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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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! ...
37: Eddie Garcia crossed the border from Mexico on foot, now he owns one of the biggest real estate companies
January 28, 2021 04:00 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Eddie Garcia Eddie traveled on foot from Mexico with his older brother and his father when he was 5 years old. He had no idea what was going on, and was totally oblivious to the fact that his dad carried their clothes in zip loc bags. On that journey, that came in handy! When they crossed the sewer water, they had to change their clothes and that's when his dad whipped out fresh clothes out of the zip loc bags. He was on track to be an employee and his dad always...
36: After becoming really sick and unable to work, Fiona Gilbert launches Quanta Therapies
January 26, 2021 18:28 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Fiona Gilbert Fiona immigrated to United States in her early 20s and landed in Silicon Valley. Shortly after coming immigrating she fell tremendously sick. She was so sick she had to get a service dog that helped her move around. She tried many different treatments and nothing helped. But with her sickness came a blessing. She was able to find something that allowed her to feel absolutely amazing, and Quanta Therapies was born. Not only that, her creativity lau...
35: Irina Alexander built a $1M business in 2 years in a male dominated field
January 24, 2021 05:32 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Irina Alexander Irina met her husband in China while working abroad on a summer tour program. She never initally wanted to move to America, but because she married an American (while in China) she moved to Texas in her early 20s. She didn't have any family or friends in Texas, and on top of that, her husband had to go to work - overseas. She was left all alone. There were many struggles in her immigrant journey from handling basic phone conversations, to driving ...
34: Christian Carreon loses both of his kidneys, creates a wealth management firm at 27 years old
January 21, 2021 04:59 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Christian Carreon Christian came to the United States when he was 7 years old with his family after losing his sister. His mom was able to regain momentum and strength to launch her own company and they started a new life in California. Life was not always great for Christian. After struggling with constant racism, seeing his parents go through a bankruptcy, he ended up in the hospital fighting for his life. He eventually lost both of his kidneys, but not too lon...
34: Chrisitan Carreon loses both of his kidneys, creates a wealth management firm at 27 years old
January 21, 2021 04:59 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Christian Carreon Christian came to the United States when he was 7 years old with his family after losing his sister. His mom was able to regain momentum and strength to launch her own company and they started a new life in California. Life was not always great for Christian. After struggling with constant racism, seeing his parents go through a bankruptcy, he ended up in the hospital fighting for his life. He eventually lost both of his kidneys, but not too lon...
33: After launching several different companies, Jorge Ruiz creates innovation in the global fintech industry
January 07, 2021 17:55 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Jorge Ruiz Jorge came from Bolivia to the U.S. initially to study in college. His journey brought him back home where he launched several different companies all in completely different fields. With his expertise at Citi Bank he launched the first global solution for financial institutions by connecting them with the top innovative fintech solutions. Financial institutions are in need of digitizing practically everything they do, and it's rapidly growing. That's ...
32: Angelica Rivera was once undocumented, now creates millions in revenue in the construction field
December 31, 2020 21:46 - 45 minutes - 42.2 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Angelica Rivera When Angelica came to the United States, she was only supposed to be here for 6 months to finish high school. Through some rough struggles she was able to stay here past her visa expiration date. At one point she was undocumented and had many limitations that she had to live in. But with her persistence and determination she was able to create not one, but two companies. Her second company was founded with her husband when she was only 29 years ol...
31: Creating the impossible in the data analysis world with Ahmed Elsamadisi
December 30, 2020 03:35 - 56 minutes - 52.5 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Ahmed Elsamadisi Ahmed came to the United States at the age of 10 with his family from Egypt, all in the name of education. In Egypt the education system is corrupt. The teachers don't teach and they must supplement their income by tutoring. Ahmed's parents brought their children to United States because the education system is proven to be a lot better than in Egypt. Ahmed created his data analysis startup company, Narrator.ai at the age of 25 which allowed h...
30: Escaping the drug war to become an immigration attorney, with Camila Pachon Silva
December 27, 2020 05:13 - 38 minutes - 35.9 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Camila Pachon Silva Camila and her family had to escape the intense drug war that was happening in Columbia. In this episode she explains how her mom would put tape on the windows to prevent the windows from crashing down during a bomb explosion. There was violence every single day, people would get robbed and you knew what part of town to avoid, what not to wear and do certain things to live your life. She tells me that it was the norm, you had to adapt to that ...
