Alejandro Rioja

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How Nick Filchy Built An Instagram Empire And Did It Fast

Nick Filchy, a 20 year old entrepreneur from central NJ , owns an assortment of instagram pages adding up to a whopping 1.3 million followers collectively. In today’s interview, I dig deeper into how he did it.  City where you’re…

How This 21 Year Old Started The Largest Jersey Company in North America

City where you’re from: Bridgewater, New Jersey Hobbies: FortNite, Basketball, Movies Favorite quote: “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” — Bill Gates Social accounts (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn):   Tell us about Jersey Champs. How did…

How to land more speaking engagements

Landing speak engagements can seem like mission impossible, you try your hardest all the time without booking any result. This can be incredibly frustrating and might make you want to give up, but not yet because I have some tips…

Donny Smith Shares His Experiences as an Immigration Attorney

As an international entrepreneur myself, I try to keep up with the latest news regarding visas like H1B, O1, E2 and others. I figured that the best way to understand the immigration system was to network with attorneys that work…

Swifte partners with Waze Carpool to Take Over the California RideShare Market

Today, we have Justine Avoudikpon from Swifte Carpool. I actually met her when I used her ridesharing app to ride from LA to SF and she was the driver that I got matched with. In the ~6 hours that took…

MEDICINETS a Global Information Health System to close the gap between doctors and patients

Interviewee: Carlos Barrera City where you’re from: Barranquilla Hobbies: Music, Triathlon, Photography, Writing, reading. Favorite quote: If you think you can, or you think you can’t, you are most probably right. Social accounts : Linkedin   What are you working…

17-year Old High-School Student’s Global Organization Inspires Girls in Computer Science

Alexandra Roumeliotis is a 17-year-old high school senior from San Francisco, California. An avid programmer, in 2016, she founded The Coding League, a non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring girls and minorities in computer science through exploration. Mainly active in the…

21 Year Old CEO Attends 60th Annual Grammy Awards

Michael Weist is an entrepreneur & talent manager who became the CEO and founder of Good Times Entertainment, a company dedicated to promoting live events and talent management of social media stars. He has managed some of the top names…

How 2 Influencers Generated 6 Figures In 6 Weeks

Jonathan Brown, 26, and Christian Cardenas, 19, explain how they raked in over $100,000 in a matter of weeks selling Christmas themed sweaters. City where you’re from: Jonathan: Myrtle Beach, SC Christian: Brownsville, TX Hobbies: Jonathan: Powerlifting, traveling and content…

Ariel Valverde, Un Empresario Que No Deja De Innovar

Recientemente tuve el placer de conocer a Ariel Valverde durante el TedxDonBosco en el cual ambos fuimos expositores. Al hablar con él durante unos pocos minutos noté que él era un empresario distinto con amplia visión y una ejecución tremenda.…