How to Fall Madly in Love with Yourself with Emily Filloramo

Emily Filloramo was born in Taiwan and came to the US at the age of 9. Her Father’s government jobs transferred to the US and they family moved to LA. Eventually they moved to NY. Her Father was the only one in the family that knew English, so it took about of year of being immersed in the public schools to learn enough English to connect and build friendships. She went to college at Cornell University and then spend 27 years working as a Pharmaceutical Sales Rep. … [Read more...]

How to Create Buzz for Your App Launch with Steve P. Young

Steve Young was born in Burma (Myanmar) and moved to CA when he was 6 years old.  Steve has always related to the immigrant mindset.  He grew up in a house that had 4 different families living in the same household.  Each family had one bedroom.  It was a fun way to grow up, and he really never even realized that they didn’t have enough money to afford their own home.  This has created the fire in his belly that motivates him today.  Steve learned to code and built an … [Read more...]

How to build an online business with a unique selling proposition with Ajay Prasad

Ajay was born in India and came to the US for his MBA.  He then worked in large corporations for almost 20 years, and he is now the Founder and President of Global Marketing Resources, LLC, a California website design, maintenance and marketing agency. He is a successful entrepreneur and business strategist with a plethora of experience in helping small and medium size businesses maximize their return on investment from the Internet. His contribution is aimed at aligning … [Read more...]

How to Grow a Physical Product Start Up and Maintain Balance in Your Life with Jackie Lai

Jackie Lai was born in Singapore and moved to the US in 1995 for college.  Jackie is an expert in product design and manufacturing. A structural engineer by training, Jackie has broad experience spanning the entire product design process from concept to manufacturing. After graduating from Harvey Mudd College with an engineering degree, her passion for cars led her to General Motors in Pontiac, Michigan. She realized the cold climate was not well-suited to her … [Read more...]

How to Relaunch Your Life in Spite of the Challenges

Joel Boggess was born in the US and is the host of the Relaunch Show podcast, which has now surpassed 1 million downloads.  Joel’s parents divorced when he was 3 years old.  He lived with his mother most of the time, but when he was 5, a terrible accident changed him forever.  During an outdoor excursion, he had ran out onto a railroad bridge and laid down in the middle of the bridge to wave at the adults below.  Suddenly, a train was upon him, and Joel fell 30 feet to … [Read more...]

How to Reinvent Yourself After Failure with Arturo Nava

Arturo Nava was born in Mexico.  He is a forward thinking and passionate Latin inspired marketer, brand builder, podcaster,innovator and former entrepreneur with 13+ year experience leading teams to grow top consumer brands in the food & beverage, consumer products and mobile industries. Prior to starting Marketealo he held various brand marketing and innovation leadership roles at top Fortune 500 companies.  He is a thought leader and contributor to MediaPost’s … [Read more...]

Disrupting the Banking Industry with Shamir Karkal

  Shamir is a software engineer turned finance and banking expert. He is the advisor, Co-Founder and former CFO of Simple. Prior to Simple, Shamir was a consultant with McKinsey & Co. specializing in strategy consulting for financial institutions in Europe, the Middle East, and the US. Prior to McKinsey, Shamir was a software engineer. He has a bachelor’s in computer science, a master’s in information technology, and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon … [Read more...]

Create an SaaS Startup Without Risking It All with Anand Karasi

Anand Karasi is from a small town called Koraput in Orissa, India.  He came to the US for college and had hopes of pursuing a career in the aerospace industry.  A small delay in his plans due to an issue with his green card, turned 18 months into 10 years.  Over this time, while Anand worked at several large corporations to learn as much as he could, he developed a “bug” in his brain that completely consumed him.  He could not sleep at nights because of this “bug” and … [Read more...]

Visa Classes for Immigrant Entrepreneurs with Sarah Corstange

Sarah Corstange is an immigration attorney who focuses on representing startups and small businesses with the U.S. immigration service. She works with entrepreneurs to help them develop strategies and plans to keep their employees, investors, founders, and partners in the U.S. Sarah has made it her missions to help people deal with the complexities of immigration law and visas which can often be frustration when immigrant try to navigate the bureaucracy … [Read more...]

Building Your Own Platform with Vikrant Mathur

Vikrant Mathur is the CEO of iFood.tv.  Vikrant came to the US for grad school and was able to hustle his way into landing a job prior to graduating.  He worked a few different jobs, until he was able to get on at Microsoft.  Vikrant was a part of a group of freshly minted MBA’s at Microsoft, and he was able to learn the leadership skills he needed to jump into the start-up world. Vikrant joined me today on Breaking The Borders to discuss all the aspects of starting … [Read more...]