29: As a refugee from Bosnia, Igor Dobrosavljević creates an I.T. consulting company
December 26, 2020 01:54 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Igor Dobrosavljević Igor immigrated from Germany with his family at 16 years old from Germany. Germany was their first destination as refugees to flee from the civil war that broke out between Croatia and Bosnia. As immigrants in the United States his parents had to start their lives all over, for the second time. Amongst many struggles Igor was able to obtain a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and start his own I.T. consulting company, Grand Consulting. ...
29: As Refugee from Bosnia, Igor Dobrosavljević creates an I.T. consulting company
December 26, 2020 01:54 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Igor Dobrosavljević Igor immigrated from Germany with his family at 16 years old from Germany. Germany was their first destination as refugees to flee from the civil war that broke out between Croatia and Bosnia. As immigrants in the United States his parents had to start their lives all over, for the second time. Amongst many struggles Igor was able to obtain a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and start his own I.T. consulting company, Grand Consulting. ...
28: How the Israeli army shaped her entrepreneurial path, with Nirit Rubenstein
December 21, 2020 05:51 - 30 minutes - 28.5 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Nirit Rubenstein Nirit came to the United States when she was 4 years old but she still experienced struggles as an immigrant. Her household only spoke Hebrew and she only picked up English in grade school which made it extremely difficult to connect with other classmates. She remembers her parents talking about how McDonald's was a once a month treat for them and how all of their clothes were second hand. Her dad couldn't get a job for a period of time until h...
27: Giacomo Vacca leaves hometown at 16, becomes an inventor in the flow cytometry industry
December 20, 2020 04:19 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Giacomo Vacca Doctor Giacomo Vacca leaves his hometown at the age of 16 because he always wanted to become a scientist. Leaving your country behind at 16 is not only considered bravery, but beyond courageous. After graduating Harvard, he attended Stanford University to obtain his PhD in Applied Physics. This lead him on a path to getting amazing jobs at different companies including one that was a Fortune 500 company. He quickly realized that he was meant for som...
26: From pre-reformed China, Wei Wang designs bridges and buildings in NY
December 17, 2020 20:33 - 47 minutes - 65.7 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Doctor Wei Wang Doctor Wei Wang grew up in a communist China without much education options. But against all odds, he managed to get a PhD in structural engineering in New Jersey. When he started his company, Urbantech Consulting Engineering he didn't even know he was running a business. He was doing everything by himself and the very first project that he worked on was a bridge that was outlined on the Discovery Channel. Doctor Wei Wang came to the United Sta...
26: From a communist China, Wei Wang designs bridges and buildings in NY
December 17, 2020 20:32Immigrant Entrepreneur: Doctor Wei Wang Doctor Wei Wang grew up in a communist China without much education options. But against all odds, he managed to get a PhD in structural engineering in New Jersey. When he started his company, Urbantech Consulting Engineering he didn't even know he was running a business. He was doing everything by himself and the very first project that he worked on was a bridge that was outlined on the Discovery Channel. Doctor Wei Wang came to the United Sta...
26: From a communist China, Wei Wang designs bridges and buildings in NY
December 17, 2020 20:32Immigrant Entrepreneur: Doctor Wei Wang Doctor Wei Wang grew up in a communist China without much education options. But against all odds, he managed to get a PhD in structural engineering in New Jersey. When he started his company, Urbantech Consulting Engineering he didn't even know he was running a business. He was doing everything by himself and the very first project that he worked on was a bridge that was outlined on the Discovery Channel. Doctor Wei Wang came to the United Sta...
26: From a pre-reformed China, Wei Wang designs bridges and buildings in NY
December 17, 2020 20:32 - 47 minutes - 65.7 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Doctor Wei Wang Doctor Wei Wang grew up in a communist China without much education options. But against all odds, he managed to get a PhD in structural engineering in New Jersey. When he started his company, Urbantech Consulting Engineering he didn't even know he was running a business. He was doing everything by himself and the very first project that he worked on was a bridge that was outlined on the Discovery Channel. Doctor Wei Wang came to the United Sta...
25: At 25 years old Fiona becomes a blogger to help millennials with personal finance
December 15, 2020 02:29 - 50 minutes - 81.7 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Fiona 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 but after seeing what her grandparents went through with their personal finances she decided that she wanted to help as many people be financially independent. She bought her house at the age of 23, she started her blog at the age of 25.. during the pandemic! This young lady is about to tear up the finance world before you know i...
