Immigrant Entrepreneurs
96 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe only podcast out there that outlines amazing immigrant entrepreneurs' journeys.
Immigrants are building the economy in America every single day. This show was born to inspire all immigrants who want to become entrepreneurs. Immigrants bring the fire, the drive and the compassion to build communities around them, and to create economies. They build jobs, create amazing opportunities, give back in some unimaginable ways and make America great.
I came from Russia and my entrepreneur spirit stems from my dad. He came to America with $600 in his pocket and got paid $8/hour on his first job. He later decided to start his own business doing HVAC and never stopped. He's been in business for over 20 years and never looked back.
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84: With an Economics degree, Eva Sadej launches a mobile dentistry startup at 26 years old
July 12, 2021 22:42 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Eva Sadej Eva is originally from Poland and she immigrated with her family to the States when she was very young. Her parents had to downgrade and take lower paying jobs than what they were used to back home. As an immigrant, they had humble beginnings. Eva grew up and wanted to get to Harvard really, really bad.. so she did everything in her power to achieve a full ride scholarship to Harvard. After receiving her bachelor's in Economics she went out into the privat...
83: Ali Payani did door to door sales to build his digital marketing agency: LookinLA
July 11, 2021 02:20 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Ali Payani Ali is originally from Iran but his entrepreneurial journey started when he was living in Dubai. He wanted to launch his startup but the government in Dubai did not allow him to do it only because he was Iranian. He tried so hard for 2 years, but was unsuccessful. So, he took his business idea to Silicon Valley. He came to the United States to be able to launch his company. He was working on a prototype in the air quality industry but a year later he deci...
82: Without any computer science experience, Tal Frankfurt starts a software company now managing 100 employees
July 05, 2021 06:20 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Tal Frankfurt Tal studied Business Administration and Communications in college, back home in Israel. He came out to the U.S. for a short program and met his wife. He later came out to live in the States at 26 years old and had to go find a job. But 4 months later he found himself jobless and merely out of a necessity he started his company. Initially, it didn't even seem like a company because he had no idea what he was doing. Cloud for Good was created over 11 y...
81: Maria Karr came with $200 in her pocket to US, launches the first Russian beauty store in the US
June 29, 2021 05:25 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Maria Karr Maria originally came from Siberia, Russia when she was 19 years old. Her plan was to go to college and then go back home. It was never her intent to stay in United States. However, after college she started working for the corporate world. She ended up working for a PR agency that focused on Korean beauty products. After diving into the beauty products world she noticed that there wasn't a single company in the States that sold Russian beauty products. ...
80: Amanda Ma quit her corporate job and started a full service event agency at 24 years old with nothing
June 25, 2021 04:22 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Amanda Ma Amanda moved to California with her family from Taiwan when she was 10 years old. Amanda Ma is the Founder and Chief Experience Officer of Innovate Marketing Group, an award-winning live & virtual experience agency that provides full-service event & activation for Fortune 500 companies. Through her leadership, the company has flourished into one of the most distinguished live & virtual experience agencies both locally and nationally. She started her company...
79: Lily Roden turns side hustle into a successful wedding florist business without any experience
June 23, 2021 01:59 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Lily Roden Lily came from El Salvador with her family when she was 7 years old. The country was suffering from civil war, gangs and drugs. They lived very poor and the area they lived in was considered "the projects." So her parents decided to move to United States. When they initially made the move, her mom fell into depression and anxiety. Their family had a very rough start as immigrants in the States. Since her parents didn't know much of English and always had ...
78: After 14 years working in the pharmaceutical industry, Benita Kasbo launches a Syrian cheese company
June 20, 2021 13:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Benita Kasbo Benita came to the United States from Syria with her family. Her family came with very little when they first immigrated. They initially lived in a very small low income apartment complex. Her dad was a tailor, so he was able to secure a job fairly quickly, but her mom stayed home to take care of the kids. So she grew up and got into the pharmaceutical industry where she worked for 14 years. She tried to launch her business 2 times. But when the pandem...
