Jay Kim: Hacking Your Way To Freedom and Fitness
Jay Kim, a Hong Kong investor, host of The Jay Kim Show and founder of Hack Your Fitness, shares why he left finance to become an entrepreneur.
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Started From the Jungle Now We’re Here: A Startup Journey from Barcelona to Nicaragua to SF with Luis Montalván
Luis Montalván from Managua, Nicaragua shares his startup journey building Vynil, an app that matches travelers with experiences in Latin America.
Julien Rio’s company myfairtool is Completely Revolutionizing The Trade Show Industry
Julien Rio, originally from France and living in Hong Kong, shares how his company myfairtool is revolutionizing the trade show industry.
How Juan Patron, A Young Entrepreneur, Is Innovating Miami Businesses
Juan Patron, who spent seven years building marketing systems for Life in Color Music Festival, now helps Miami businesses grow with innovative marketing.
Meet Corey Blake: The Sales Guru Running a Multi-Million Dollar Marketing Agency (MWI)
Corey Blake is President and Partner at MWI, a multi-million dollar digital marketing agency with offices in the US, Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China.
Robbie Page, Managing Partner at Ad Valorum and Professional Athlete, Shares His Best Entrepreneurial Advice
Robbie Page, Managing Partner of Ad Valorum and Chief Marketing Officer of Tenzo Tea, plays beach volleyball on the AVP and shares his entrepreneurial advice.
Clarissa Clifton – Innovative Way She Paid For College Most Wouldn’t Think Possible
Clarissa Clifton, a Cal Poly student from Mustang, Oklahoma, explains how enlisting in the Army to cover 100 percent of school led her to ROTC.
Rahul Kanojia: Bringing a Massive Cultural Shift in The Indian Education System
Rahul Kanojia, an IT engineer from Mumbai, runs Diplomads, an education startup offering workshops, seminars and industrial visits for students in India.
The Power of Personal Branding: From Near-Death Tragedy to Triumph with Cherie Aimée
Cherie Aimée, a #1 Amazon Best-Selling Author, speaker and branding advisor, shares the power of personal branding and her path to entrepreneurship.
Alejandra Garcia Giving It All on the Field
Alejandra Garcia, a 20-year-old softball player from Sacramento, shares how growing up on baseball teams and being coached by her dad shaped her as an athlete.
Abtin Masseratagah: The Digital Pioneer with 25 Million Daily Impressions
Abtin Masseratagah, born and raised in Toronto, started making YouTube videos at 11 and has run social campaigns as large as 25MM impressions per day.
Alice Li: “Beauty Pageants Gave Me a Competitive Edge in the Business World”
Alice Li, a University of Toronto valedictorian and Miss Toronto 2017, shares how she built uMentioned, an anonymous social media platform for students.
Sohaib Ahmed Turns Students from Average to Great with his Student Accelerator 99Point9
Sohaib Ahmed planned to become a physician until he worked at a healthcare start-up, and now runs 99Point9, a student accelerator for student careers.
Nikhil Malankar, the Indian Entrepreneur Who Wants to Disrupt the Gaming Industry
Nikhil Malankar, a 23 year old Indian entrepreneur, started GameEon and now runs Tell Me Nothing while building new games at Next Move Digital.
Ariel Gutierrez Survived the Cuban Regime and Taught Himself 3D Modeling
Ariel Gutierrez taught himself 3D modeling and CAD design after growing up in Cuba, and now runs Ariel Designs, a sustainable transportation studio.
Do You Understand your 401K? Josh Gelinas’ Company Vestivise Will Help You
Josh Gelinas, CEO and cofounder of FinTech startup Vestivise, built a free investment dashboard to help people understand their 401K returns, fees and risks.
Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Partha Unnava is Disrupting the Medical Devices Industry
Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree Partha Unnava founded Better Walk, a medical device company building crutches designed not to hurt users' underarms.
Shikhar Srivastava: The Builder of Brands! #SAVAGE
Shikhar Srivastava, a satirist, science communicator and sci-tech blogger from Lucknow, India, talks about the value of reading and finding skilled people.