24: Juan Palacio is a college dropout, and self-taught, creates magic in the flower business
December 11, 2020 22:31 - 48 minutes - 78.6 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Juan Palacio 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 good position. Since his sister was already living in Miami, he immigrated at the age of 24. His immigrant struggles included eating from the dollar menu at McDonald's every single day. He was always lost taking the public transporation, but he was never lost in his dreams and passions. Juan, is a college dropo...
23: Alex Robbio came with $700, built his company & sold it for $60+ million dollars
December 09, 2020 02:51 - 50 minutes - 82.1 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Alex Robbio 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 with very little help. In this episode he shares how his immigrant entrepreneurial mind gets extremely creative to the point of asking their first employees to bring their own desktop computers to work. He started his software company with his brother and father and shares some extremely valuable advice...
22: Ashish Mudgal hacked into a video game but then invented a genius device for the elderly
December 06, 2020 05:53 - 51 minutes - 83.7 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Doctor Ashish Mudgal 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 that is exactly why he came to the States; his journey to entrepreneurship was something out of the ordinary. He came to study on a Soil, Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences program to obtain his PhD. Doctor Ashish Mudgal never imagined that he would ever be an entrepreneur but after unique experiences it ...
21: From a government sector path to successful business coach with Alisa Barcan
December 03, 2020 22:15 - 42 minutes - 58.2 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Alisa Barcan Alisa was born in Romania at the time where Romania was nearing the communist regime. Although growing up, communism was over a lot of people were still living the communist mindset. They could not rely on the purchasing power to buy food, because there was no food. Given that experience, Alisa was able to bring some of the post communism experiences into her entrepreneurial journey. Alisa's immigrant entrepreneur journey didn't bring her to the U...
20: Farm boy creates history in robotics platforms with Gary Kurek.
November 30, 2020 00:28 - 47 minutes - 77.1 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Gary Kurek 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 when his teacher in school encouraged him to participate in the science fair at the age of 14. Gary was self taught throughout his young adult life and actually never got a college degree. After his successes in the science fair where he invented a wheelchair device that can be used both like a walker and like a whee...
19: From being depressed, and losing her faith to being featured in Forbes 30 under 30
November 24, 2020 03:15 - 43 minutes - 69.5 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Nelly Garcia 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 they didn't have central Air Conditioning and she didn't know what she was missing until they moved to the States. At a very young age, she learned that making money is very easy and that she enjoyed it but when life hit her hard at a very tragic place in her life, she lost all of her hope. She was depressed, had no friends and...
18: Laila was separated by war & nearly died but became a multimillionaire as a wealth manager
November 22, 2020 01:40 - 48 minutes - 78.6 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Laila Pence Laila was born in Egypt and had a great upbringing, but when war broke out when she was 9 years old she nearly died. She escaped a bomb that landed in her room shortly after escaping with her family. After that, her life completely changed forever. Laila had to be separated from her family and live with her grandmother for a period of time, go to a French school and that was the worst year of her life. Her dad finally filed papers to move to the State...
17: Mo took ESL classes at 13 but ended up being the founder of a software company
November 20, 2020 06:25 - 51 minutes - 82.5 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Mo Hossain 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 at 13 years old he had to take ESL classes to learn English. He had no idea what business he was going to open. For a period of time he wanted to save money to start some sort of venture to create passive income. However, when he quit his day job he had no plan. There was absolutely no business idea in place, so he went traveling...
17: Mo took ESL classes at 13 but ended up being the founder of an analytics company
November 20, 2020 06:25 - 51 minutes - 82.5 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Mo Hossain 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 at 13 years old he had to take ESL classes to learn English. He had no idea what business he was going to open. For a period of time he wanted to save money to start some sort of venture to create passive income. However, when he quit his day job he had no plan. There was absolutely no business idea in place, so he went traveling...
16: Anshu never wanted to live in the States, but ended up becoming an immigration attorney
November 15, 2020 01:45 - 28 minutes - 46.8 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Anshu Karki Anshu came to the States when she was 18 years old. She was raised by a single mother in Nepal and her plan was to come get her undergraduate degree in the States and go back to Nepal. However, her journey lead her on an unexpected path. She got her undergraduate degree in business and economics and being an immigration attorney was not something that she dreamed of. As an immigration attorney, Anshu is now serving immigrants all over the nation an...