77: Daria Tsvenger recovered from depression and at 23 years old she became a mindset expert
June 19, 2021 18:15 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Daria Tsvenger Daria always wanted to work for the Russian government and never imagined that she would end up living in the United States. But 5 years ago, she and her husband decided that it was a good move to come to Silicon Valley. Daria's husband is a tech entrepreneur and had started several startups. Moving to United States, Daria didn't know what she was getting herself into. She didn't know that she was going to be all alone, fall into depression and exper...
76: Esmeralda Todorova came to US at 18 years old by herself, now running a successful bookkeeping company
June 17, 2021 18:47 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Esmeralda Todorova Esmeralda came to New York when she was 18 years old. Coming from a very small town in Bulgaria, she had no idea what she was getting into. On her first week being in New York, she was so close to hopping back on the plane and going back home. Handling the New York lifestyle was a lot to take on as an immigrant and being all alone. Her original plan was to get her Accounting bachelor's degree and then go back home, but when her parents decided to...
75: Andy Cheng’s first business was with the Mexican mafia, but now he’s running 4 successful businesses
June 13, 2021 07:38 - 53 minutes - 49 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Andy Cheng Andy's immigrant entrepreneur journey really started after his father passed away. He was 26 years and he became the President in his father's company over night in Shanghai. He didn't necessarily love that role, but he managed through it. It was challenging for him but he didn't ask for help, and learned everything the hard way. But when an opportunity came up to get out of the country and start a business in Mexico, he took that without hesitation. Lea...
74: From the poorest of a poor country, Kam Knight became a coach, writer, and an author of 9 books
June 11, 2021 04:57 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Kam Knight Kam was brought up in a poor country, India, where he grew up in the ghetto part of town and in poverty. Kam went to school in the States and became a Certified Public Accountant. He got a regular, 9-5 job but after doing some research he realized that many successful people don't have 9-5 jobs, they were entrepreneurs. As an immigrant Kam never loved writing, and never thought he would be good at it. All of a sudden he had this sudden urge to write...
73: Andrea Ley went from an IT career to launching her Mexican coffee business on wheels
June 08, 2021 04:18 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Andrea Ley Andrea worked as an IT professional in Mexico and got an opportunity to work in the States for 1 year, so she took it! She was planning on coming back to Mexico but 8 years later found herself still in the US working at the same IT company. At 37 years old she found herself homesick, and missing her family. She also wanted a slice of her hometown by drinking some really good Mexican authentic coffee. But, there was none to find. So, in San Antonio, Tex...
72: From child labor, Odette D’Aniello, creates huge successes running her bakery shop
June 04, 2021 21:30 - 59 minutes - 55.2 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Odette D’Aniello Originally from the Philippines, Odette came to a small island, Guam with her family at a very young age. Her parents came to work on a bakery shop, that was owned by Odette's uncle and aunt. Little did she know that she was going to be working at the bakery shop without pay as a little girl. She didn't see the sun, she didn't have a normal childhood and they didn't celebrate holidays. Odette had to grow up really fast as a child, all because she...
72: Odette D’Aniello, turns her creativity to build massive success in her cake business
June 04, 2021 21:30 - 59 minutes - 55.2 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Odette D’Aniello Originally from the Philippines, Odette came to a small island, Guam with her family at a very young age. Her parents came to work on a bakery shop, that was owned by Odette's uncle and aunt. Little did she know that she was going to be working at the bakery shop without pay as a little girl. She didn't see the sun, she didn't have a normal childhood and they didn't celebrate holidays. Odette had to grow up really fast as a child, all because she...
71: Gautam Rao started his first startup at 23 years old, now he’s an investor
June 02, 2021 22:13 - 46 minutes - 43.4 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Gautam Rao Although Gautam's family was not made up of entrepreneurs, Gautam wanted to do something meaningful in his life. So at 23 years old he branched out and launched his very first startup, while in Singapore. His entrepreneurial journey lead him to start several other startups. He kept on pursuing his passion for entrepreneurship. Gautam never imagined to live in the States. After applying to Stanford to study on his masters program, to his surpr...