19-Year Old Jason Wong Makes a Quarter Million Dollars off Internet Memes
Jason Wong, a Tumblr influencer with over a million followers born in Hong Kong, explains how he turned his digital influence and internet memes into income.
Cam Adair Plans to Help 10,000,000 People Overcome Game Addictions in the Next 3 Years
Cam Adair, founder of Game Quitters, a support community for video game addiction, shares his plan to help 10,000,000 people and what drives his work.
Austin Vaday: An Inspirer, Motivator, and Visionary
Austin Vaday, a UCLA Computer Science student who worked at NASA and Amazon, is building Aquaint, a social network that puts social media profiles in one place.
Steve O’Dell Killing the Game with Tenzo Tea and Ad Valorum
Steve O'Dell, CEO of Tenzo Tea and Managing Partner of Ad Valorum, shares startup lessons, including why equity should vest rather than be split at the start.
Manu Goswami: One of the world’s most accomplished teens
Manu Goswami, a University of Toronto student, serial tech entrepreneur, UN Youth Ambassador and TEDx speaker, shares what he is focused on now.
Koven Wei and His Clothing Ventures
Koven Wei, 18, runs Toronto Boarding Club, a streetwear brand that began as a way to teach others how to longboard, alongside a clothing collaboration.
Jeremy Slate – Create Your Own Life
Jeremy Slate founded the Create Your Own Life Podcast, which hit 10,000 downloads in its first month, and co-founded Get Featured with Daniel Gefen.
Joey Hubbard Shares His Passion for Music with Future Sharks
Joey Hubbard, a musician who grew up just outside of Calgary, shares how piano, violin, guitar and travel shaped his passion for music.
Samuel Poirier: “Starting Extremely Young Is One Of The Best Investments I’ve Made In My Life.”
Thiel Fellow Samuel F. Poirier started his first company at 14, created a debit card for Bitcoin at 18 and later built Retinad, a VR analytics platform.
Richard Lorenzen of Fifth Avenue Brands, a Truly Inspiring Story
Richard Lorenzen, founder and CEO of New York public relations firm Fifth Avenue Brands and author of Surge, shares what shaped him as an entrepreneur.
Josh Steimle: Speaker, Writer and BAUS entrepreneur
Josh Steimle, founder of digital marketing firm MWI and author of Chief Marketing Officers at Work, shares the experiences that shaped him as an entrepreneur.
Andy Hine Found His Dream Job After Working 107 Other Jobs
Andy Hine, founder of MedalDisplays.co.uk and MedalDisplays.com.au, explains how working over a hundred jobs led him to quit and start his own business.
Helping the Homeless. A Very Motivational Story with Sam Sawchuk
Sam Sawchuk co-founded Sandwich for a Story, an initiative using Virtual Reality to immerse people coping with homelessness in job interview settings.
Talking with Mahbod Moghadam (Founder of RapGenius and Everipedia), the most eccentric person I know
Mahbod Moghadam, founder of Rap Genius and Everipedia, explains why everyone should have an Everipedia page and what he learned building Rap Genius.
Sameer Jafri: Getting a Shark to Invest in Your Idea
Sameer Jafri founded Twazer, a marketplace for college students backed by Kevin Harrington of Shark Tank, and shares how to acquire users and raise funds.
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Dave Liebowitz, a viral content creator [Interview]
Dave Liebowitz, executive editor at Everipedia and a viral content creator, shares his path from North Jersey and UMass Amherst to writing for a wider public.
Steve O’Dell on Mental Models and Leadership
Steve O'Dell, a college dropout who started the Odd Job Bros at 20 with two cousins, talks about mental models, leadership and running multiple businesses.
How Harry’s (A Shaving Brand) Gathered over 100K Emails in 1 Week
How Harry's gathered nearly 100,000 email addresses in one week, with the templates and tactics behind the launch, written by co-founder Jeff Raider.
Robinhood’s CEO Vlad Tenev shares life experiences, stock picks, and advice
Robinhood co-founder Vlad Tenev, speaking at the UCLA Founder School, shares the experiences that led to Robinhood, trends he sees and his stock picks.