15: From a scientist to a co-founder of Lever Photonics without raising any capital
November 06, 2020 21:31 - 40 minutes - 64.8 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Doctor Maria Navas Moreno Doctor Maria Navas Moreno came to the States of hoping to do scientific research. She was nearing the journey to becoming a professor when she realized she didn't want to do that anymore. Her journey lead to marrying a Columbian immigrant man and they both landed in Colorado. That is when she became unemployed as an immigrant due to her visa situation. During that entire year she was researching, networking and going to all the events that ...
14: From pizza delivery guy, to being featured on Inc. 5000, fastest growing company list
November 03, 2020 06:26 - 44 minutes - 71.7 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Andrey Sokurec Andrey 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 during the day and pizza delivery at nights but also needed to hire a private tutor to teach him English. He had many struggles when he first came to the States and you won't believe it, his entire plan was to make some money in the States and then go back home. It was never his plan to live in America. As life threw cur...
13: Sean Conlon came to the States with $500, but became a multimillionaire within a decade
November 01, 2020 06:10 - 1 hour - 110 MBSean is originally from Ireland and was one of 5 kids in his family. His dad always told him that you can be anything you want in America so he held onto that dream. After leaving Ireland and going to London he realized that the successful people that he read about in the library did not have ordinary jobs. So he quit and told everyone that he was going to America to become a millionaire. He came to the States with $500 and a huge dream. He moved in with a far relative that thought he wa...
13: Sean came to the States with $500, but became a multimillionaire within a decade
November 01, 2020 06:10 - 1 hour - 109 MBSean is originally from Ireland and was one of 5 kids in his family. His dad always told him that you can be anything you want in America so he held onto that dream. After leaving Ireland and going to London he realized that the successful people that he read about in the library did not have ordinary jobs. So he quit and told everyone that he was going to America to become a millionaire. He came to the States with $500 and a huge dream. He moved in with a far relative that thought he wa...
12: Tsvetta had many limitations when she came, but opened her business without putting a single dollar in.
October 31, 2020 00:12 - 44 minutes - 71.5 MBTsvetta grew up in a post communism Bulgaria and remembers standing in long lines to get a loaf of bread with her grandma. She always craved more in her tiny town and wasn’t getting it. She decided to apply for scholarships outside of her country and with many options she decided to get as far away from Bulgaria and to the most exotic place, she called America. Upon arriving as a 20 year old into a huge city she was constantly lost and didn't have a solid vision of her plan. Although the c...
11: From a musician to an inventor and appearing on Shark Tank
October 28, 2020 04:41 - 47 minutes - 77.4 MBRobbie 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 he never intended to invent anything. He did loads of odd jobs like valet parking, doing real estate, working in restaurants, and hotels. Robbie’s first side hustle was selling collectibles online and after it wasn’t working out, he ended up selling the business just to recoup some of the debt. While being laid off, depressed and at home with his wife a...
10: He came as a student with a couple of dollars in his pocket, but raised $40m in capital
October 26, 2020 05:51 - 38 minutes - 61.8 MBDoctor Patrick Anquetil was born in Paris where the status quo environment was to set you up only to work on a government focused career. Entrepreneurship was not common at all and in fact if you have told him that he was going to open not one but several businesses when he was young, he would’ve thought that you were from another planet. He was never set out to become an entrepreneur and his parents never motivated him to become one. His studies were done in MIT when he was on a PhD prog...
10: He came as a student with a couple of dollars in his pocket, but raised $14m in capital.
October 26, 2020 05:51 - 38 minutes - 61.3 MBDoctor Patrick Anquetil was born in Paris where the status quo environment was to set you up only to work on a government focused career. Entrepreneurship was not common at all and in fact if you have told him that he was going to open not one but several businesses when he was young, he would’ve thought that you were from another planet. He was never set out to become an entrepreneur and his parents never motivated him to become one. His studies were done in MIT when he was on a PhD prog...
9: Mercedes came to the States with 2 suitcases and $200 hundred dollars and became a successful immigrant entrepreneur.