70: As a refugee, Mamba Hamissi came with nothing to the US, launches an East African restaurant
May 29, 2021 05:58 - 47 minutes - 44 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Mamba Hamissi Mamba Hamissi is originally from Burundi, East Africa. His wife was an activist and her life was threatened. Many times people were either killed or put into jail if they went against the government. We're in 2021, and there is still civil war happening in East Africa. They decided to flee the country and applied for refugee status with any country that will take them. America was the first one to give them refugee visa, but his wife was the only on...
69: Richard Mensah started his very first startup at 18 years old, now he’s reinventing how marketing works
May 27, 2021 06:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Richard Mensah Richard grew up in Ghana and started his very first startup at 18 years old. He never imagined that he would end up in the States but when he applied to attend a masters program, he got accepted with Hult International Business School. Richard launched 3 different startups that didn't work out for various reasons, but that didn't stop him. He kept on pursuing his dream of entrepreneurship. While studying on his masters program, he launched his 4th...
68: Yuting Su never imagined living in the States, but after creating a prototype during her thesis, it took off
May 19, 2021 05:16 - 43 minutes - 40.6 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Yuting Su Yuting grew up in Taiwan and she never imagined living in the States. Her dad came out to States to get his master's degree when she was 4 years old and she thought she would do the same. She came to the States to study on a master's program and her plan was to leave back to Taiwan after graduating. But after launching a prototype during her thesis at University of Southern California, the product took off. She launched the product Octobo when she wa...
67: Sahar Roques came with nothing to the US, launches a Persian sauce company
May 11, 2021 05:01 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Sahar Roques Sahar fled to America alone at 25 years ago to pursue a higher education degree where she was banned by the government of Iran to achieve due to my religious beliefs. In the U.S. she studied Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics at University of Maryland College Park while working over 30 hours a week to earn a living. After graduating she worked at biotech companies for a few years until she got married and had kids. After having kids, she realized a...
66: After Gemi Bertran’s body shut down, she became a Brain & Behavior Coach generating $1M+ annually
May 05, 2021 05:51 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Doctor Gemi Bertran Gemi was lead by love to come to the US and that's when she married her then, husband. At one point she was juggling and running so many things at once, alongside with raising her 2 children she had a breakdown. She was stressed, depleted in so many ways, and was running her dad's business that was overseas. Her brain stopped working, and the doctors had no idea what was going on. So she went on a journey to discover her own true health. S...
65: After launching 2 other business ventures, Yasir Shirazi launches a revolutionary company helping immigrants
April 30, 2021 04:43 - 56 minutes - 52 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Yasir Shirazi Yasir came from Pakistan to study in college and earn his M.B.A degree. He launched 2 other business ventures but kept on a lookout for something more creative and meaningful. He kept noticing that he's running into the same problems on a regular basis. Taking care of business back home while being overseas was somehow extremely difficult to do and manage. There were constantly issues and delays obtaining legal documents from back home, to sending f...
64: Lei Wang went from Instructional Technology career to launching a commercial printing company at 45 years old
April 29, 2021 05:39 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Lei Wang Lei came to United States when she was 24 years old to study on a Master's program, majoring in Instructional Technology. She came all by herself and had no one to turn to. She went through a lot of different struggles and challenges as any other immigrant does while trying to figure out this new country. Lei graduated, and went on to work a 9-5 job in her field for 17 years. One day, it hit her. She realized that she didn't come to America to have a 9-5...
63: From making $6/hour under the table to running 5 companies & generating millions, with Kalika Yap
April 24, 2021 05:45 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Kalika Yap Kalika was born in the Philippines but her family moved to Hawaii when the military coup took over. Her father was an entrepreneur and was always planting positive seeds in her life about entrepreneurship but Kalika thought she had a separate path. She always wanted to be a journalist so she attended New York University and got a Bachelor's in Journalism. However, life took her by surprise when she was in CA recently dumped by her boyfriend, with no pl...
62:Vienne Cheung launches one of the first world’s most extensive variety for thigh high stockings
April 21, 2021 05:05 - 48 minutes - 44.9 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Vienne Cheung Vienne's journey to the United States dates back to the Chinese Exclusion Act and the Gold Rush ages. Her parents had to wait 15 years to get accepted to come to the United States. Vienne received her Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts and Psychology from University of Massachusetts Boston. But she knew she was always creative and always kept her eyes open for new oppportunities. One day, when she realized that there were extremely limited options fo...
