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Emang Rabogadi is the founder of Stars revealed, which is a program that hopes to empower and engage young people into acting on their goals. She also motivates young people on social media platforms and a small business owner. City where you’re from: Gaborone, Botswana Hobbies: Reading, politics, debate, swimming and singing Favorite quote: It
Meet the Co Founders of Sinolife Media and Consulting! Here is a little snippet about them: Co Founder, Jonathan “Fenni” Walters grew up in Southwest Atlanta. Attended Tri-Cities High School Of the Performing Arts. He states, “Hip-Hop is my first love because it speaks about my lifestyle and represents who I am and what I’m
Welcome to Future Sharks Luke, thank you for joining us today! Tell us a little about yourself: Luke Faulconer is a 22 year-old entrepreneur from Kansas City. He is the CMO for a company called My Cape, Inc., founder of a nonprofit organization called Troolu, and is working on a few other ventures including a
Hannah Milward is a Nurse from New Zealand who recently co- created a Personal Safety tool helping to serve workers at risk, and vulnerable people within the wider community around the world. Inspired from personal experiences of dangerous working environments and violent relationships, Hannah is highly motivated to help a diverse range of people with
Welcome to Future Sharks Gail! Tell us a little about yourself: I came to Marin County in 1975 and since then I have worked as a line cook, sous chef, chef, carpenter & sidewall shingler. In 2002 I bought a little produce stand worked produce for a dozen years called “Shorty’s Golden Point Produce.” Now
Welcome to Future Sharks Esther! Tell us a little about yourself: I have created eCourses, digital content and workshops for some of the biggest players in the digital marketing space under my agency Esther Marie Creative. As a military wife and Mom I had to work from any space, and now I offer a Virtual Assistant
Welcome to Future Sharks Danny! Tell us a little about yourself: I am a student of life, an adventure junkie and relentless go-getter. For 5 years I had experienced failure after failure after failure. In the last 6 months, I’ve been able to hone in on some unique skills acquired through the last 5 years to finally
Darsh began his career in tech at a young age, which lead him to found WebMotion Studios, an agency that focuses on building professional responsive websites, creating lead-generating Adwords campaigns, designing engaging graphic designs for clients. Darsh is also is the co-founder of RafikiMedia. City where you’re from: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Hobbies: My work
At the age of 21, Katie began feeling out of place in college. The monotonous everyday routine was all but fulfilling. She knew she wanted to create something big and make a change in her life, as well as in others lives, as soon as possible. A few months after putting her college career on
Grant Wise is a serial entrepreneur and Founder of Real Estate Marketing University, an online media training company. Starting in the construction industry, Grant has worked with every aspect of the home building process. His move into the real estate world was a welcome dream. From working on building a brokerage to building an amazing
Yoel J Gonzalez is a young self taught ui/ux designer, photographer, a creative thinker & entrepreneur, from the beautiful city of Miami.Over the past years he has worked with a variety of clients and startups.Getting involved at a very young age in design gave Yoel the experience and knowledge to understand every corner and aspect
Rafi Chowdhury is the founder of Chowdhury’s Digital and co-founder of myCampusHacks. He helps companies like Vapetek, Shapes Brow Bar, Win Hyundai, Wound Care Surgeons, and Easley Transportation grow their revenue. Examiner.com calls him the go-to guy for traffic generation, SplashOPM says he is one of the top Growth Hacking gurus on the web, Start-up
Jordan French is a five-time start-up entrepreneur, engineer and marketing expert. A biomedical engineer by training, he worked for NASA’s Mars Gravity Biosatellite Program in Cambridge, Massachusetts before becoming an intellectual-property and energy-law attorney. He has ties to both Locke Lorde in Houston, Texas and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Washington, DC. Among his
Ishan Goel is a Youth Marketer, Entrepreneur, Photographer and a full time student. He has managed to network and connect with top professionals in his community and owns three companies. He is featured in Forbes and Business Insider and continues to motivate young professionals on a daily bases. City where you’re from: Born in Boston
Vikash Singh is a junior at UCLA studying Computational and Systems Biology, with a passion for positively impacting healthcare through machine learning. He is currently the founder/CEO of Project DataREACH, a machine learning intern at Silicon Beach startup Heal, and a student researcher at the Cedars Sinai Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Program (AIM). City where you’re
Tanner Cook is a serial advanced technology entrepreneur who has been involved with everything from Nuclear Fusion to Nanotechnology. Now he’s using AI to take on trash. City where you’re from: Aspen, Colorado Hobbies: Mountain Biking, Hiking, Skiing Favorite quote: “Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t” ―
Hey Aldrin Ryan Lupisan, it’s great having you here. Tell us a bit more about you Currently a 4th year Environmental Engineering undergraduate student at UC Irvine by day and an entrepreneur by night, Will and I venture through the unknown terrains of converting typical plastic waste such as into 3D printing filament. City where
