CEO of $80 million enterprise: “There’s more opportunity here than anywhere else in the world.” Ten years ago, when Julie Smolyansky took control of Lifeway, the company her immigrant father founded in 1986, she was barely out of college. Since then, Smolyansky has grown revenues by more than 560%, to $80 million. Immpreneur asked what […]
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Green Card 101: Everything You Need to Know
Immigrant Business is pleased to share this essential Immigration information from Lacroix Ramos, Attorneys at Law, LLP: You finally received your green card! Congratulations! This is one of the biggest steps toward being able to legally live and work in the United States. This might be the last step for you, if you want to […]
Celebrating New Jersey’s Immigrant Entrepreneurs
New Jersey’s Immigrant Entrepreneurs Contribution Recognized. NJIEA, a broad-based coalition of New Jersey businesses and trade organizations recently celebrated immigrant entrepreneurship with their fourth annual Immigrant Entrepreneur Awards on November 2, 2016. The Awards program was created to recognize and honor the past and present contributions of immigrant business owners in the State of New […]
Ming Wang Knits: Immigrant’s 12-Step Sales Strategy Builds $12 Million Company
Eddie Wang used smart, aggressive selling to build a $12 million clothing company, Ming Wang Knits, from scratch. Learn how he did it. Eddie Wang didn’t know a soul in the U.S. when he and his wife Ming started looking for contract knitting work in the U.S. in 1978. Today, their clothing line sells in […]
Chobani Owner’s Bold, Inspiring Move is Good Business
One immigrant entrepreneur is grabbing big headlines and creating a stir in the financial and business communities — by being generous and sharing the wealth. Turkish immigrant Hamdi Ulukaya, who founded the yogurt company Chobani in 2005, announced to workers at the upstate New York plant this week that they would given stock worth up […]
Customer Loyalty, Traditional Values Fuel $4 Million Business
Even in the 21st Century, commitment to community and old fashioned values are still keys to a solid, long-lasting business In thirty years of the home services business, Mike Ploennigs has never been out of work, a claim most people can’t make in the era of downsizing and underemployment. His secret? “I never sat around waiting […]
4 Steps to Winning Lucrative Government Contracts
Immigrant entrepreneurs, earn government contracts in this step-by-step plan from the experts and learn to take your business to the next level! Immigrant entrepreneur Lloyd Hawthorne launched his Bronx-based Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery in New York City in 1989, turning it into a successful, nationwide franchisor selling popular Jamaican fare. But his first really big […]
From After School Job to $4 Million Business
Learn how a kid from New Jersey turned his after school job installing burglar alarms into a multi-million dollar security and home entertainment business. Most Jewish boys save their bar mitzvah gifts for college tuition, or a trip to Europe, but Gary Leff took his money and financed a security business now worth $4 million a year. He got his […]
Simulation Training and the German man who Created a $5 Million Company
Immigrant Business Statistics Name: Bjorn Billhardt Country of Origin: Germany Immigrated: 1994 Founded Enspire: 2001 Jobs Created: 30 Annual Revenue: $5 million German exchange student falls in love with America, and returns to found a multi-million dollar company building innovative products for Fortune 500 companies. Overview Bjorn Billhardt’s first experience of America came as a teenager when he arrived from Germany as […]
The UPS Store Provides a World of Opportunity for Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Success in business is simple: find a product or service that everyone needs, become partners with a top global brand to bring customers to your door, and work hard to become an asset to your community. This formula has made The UPS Store one of America’s most admired franchises. Read on to see how it can […]