61: Nafy Flatley quits her corporate career to become a chef that features food from Senegal
April 18, 2021 04:19 - 46 minutes - 43.2 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Nafy Flatley Nafy was born with a talent to cook and she was so natural with it. At 8 years old she could whip out a full blown meal and she found her happiness creating healthy meals. She came to the United States because it was her American dream. She pursued higher education and graduated from University of San Francisco majoring in Marketing and International Business. She went on by working in the marketing field and was really good at it. But when she had 2...
60: Timothy Roman went from being incarcerated to million dollar success
April 15, 2021 00:37 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Timothy Roman Tim grew up in Russia during communism times where life was tough. You had to go outside of the city to see who had the butter, the chicken, and your basic and trade what you had. Tim came to United States at 13 years old and he found himself all too excited in the land of opportunities! Tim thought he could only be street smart and not book smart so he ended up dropping out of high school and selling drugs. That way of living got him locked up in j...
59: Yuri Kuts started his company as an illegal immigrant, now making $5+ million a year
April 08, 2021 19:29 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Yuri Kuts Yuri had very humble beginnings when he immigrated to the United States. He and his buddy came to United States on a work abroad program. When they realized that it wasn't going to happen it was too late. They were already dropped off in the middle of a field in Panama City. That was the beginning of Yuri's journey. Yuri and his buddy went around Panama City for 3 days looking for someone to help them. They had no money, no English but a HUGE dream t...
58: Veena Somareddy dropped out of PhD program to start a virtual reality physical & neurological rehab company
April 05, 2021 01:06 - 49 minutes - 46.2 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Veena Somareddy Veena's immigration journey was not all that easy. She was denied three times when she applied for a visa. She had to fight for her entrance, but with her determination she knew she wanted to be in the US. She immigrated when she was 22 years old and when she was in her PhD program life took her by surprise. A random act by a stranger lead her to open up her business with a co-founder. She's in the augmented/virtual reality industry and what th...
57: Maria Orozova launched her marketing company at 25 years old, they thrived during COVID
April 02, 2021 05:29 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Maria Orozova Maria was born in a communist country, Bulgaria where food was scare and buying anything was extremely difficult. She remembers people having to stand in the bread line for hours just because of the limited supply of food. Her family immigrated when she was 11 years old and she went on to study marketing and graphic communication at the University of Southern Mississippi. Her journey to entrepreneurship started when she was only 25 years old. With a...
57: Maria Orozova launched her marketing company at 25 years old, they thrived through COVID
April 02, 2021 05:29Immigrant Entrepreneur: Maria Orozova Maria was born in a communist country, Bulgaria where food was scare and buying anything was extremely difficult. She remembers people having to stand in the bread line for hours just because of the limited supply of food. Her family immigrated when she was 11 years old and she went on to study marketing and graphic communication at the University of Southern Mississippi. Her journey to entrepreneurship started when she was only 25 years old. With a...
56: Wai-Loong (Y) was forced into entrepreneurship, went on to design amazing products
March 31, 2021 16:50 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Wai-Loong (Y) Lim Y came to United States when he was 29 years old. He was born and raised in Malaysia but immigrated from Canada. His entire life was spent doodling and drawing anything that comes to mind. He went into industrial design because that was really his passion and he never looked back. He came out to Silicon Valley all because this was the place where products are born. He took an internship, but when that company went under he was forced into entrep...
55: Dafang (Daisy) Jing created skincare products for herself, then quit her corporate job & took it full time
March 29, 2021 19:18 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Daisy Jing Daisy came from China with her family when she was very young. Growing up in an immigrant household where money was scarce and she was always about saving. Her mom worked at McDonald's, in the back kitchen since she didn't speak English well and she worked at Chinese restaurants under the table. Daisy saw first hand what hard work was all about. When Daisy went through horrible acne she went looking for answers. What she did next was astonishing. Sh...