Welcome to Future Sharks William Amos! It’s great to have you here to share you story! Now tell us a little about yourself I am a 4th year Environmental Engineering student at UC Irvine. I am an Environmentalist and Engineer. Designing our sustainable future requires the integration of new technology, policy, and activism. To achieve
From the 10 year old girl with an unstoppable business plan assembled for her “kids news” WordPress blog, to countless preteen hours spent working to comprehend <head> vs </head>, to the owner of a fast growing small business as a Junior in high school, Luxury 45, to the owner of the photography and design LLC
Hey Rob Fajardo! Very nice having you here. Tell us a bit about you? I am the founder of Leave Normal Behind and host of LNB Tv. I am an advisor to Fownders, a social impact accelerator founded by Gerard Adams. I am a contributor for Influencive and Prsuit. City where you’re from: NYC Hobbies:
City where you’re from: Brisbane, Australia Hobbies: Basketball, reading Favorite quote: “It’s better to do something imperfectly than nothing perfectly” Twitter: @mitchills Why did you decide to become an entrepreneur? To be honest I can’t remember! I don’t think there was a definitive moment for me, but I remember being in high school and wanting
Mahbod Moghadam is the cofounder of (Rap) Genius and Everipedia, and a Stanford Law graduate. I’ve been friends with him for quite some time now, and I am fascinated by his hyping marketing techniques. He is a really good marketer, in fact so good, that he even convinced me to have my fund Flux Ventures
Hey Nate! Tell us a bit about you I’m Nate Spell, 17 year old CEO of Them Magazines. C/CMSgt in Civil Air Patrol, enthusiastic entrepreneur and award winning innovator. City where you’re from: Muncie, Indiana Hobbies: Graphic Design, Soccer, Speaking Favorite quote: “Do. Or do not. There is no try.” – Yoda Twitter: @DadBlox Why
From being born in a refugee camp, not knowing English coming to Australia, facing bullying and eventually getting sent away from his school to being recognised by and representing Australia at the United Nations Headquarter, studying a double degree of Law and Business and being one of the youngest speakers in the world, Fred Duku Silver
Zachary Dempsey is a 19 year old Canadian entrepreneur utilizing the power of influencer marketing to drive hundreds of millions of impressions per month to various brands. In this interview, I picked his brain to understand how he does it. City where you’re from: Born and raised in Vancouver, Canada Hobbies: Snowboarding, reading, and videography
Azul Terronez is the Co-Founder of the Authors Writing Academy where he leads people to write and publish their books in 90 days. He specializes in coaching people who are terrified of writing but want to be a published author. I show people how to overcome their FEAR of self-publishing, while making the writing process
Serial Entrepreneur | Mentor | Host | Father to 4 Little Rascals Daniel Gefen is the host of the top rated podcast show ‘Can I Pick Your Brain?’ where he picks the brains of some of the most influential people in the business space. He is also the co-founder of GetFeatured.com – an agency that
Rees is the deeply motivated, industrious, and ambitious 20-year old founder of Adduco Media Group. With no formal qualifications he has become an award winning entrepreneur, speaker and mentor and now leads a small team of millennials that influence a considerable segment of the Australasian social media market. Rees is experienced in navigating the intersection
Trevor Fitzgerald Booker (born November 25, 1987) is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted 23rd overall in the 2010 NBA draft out of Clemson University where he was a 1st team all ACC performer. Along with his full time job with the
Kareem Ahmed Sheik is a masters student in computer science, an Entrepreneur and a freelancer. City where you’re from: I’m from Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh,India. Hobbies: Watching anime(One piece, naruto etc), Playing chess Favorite quote: You must be the change you wish to see in the world- Mahatma Gandhi Twitter: @md_crivly Why did you decide to become
Background Hey Adam, thanks for joining us on today for an interview. Tell us a little about yourself. My name is Adam Warr, and I’m currently a 4th year business student at Cal Poly SLO concentrating in Financial Management. I earned my Associate of Science in Business Administration at Modesto Junior College, whereupon I transferred
Larry and Perry are internet entrepreneurs and online marketing experts. They started experimenting in business back in high school, but due to ‘shiny object syndrome’ and too much booze (half kidding), they failed to gain any serious traction for the first couple years. Their first “serious” business was a web design agency they launched sophomore
Mihir Deo is the co-founder and COO of the YCombinator backed company Elucify. Elucify is a free and crowdsourced database of business contact information meant as a free resource for salespeople. He previously was an early salesperson at Dropbox and graduated from the University of California-Berkeley. City where you’re from: San Jose Hobbies: Fitness, Cricket, 49ers
City where you’re from: Nottingham Hobbies: Football, Business, Content, Social Media, Travelling, Activities Favorite quote: Hard work beats talent if talent doesn’t work hard Twitter: https://twitter.com/FearCrads Background Why did you decide to become an entrepreneur? I had £3.64 in my bank account, with nothing particularly to lose. If the company failed, I’ve have £0 instead.
