Best Howtobecomeanentrepreneur Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 29: How to Move Forward When Feeling Stuck in Business with Andie Monet 27:09

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Andie Monet is a best selling author, speaker, and business optimization expert with over 30 years of experience. From experiencing homelessness at age 16 to taking charge in the boardroom. She specializes in increasing small and medium size businesses’ income and impact without increasing costs or hours in the day. In this episode you will learn: …

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Episode 28: Maximizing Your Productivity as a Mompreneur with Kylie Mort 17:48

2y ago17:48

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Kylie Mort is an international Amazon best-selling author with multiple award-winning publications. She is also an app developer with a new FREE app, available on Google Play and The Apple App Store, that supports essay writing. “How to Write with Kylie Mort” also includes journaling and Self-Reflection to promote holistic development, because Kyli…

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84: With an Economics degree, Eva Sadej launches a mobile dentistry startup at 26 years old 52:13

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Immigrant 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…

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83: Ali Payani did door to door sales to build his digital marketing agency: LookinLA 40:01

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Immigrant 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. H…

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82: Without any computer science experience, Tal Frankfurt starts a software company now managing 100 employees 52:12

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Immigrant 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 sta…

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81: Maria Karr came with $200 in her pocket to US, launches the first Russian beauty store in the US 51:27

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Immigrant 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 product…

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80: Amanda Ma quit her corporate job and started a full service event agency at 24 years old with nothing 53:53

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Immigrant 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 …

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79: Lily Roden turns side hustle into a successful wedding florist business without any experience 1:01:48

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Immigrant 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 depres…

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78: After 14 years working in the pharmaceutical industry, Benita Kasbo launches a Syrian cheese company 50:37

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Immigrant 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 sh…

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77: Daria Tsvenger recovered from depression and at 23 years old she became a mindset expert 55:25

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Immigrant 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 …

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76: Esmeralda Todorova came to US at 18 years old by herself, now running a successful bookkeeping company 57:30

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Immigrant 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 immi…

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75: Andy Cheng’s first business was with the Mexican mafia, but now he’s running 4 successful businesses 53:32

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Immigrant 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 everythi…

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74: From the poorest of a poor country, Kam Knight became a coach, writer, and an author of 9 books 1:07:23

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Immigrant 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 entrepre…

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73: Andrea Ley went from an IT career to launching her Mexican coffee business on wheels 44:20

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Immigrant 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 al…

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72: Odette D’Aniello, turns her creativity to build massive success in her cake business 59:40

3y ago59:40

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Immigrant 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 …

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71: Gautam Rao started his first startup at 23 years old, now he’s an investor 46:49

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Immigrant 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 entr…

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70: As a refugee, Mamba Hamissi came with nothing to the US, launches an East African restaurant 47:31

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Immigrant 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 appli…

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69: Richard Mensah started his very first startup at 18 years old, now he’s reinventing how marketing works 47:24

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Immigrant 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 reas…

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68: Yuting Su never imagined living in the States, but after creating a prototype during her thesis, it took off 43:47

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Immigrant 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 launc…

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67: Sahar Roques came with nothing to the US, launches a Persian sauce company 47:25

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Immigrant 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 li…

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66: After Gemi Bertran’s body shut down, she became a Brain & Behavior Coach generating $1M+ annually 56:05

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Immigrant 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 overse…

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65: After launching 2 other business ventures, Yasir Shirazi launches a revolutionary company helping immigrants 56:11

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Immigrant 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…

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64: Lei Wang went from Instructional Technology career to launching a commercial printing company at 45 years old 49:04

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Immigrant 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 gradua…

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63: From making $6/hour under the table to running 5 companies & generating millions, with Kalika Yap 1:01:47

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Immigrant 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 Univ…

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62:Vienne Cheung launches one of the first world’s most extensive variety for thigh high stockings 48:30

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Immigrant 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 alw…

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61: Nafy Flatley quits her corporate career to become a chef that features food from Senegal 46:38

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Immigrant 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 …

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60: Timothy Roman went from being incarcerated to million dollar success 54:18

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Immigrant 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 on…

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59: Yuri Kuts started his company as an illegal immigrant, now making $5+ million a year 1:07:34

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Immigrant 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…

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58: Veena Somareddy dropped out of PhD program to start a virtual reality physical & neurological rehab company 49:51

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Immigrant 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. …

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57: Maria Orozova launched her marketing company at 25 years old, they thrived during COVID 51:20

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Immigrant 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 gr…

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56: Wai-Loong (Y) was forced into entrepreneurship, went on to design amazing products 1:08:04

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Immigrant 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 Val…

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55: Dafang (Daisy) Jing created skincare products for herself, then quit her corporate job & took it full time 39:10

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Immigrant 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 ha…

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54: Raised in an orphanage then became homeless, Magie Cook sold her salsa company for $231M 1:10:04

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Immigrant 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…

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53: Lauren Cohen created a concierge immigration consulting firm generating $1m in annual revenue 46:54

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Immigrant 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 fightin…

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52: Prateek Joshi created an AI, machine learning company & manages 35 employees at only 32 years old 1:01:32

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Immigrant 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 whe…

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51: Immigration lawyer, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, provides her feedback and advice on the immigration process 34:54

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Kate 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 o…

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50: Marie Capita’s near death experience opened the door for her to make a difference in the youth 39:49

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Immigrant 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 thro…

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49: At 23 years old Spoorthi Kumar quit her I.T. job and opened up a coffee shop without any experience 48:53

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Immigrant 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…

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48: Liubov Lomonosova went from an engineering field to being a successful running coach 40:40

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Immigrant 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 …

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47: From a poor immigrant, to building wealth through SAMO Financial with Alina Trigub 39:37

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Immigrant 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 sid…

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46: Amine Rahal got fired from his job, turns his side hustle into an amazing business 58:14

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Immigrant 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 …

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45: Fired multiple times from jobs, the wedding officiant, Veronica Moya hosted 500+ weddings during COVID in 2020 59:34

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Immigrant 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 …

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44: Sid Mohasseb created several businesses, he’s a venture capitalist, speaker, an author, and an adjunct professor 1:09:58

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Immigrant 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 businesse…

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43: Donizete Minchillo’s first job in the U.S. was painting houses, now both businesses he owns generates 6 figures + annually 43:10

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Immigrant 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 th…

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42: Abdulhamid Ali’s first job was washing dishes, now he owns a company averaging $15M a year 41:19

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Immigrant 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 …

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41: Igor Kransykh is a college dropout, now he runs a $1M business 58:29

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Immigrant 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 …

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40: Gurhan Demirkan creates innovation in the augmented reality and the supplements industries 48:38

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Immigrant 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 …

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39: Startup consultant providing her expertise to immigrants, with Laura Kinser 41:12

3+ y ago41:12

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Laura 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 s…

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38: How Vladimir Vasilenko creates innovation in the energy efficient market 55:30

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Immigrant 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 renew…

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37: Eddie Garcia crossed the border from Mexico on foot, now he owns one of the biggest real estate companies 53:06

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Immigrant 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 …

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