Latest Immigrantentrepreneurtips Podcast Episodes
29: As Refugee from Bosnia, Igor Dobrosavljević creates an I.T. consulting company
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - December 26, 2020 01:54 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsImmigrant 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 ...
28: How the Israeli army shaped her entrepreneurial path, with Nirit Rubenstein
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - December 21, 2020 05:51 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsImmigrant 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 classmat...
27: Giacomo Vacca leaves hometown at 16, becomes an inventor in the flow cytometry industry
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - December 20, 2020 04:19 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsImmigrant 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 ...
26: From pre-reformed China, Wei Wang designs bridges and buildings in NY
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - December 17, 2020 20:33 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsImmigrant 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 wa...
26: From a pre-reformed China, Wei Wang designs bridges and buildings in NY
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - December 17, 2020 20:32 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsImmigrant 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 wa...
25: At 25 years old Fiona becomes a blogger to help millennials with personal finance
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - December 15, 2020 02:29 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsImmigrant 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...
24: Juan Palacio is a college dropout, and self-taught, creates magic in the flower business
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - December 11, 2020 22:31 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsImmigrant 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 struggle...
23: Alex Robbio came with $700, built his company & sold it for $60+ million dollars
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - December 09, 2020 02:51 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsImmigrant 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 crea...
22: Ashish Mudgal hacked into a video game but then invented a genius device for the elderly
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - December 06, 2020 05:53 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsImmigrant 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 ...
21: From a government sector path to successful business coach with Alisa Barcan
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - December 03, 2020 22:15 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsImmigrant 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 ...
20: Farm boy creates history in robotics platforms with Gary Kurek.
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - November 30, 2020 00:28 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsImmigrant 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 th...
19: From being depressed, and losing her faith to being featured in Forbes 30 under 30
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - November 24, 2020 03:15 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsImmigrant 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 youn...
18: Laila was separated by war & nearly died but became a multimillionaire as a wealth manager
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - November 22, 2020 01:40 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsImmigrant 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...
17: Mo took ESL classes at 13 but ended up being the founder of a software company
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - November 20, 2020 06:25 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsImmigrant 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 tim...
17: Mo took ESL classes at 13 but ended up being the founder of an analytics company
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - November 20, 2020 06:25 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsImmigrant 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 tim...
16: Anshu never wanted to live in the States, but ended up becoming an immigration attorney
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - November 15, 2020 01:45 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsImmigrant 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 under...
15: From a scientist to a co-founder of Lever Photonics without raising any capital
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - November 06, 2020 21:31 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsImmigrant 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 a...
14: From pizza delivery guy, to being featured on Inc. 5000, fastest growing company list
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - November 03, 2020 06:26 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsImmigrant 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 struggl...
13: Sean Conlon came to the States with $500, but became a multimillionaire within a decade
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - November 01, 2020 06:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSean 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 or...
13: Sean came to the States with $500, but became a multimillionaire within a decade
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - November 01, 2020 06:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSean 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 or...
12: Tsvetta had many limitations when she came, but opened her business without putting a single dollar in.
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - October 31, 2020 00:12 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsTsvetta 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 a...
11: From a musician to an inventor and appearing on Shark Tank
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - October 28, 2020 04:41 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsRobbie 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 ...
10: He came as a student with a couple of dollars in his pocket, but raised $14m in capital.
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - October 26, 2020 05:51 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsDoctor 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’v...
10: He came as a student with a couple of dollars in his pocket, but raised $40m in capital
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - October 26, 2020 05:51 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsDoctor 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’v...
9: Mercedes came to the States with 2 suitcases and $200 hundred dollars and became a successful immigrant entrepreneur.
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - October 20, 2020 23:24 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsImmigrant 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 A...
8: Max was able to raise $1.5 million in capital, and now he's on his 3rd business launch.
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - October 19, 2020 02:46 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsMax 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 ...
7: Sandi’s goal was to escape the corporate world, and at 40 years old she started her successful business.
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - October 13, 2020 21:15 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSandi'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 escapi...
6: Vladimir cleaned bathrooms for work, then his company was featured as one of the fastest growing companies in Inc.com, making millions.
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - October 10, 2020 17:44 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsI'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 th...
5: From having only 2 meals a day in Haiti, to a multimillion dollar company.
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - October 02, 2020 20:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHerby 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 cou...
4: JP got into real estate through a newspaper ad. After 5 years in business his company made $2B in sales.
Immigrant Entrepreneurs - September 30, 2020 01:43 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsJP 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 Realto...
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