Paul Ames is a Career Counselor who operates “Skye’s The Limit Career Counselling” based in Perth, Australia. Paul is a contributor for the “Influencive”, has been featured in various national and international media- The Age, West Australian, WA Today, SMH, Motivate Me Podcast, Youngpreneurs Podcast, Careermetis Podcast and many more. Paul thrives on helping professionals
At the age of 7 Jeremy was already in the process of patenting two inventions. His parents did not have the time or money to carry out that process. Jeremy and his parents did not know where to go so the patents did not go through.There wasn’t a “Shark Tank” in 2009. In 2015 Jeremy
Hey Joel, where are you from? I was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I moved to Miami, FL in 2000 when I was 9 years old. I have since had the pleasure of living in New York and now residing in Los Angeles. What are some of your hobbies? I like Networking, Learning, Creating. I love
At 20 years-old, Chelann Gienger is a serial entrepreneur focusing her ventures on inspiring and empowering others to chase their dreams and goals in life. Two weeks before graduating with her AA in college, Chelann opened NUYU Juice Bar along with 3 other partners at the age of 18. Under a year later, she launched
Trevor Oldham is a 20-year-old entrepreneur who’s had eleutheromania ever since he can remember. Trevor is the co-founder at Become The Lion. He’s been a contributor for Addicted2Success, Influencive, and The Daily Positive. Trevor’s on a mission to influence millennial’s to take charge of their life and achieve the desired freedom in their life.
Quinn Underwood is a serial entrepreneur in the field of global health, working to leave an indelible mark on the world. He founded his first non-profit at the age of 15 – now with chapters around the world, it’s as unstoppable as he hopes to be. Besides being involved in the non-profit sector, Quinn is
Bhupinder Nayyar, co-founder and COO of free publishing website Bameslog. Catch him on Instagram and LinkedIn for heaps of helpful material on Entrepreneurship, marketing, and productivity. City where you’re from: Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. Currently in: Bangalore Hobbies: Reading, writing, meditating, long walks, journaling. Favorite quote: “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas
Kyle Brost is a Founder and Principal Consultant at Choice Strategy Partners, a firm specializing in strategic thinking. At Choice Strategy Partners they take organizational strategy to the next level by facilitating the strategic planning process and then developing strategic thinking skills in the organization through training and coaching. He is also the CEO of
Yali Saar is the CEO and Co-Founder of Algorithmic Branding startup: Tailor Brands. With over 800,000 clients worldwide, TB is teaching computers to design and is set to become the first automated branding agency. Saar is a former journalist, Political Spokesperson and Co-founder of Raising the Bar, a worldwide education initiative with hundreds of members
Jay Kim is a full-time investor and entrepreneur. He is the host of the popular podcast The Jay Kim Show, and the founder of Hack Your Fitness, the complete fitness & lifestyle solution for busy professionals and entrepreneurs. He works with world-class athletes and other high performers to help them achieve fitness results that are
College dropout/drop in, Economist and wanderluster; Luis Montalván is the founder of Vynil, a mobile app that dares you to trip and matches you with the most amazing experiences in Latin America because let’s be honest, who wouldn’t want to travel to sick places? Nice meeting you Luis, I love connecting with other Latino entrepreneurs. Let’s
Hey Julien, great to have you here. Let’s start with some quick facts about yourself. City where you’re from: I’m originally from France, but I’ve been living in Hong Kong for the past decade Hobbies: I’m a marketing guy but I love programming, design and… karaoke! That’s the Asian effect. Favorite quote: “The challenge of
Juan Patron is one of our generation’s leading business innovators. Assisting in making your ideas come to life, Juan Patron desires to take you and your business to new heights. Through innovative marketing strategies, Juan Patron will propel your company into a variety of markets nationally and internationally. Early life At an early age of twelve,
Corey Blake is a husband, father, and digital entrepreneur. Corey is the President and Partner at MWI, a global digital marketing agency that dedicates itself to helping great client partners thrive in their respective industries online. MWI is a multi-million dollar international agency with offices in the US, Hong Kong, and Shenzhen, China. As President