54: Raised in an orphanage then became homeless, Magie Cook sold her salsa company for $231M
March 24, 2021 17:04 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Magie Cook Magie was born in an orphanage where she spent 18 years of suffering. She had 68 brothers and sisters at the orphanage and at times she had to hunt for her food with her own bare hands because there was no food at the orphanage. Holidays were celebrated very seldomly, if they were celebrated at all. The shoes that they wore to school were hand made by her "parents". In this episode she explains why she doesn't call her parents, "parents" and how she fo...
53: Lauren Cohen created a concierge immigration consulting firm generating $1m in annual revenue
March 22, 2021 04:16 - 46 minutes - 43.5 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Lauren Cohen Although Lauren is Canadian, her immigration process was still lengthy and she had to fight for a better visa status. Lauren's passion for immigration law came after her then-husband was deported after their honeymoon to Thailand. She was confused, lost and devasted. She knew that there were other people fighting the same battles and she went looking for better answers. Lauren is an immigration lawyer in both countries and is the only true concier...
53: Lauren Cohen created a concierge immigration consulting firm generating $1m in annual revenue
March 22, 2021 04:16 - 46 minutes - 43.5 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Lauren Cohen Although Lauren is Canadian, her immigration process was still lengthy and she had to fight for a better visa status. Lauren's passion for immigration law came after her then-husband was deported after their honeymoon to Thailand. She was confused, lost and devasted. She knew that there were other people fighting the same battles and she went looking for better answers. Lauren is an immigration lawyer in both countries and is the only true concier...
52: Prateek Joshi created an AI, machine learning company & manages 35 employees at only 32 years old
March 19, 2021 23:06 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Prateek Joshi Prateek's interest in machine learning/artificial intelligence came early on when he was growing up in India. Since there was lack of clean water where he grew up, he knew that there had to be a solution for this. Every so often their family had to go to a place to get drinking water and do it over and over when supply was getting low. He started learning about water sources and machine learning early on and he grew such a passion for it. When he c...
51: Immigration lawyer, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, provides her feedback and advice on the immigration process
March 16, 2021 04:45 - 34 minutes - 32.5 MBKate is an immigration lawyer who does an amazing job by helping and serving the immigrants of America. Immigration is an international law which means that she can help anyone, regardless of their location in America. Kate provides some tools on how to make the immigration process smoother, why the immigration process takes forever, and she goes over some of the mistakes that she normally sees when reviewing applications and assisting immigrants through the citizenship process. Kate h...
50: Marie Capita’s near death experience opened the door for her to make a difference in the youth
March 12, 2021 03:39 - 39 minutes - 37 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Marie Capita Marie immigrated from Haiti when she was very young. She started her entrepreneurship journey after getting her law degree and starting her own practice with a business partner. Her entrepreneurial career didn't end there. She left the practice and started a bakery business with her husband. Since they went through a divorce, she decided to give that up as well. Although she got a County job and worked a desk job, she wasn't giving up on her entre...
49: At 23 years old Spoorthi Kumar quit her I.T. job and opened up a coffee shop without any experience
March 09, 2021 06:24 - 48 minutes - 45.3 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Spoorthi Kumar Spoorthi is a native born, but she left to India with her family at 5 years old. She eventually came back to the States to study I.T. but she didn't like her job out of college. She ended up quitting her corporate job and wanted something more for her life. She had absolutely no plans, no plan A, no plan B but she went searching for it. In fact, she didn't even have any side hustle income coming in. Starting a coffee shop with her business partn...
48: Liubov Lomonosova went from an engineering field to being a successful running coach
March 06, 2021 17:10 - 40 minutes - 37.8 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Liubov Lomonosova Liubov grew up with humble beginnings. Living in Ukraine, her family couldn't afford to live in a house. In fact, living in a house was considered a luxury, so they lived in a very small apartment complex. While she never imagined living in United States, she immigrated at 30 years old when her husband was moved out here for work. They barely knew anyone and started their lives fresh. She had to take English classes, and thought that getting a j...
47: From a poor immigrant, to building wealth through SAMO Financial with Alina Trigub
March 03, 2021 03:52 - 39 minutes - 36.8 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Alina Trigub Alina grew up in Ukraine when anti-semitism groups were complete widespread. As a Jewish she and her mom feared for their lives. It was out of pure safety that they realized they had to move out to a better place and that's when they immigrated to United States. Alina had several jobs out of college, but her side gig really only started out of curiosity. She started researching and learning everything there was about real estate syndication. Alina fo...
