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...]
Archives for October 2015
How to be a Networking Ninja with Andrew Warner
Andrew’s parents came to the United States from the Middle East. In the mid-90s, Andrew saw that people in the U.S. had different perceptions of immigrants, so he changed his name from Shuki Khalili to Andrew Warner. After forming a startup with his brother, he tried different ideas and spent a lot of time analyzing how people connect, and what makes a successful professional relationship. In 2003, Andrew was burned out, and took a break to read and study various aspects … [Read more...]
Creating Tools to Simplify Podcasting with Hani Mourra
Hani Mourra was born in Kuwait. When the Gulf War started in the 1990s, his family moved to Iraq, Jordan, the United States, and eventually Canada - where he now resides. Hani's first passion was video, which led him to launch Easy Online Video Tips to show people how video could boost the success of their business. From there, Hani created the Simple VideoPress plug-in to help automate uploading videos and integrating them into websites. One thing led to another, and … [Read more...]
Finding a Problem You are Passionate to Solve with Vijay Ragavan
Vijay Ragavan came to the US to get his masters in CS at the University of Georgia. He became an intern at Motorola in the Bay Area (California) and fell in love with it. From there (late-90s) he worked as an engineer for a startup (cellmania.com). After the .com bubble burst in 2001, Vijay was laid off and had to hunt for a new job. He was contacted by Yahoo! to be an engineer and had to return to India to get his visa in order, so he could return to work. Within … [Read more...]
Living the Nightlife with Bak Zoumanigui
Bak Zoumanigui was born in Senegal and moved to France where he completed most of his pre-university studies. When his father got a job in Austin, Texas, Bak was thrown into southwestern U.S. culture as he was completing high school. After college, Bak worked in the IT industry, while also developing his love of dance and nightlife in Austin. After launching a blog in 2009 to showcase the personal stories of bartenders, DJs, musical artists and performers, Bak started … [Read more...]