but she still experienced struggles as an immigrant. Her household only spoke […]