46: Amine Rahal got fired from his job, turns his side hustle into an amazing business
February 24, 2021 05:03 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Amine Rahal 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 to relocate to another city where French was spoken. His parents came to give their kids better opportunities and a better life. Amine was always interested in software since he was a young boy. All because, back in Africa they had a computer when they were growing up. So he naturally gravitated towards anyth...
45: Fired multiple times from jobs, the wedding officiant, Veronica Moya hosted 500+ weddings during COVID in 2020
February 21, 2021 23:16 - 59 minutes - 55.1 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Veronica Moya 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, at a health club but during this time she was always auditioning. Her dream was to become and actor and that's what she wanted to do in New York. Even after being fired from several jobs, she was still persistent to find her passions. Her entrepreneurial drive really kicked in when she was getting married. She found ou...
44: Sid Mohasseb created several businesses, he’s a venture capitalist, speaker, an author, and an adjunct professor
February 19, 2021 23:01 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Sid Mohasseb Sid's journey to United States started when he was 16 years old when he attended a boarding school. He always had a curious mind and launched his very first company after 5 years of being in the States. He was only 21 years old when he launched his very first business. Although he had several different businesses in his immigrant entrepreneur journey, he's focused his last several years being a venture capitalist. Sid focuses on investing, mentori...
43: Donizete Minchillo’s first job in the U.S. was painting houses, now both businesses he owns generates 6 figures + annually
February 19, 2021 04:41 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Donizete (Donny) Minchillo Jr. Donny's journey to entrepreneurship was definitely not a straight path. He initiallly dabbled with selling random things on eBay and that's where he got hooked. He had several different businesses along the way, one was a furniture company, another one was something similar to Groupon but in the end he launched Pineapple Development which helps customers with Magento and Shopify platforms. He didn't stop there! Shortly after, he ac...
42: Abdulhamid Ali’s first job was washing dishes, now he owns a company averaging $15M a year
February 15, 2021 23:04 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Abdulhamid Ali 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 father went to prison several times and his mom was left with 6 kids to care for. It turns out that his mom became extremely entrepreneurial and made the best out of what they had. If you wanted to go to college in Somalia, the goverment told you want you were going to study and you had no other choice. Th...
41: Igor Kransykh is a college dropout, now he runs a $1M business
February 13, 2021 23:30 - 58 minutes - 54.1 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Igor Krasnykh Igor immigrated from Russia at 17 years old.. He didn't know much of any English and the English that he did know wasn't helping him much. He was always interested in software, and the IT world so he started several different businesses on the side. Some of them failed but he didn't stop there. He is a college dropout and one of his side hustles that he started (PowerSync) allowed him to grow that company all organically and without much of any adve...
40: Gurhan Demirkan creates innovation in the augmented reality and the supplements industries
February 12, 2021 05:50 - 48 minutes - 45.1 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Gurhan Demirkan Gurhan grew up in Turkey where his dad always said that he will be living in America one day. He also constantly encouraged him to become an entrepreneur and to be your own boss. That was instilled in his brain at a very young age. He immigrated at the age of 18 and didn't know any English at all. He decided that if he was going to learn English, living with his brother is not going to help him. So he decided to live on campus at college. His b...
39: Startup consultant providing her expertise to immigrants, with Laura Kinser
February 06, 2021 04:20 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBLaura Kinser is a startup clinic consultant that has a wealth of experience with startups 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 for immigrants. She also provides an extensive amount of resources that will guide you in the process. She is highly intelligent in the startup businesses and works with plenty of entrepreneurs in their startup journeys. Show notes --- Support this podcast: https://podc...
38: How Vladimir Vasilenko creates innovation in the energy efficient market
February 01, 2021 05:48 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Vladimir Vasilenko Doctor Vasilenko is a very special guest on my show. He immigrated from Russia to Canada and had a very pleasant immigration process. In fact it took him less than 4 months for all the immigration to be completed and finalized. He founded Global Warming Solutions out of survival and needed to get the renewable and energy efficient products out there. He took his company public shortly after creating his company and there is a reason for that! ...