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Immigrant Entrepreneurs — 84 episodes
84: With an Economics degree, Eva Sadej launches a mobile dentistry startup at 26 years old
83: Ali Payani did door to door sales to build his digital marketing agency: LookinLA
82: Without any computer science experience, Tal Frankfurt starts a software company now managing 100 employees
81: Maria Karr came with $200 in her pocket to US, launches the first Russian beauty store in the US
80: Amanda Ma quit her corporate job and started a full service event agency at 24 years old with nothing
79: Lily Roden turns side hustle into a successful wedding florist business without any experience
78: After 14 years working in the pharmaceutical industry, Benita Kasbo launches a Syrian cheese company
77: Daria Tsvenger recovered from depression and at 23 years old she became a mindset expert
76: Esmeralda Todorova came to US at 18 years old by herself, now running a successful bookkeeping company
75: Andy Cheng’s first business was with the Mexican mafia, but now he’s running 4 successful businesses
74: From the poorest of a poor country, Kam Knight became a coach, writer, and an author of 9 books
73: Andrea Ley went from an IT career to launching her Mexican coffee business on wheels
72: Odette D’Aniello, turns her creativity to build massive success in her cake business
71: Gautam Rao started his first startup at 23 years old, now he’s an investor
70: As a refugee, Mamba Hamissi came with nothing to the US, launches an East African restaurant
69: Richard Mensah started his very first startup at 18 years old, now he’s reinventing how marketing works
68: Yuting Su never imagined living in the States, but after creating a prototype during her thesis, it took off
67: Sahar Roques came with nothing to the US, launches a Persian sauce company
66: After Gemi Bertran’s body shut down, she became a Brain & Behavior Coach generating $1M+ annually
65: After launching 2 other business ventures, Yasir Shirazi launches a revolutionary company helping immigrants
64: Lei Wang went from Instructional Technology career to launching a commercial printing company at 45 years old
63: From making $6/hour under the table to running 5 companies & generating millions, with Kalika Yap
62:Vienne Cheung launches one of the first world’s most extensive variety for thigh high stockings
61: Nafy Flatley quits her corporate career to become a chef that features food from Senegal
60: Timothy Roman went from being incarcerated to million dollar success
59: Yuri Kuts started his company as an illegal immigrant, now making $5+ million a year
58: Veena Somareddy dropped out of PhD program to start a virtual reality physical & neurological rehab company
57: Maria Orozova launched her marketing company at 25 years old, they thrived during COVID
56: Wai-Loong (Y) was forced into entrepreneurship, went on to design amazing products
55: Dafang (Daisy) Jing created skincare products for herself, then quit her corporate job & took it full time
54: Raised in an orphanage then became homeless, Magie Cook sold her salsa company for $231M
53: Lauren Cohen created a concierge immigration consulting firm generating $1m in annual revenue
52: Prateek Joshi created an AI, machine learning company & manages 35 employees at only 32 years old
51: Immigration lawyer, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, provides her feedback and advice on the immigration process
50: Marie Capita’s near death experience opened the door for her to make a difference in the youth
49: At 23 years old Spoorthi Kumar quit her I.T. job and opened up a coffee shop without any experience
48: Liubov Lomonosova went from an engineering field to being a successful running coach
47: From a poor immigrant, to building wealth through SAMO Financial with Alina Trigub
46: Amine Rahal got fired from his job, turns his side hustle into an amazing business
45: Fired multiple times from jobs, the wedding officiant, Veronica Moya hosted 500+ weddings during COVID in 2020
44: Sid Mohasseb created several businesses, he’s a venture capitalist, speaker, an author, and an adjunct professor
43: Donizete Minchillo’s first job in the U.S. was painting houses, now both businesses he owns generates 6 figures + annually
42: Abdulhamid Ali’s first job was washing dishes, now he owns a company averaging $15M a year
41: Igor Kransykh is a college dropout, now he runs a $1M business
40: Gurhan Demirkan creates innovation in the augmented reality and the supplements industries
39: Startup consultant providing her expertise to immigrants, with Laura Kinser
38: How Vladimir Vasilenko creates innovation in the energy efficient market
37: Eddie Garcia crossed the border from Mexico on foot, now he owns one of the biggest real estate companies
36: After becoming really sick and unable to work, Fiona Gilbert launches Quanta Therapies
E35: Irina Alexander built a $1M business in 2 years in a male dominated field
34: Christian Carreon loses both of his kidneys, creates a wealth management firm at 27 years old
33: After launching several different companies, Jorge Ruiz creates innovation in the global fintech industry
32: Angelica Rivera was once undocumented, now creates millions in revenue in the construction field
31: Creating the impossible in the data analysis world with Ahmed Elsamadisi
30: Escaping the drug war to become an immigration attorney, with Camila Pachon Silva
29: As a refugee from Bosnia, Igor Dobrosavljević creates an I.T. consulting company
28: How the Israeli army shaped her entrepreneurial path, with Nirit Rubenstein
27: Giacomo Vacca leaves hometown at 16, becomes an inventor in the flow cytometry industry
26: From a pre-reformed China, Wei Wang designs bridges and buildings in NY
25: At 25 years old Fiona becomes a blogger to help millennials with personal finance
24: Juan Palacio is a college dropout, and self-taught, creates magic in the flower business
23: Alex Robbio came with $700, built his company & sold it for $60+ million dollars
22: Ashish Mudgal hacked into a video game but then invented a genius device for the elderly
21: From a government sector path to successful business coach with Alisa Barcan
20: Farm boy creates history in robotics platforms with Gary Kurek.
19: From being depressed, and losing her faith to being featured in Forbes 30 under 30
18: Laila was separated by war & nearly died but became a multimillionaire as a wealth manager
17: Mo took ESL classes at 13 but ended up being the founder of an analytics company
16: Anshu never wanted to live in the States, but ended up becoming an immigration attorney
15: From a scientist to a co-founder of Lever Photonics without raising any capital
14: From pizza delivery guy, to being featured on Inc. 5000, fastest growing company list
13: Sean Conlon came to the States with $500, but became a multimillionaire within a decade
12: Tsvetta had many limitations when she came, but opened her business without putting a single dollar in.
11: From a musician to an inventor and appearing on Shark Tank
10: He came as a student with a couple of dollars in his pocket, but raised $40m in capital
9: Mercedes came to the States with 2 suitcases and $200 hundred dollars and became a successful immigrant entrepreneur.
8: Max was able to raise $1.5 million in capital, and now he's on his 3rd business launch.
7: Sandi’s goal was to escape the corporate world, and at 40 years old she started her successful business.
6: Vladimir cleaned bathrooms for work, then his company was featured as one of the fastest growing companies in Inc.com, making millions.
5: From having only 2 meals a day in Haiti, to a multimillion dollar company.
4: JP got into real estate through a newspaper ad. After 5 years in business his company made $2B in sales.
3: He escaped civil war, several brain tumors and now is a successful entrepreneur.
2: My dad went from $8/hour job to having his own business for over 20 years.
1: From living at his office to owning a multimillion dollar company!