October 20, 2020 23:24 - 31 minutes - 43.7 MBImmigrant Entrepreneur: Mercedes Concepcion-Gray. Mercedes came to the States right after college with 2 suitcases and $200 in her pocket. She had a college degree that wasn't highly recognized in the States but with her broken English and resiliency she was able to make it in the corporate America. After being in corporate America she quit, and started her own company in her mid 40s. She is a true inspiration to all immigrants who want to escape the corporate world and always dreamed ...
8: Max was able to raise $1.5 million in capital, and now he's on his 3rd business launch.
October 19, 2020 02:46 - 48 minutes - 79 MBMax Faingezicht came to the States from Costa Rica to study at MIT in the MBA program. Altough his entrace to the States was pretty smooth, his immigrant entrepreneurial path was not at all a straight path. Max was a co-founder at Thrive Hive and one of his biggest successes was raising $1.5 million in capital to continue the launch of Thrive Hive. He now started a brand new company, Telescoped. I call it more of a philanthrapy movement because the mission behind Telescoped is to conne...
7: Sandi’s goal was to escape the corporate world, and at 40 years old she started her successful business.
October 13, 2020 21:15 - 41 minutes - 67.5 MBSandi's immigrant entrepreneur journey started when she was young, by babysitting in her Jewish neighborhood. She came to the States when she was 10 years old and constantly remembered how her mom's work ethic impacted her entrepreneurial path. In this episode, Sandi shares her experience escaping the corporate world and how she's sailing through COVID season only because she sailed through the 9/11 market. Link to show notes --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod...
6: Vladimir cleaned bathrooms for work, then his company was featured as one of the fastest growing companies in Inc.com, making millions.
October 10, 2020 17:44 - 45 minutes - 73.6 MBI'm so excited to have Vladimir Gendelman on my show because he's also from the former Soviet Union, just like I am. He is living proof of starting a business without knowing anything about business growth, or success. But his fire and his passion drove him to be featured in Inc.com as one of the fastest growing companies. He's been in business for 17 years and his revenue is in the millions. Link to show notes --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/immigrant...
5: From having only 2 meals a day in Haiti, to a multimillion dollar company.
October 02, 2020 20:27 - 1 hour - 99.9 MBHerby Duverne came to the States when he was 20 years old from Haiti. Life in Haiti wasn't all that great. He got to eat 2 meals a day, the whole family lived in one room, the kitchen was outside and the laundry was done by hand. Herby was in and out of school in Haiti all because his mom couldn't afford putting him through school during the entire school year. Anytime the money would run out, Herby was let go from school until the tuition is all paid for. Herby's immigrant entrepreneu...
4: JP got into real estate through a newspaper ad. After 5 years in business his company made $2B in sales.
September 30, 2020 01:43 - 25 minutes - 41.7 MBJP came to the States when he was 13 years old with his family. As many immigrants he didn't know any English and was set out to become an engineer. His immigrant entrepreneur journey blows me away because he got into real estate through a newspaper ad. Today, his company, JP & Associates Realtors is based out of Texas and has 3,200 agents. It is claimed to be America's fastest-growing 100% commission brokerage & franchise. Link to show notes --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters...
3: He escaped civil war, several brain tumors and now is a successful entrepreneur.
September 23, 2020 20:34 - 45 minutes - 72.7 MBDoctor Luis Velasquez went through several paths of life before starting Velas Coaching in Silicon Valley. I'm so delighted to learn how he reinvented himself several times, battled brain tumor to come out victorious. He's a true inspiration to all of us, immigrants, who are desiring to start a business! Link to show notes --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/immigrantentrepreneurs/support
2: My dad went from $8/hour job to having his own business for over 20 years.
September 21, 2020 22:49 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBToday I get to bring my dad on the show! He's a true immigrant entrepreneur example of coming to America without knowing any English, with very little cash and starting his own business at the age of 37! Let's hear the journey he took to the land of opportunities and how he's been able to be in business for over 20 years! Link to show notes --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/immigrantentrepreneurs/support
1: From living at his office to owning a multimillion dollar company!
September 19, 2020 19:26 - 35 minutes - 33.5 MBLink to show notes Agie Sihotang always says YES to opportunities and then figures it out. He is an absolute genius in reselling everything he puts his hands on. He flipped shoes, he flipped TVs, and even website design services! Agie quit his master’s program to sell TVs and that conversation with his Indonesian parents was not an easy task. When Agie first started his company he had absolutely no investments, no capital, and he told his best friend who was helping him out in the new bu...