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When it’s time to sell your company, how do you do it? Serial entrepreneur Amar Sawhney reveals the secret to his success. Since they founded Incept, partners Amar Sawhney and Fred Khosravi have sold 10 companies worth $1.7 billion. Here’s how they’ve done it: 1) Where to find potential buyers. According to Sawhney, interested acquirers […]
Learn how Amar Sawhney, who arrived in the U.S with only $500, co founded and launched Incept, an innovative science incubator that’s created nine businesses, 1,000 American jobs, 120 patents and generated over $1billion in revenue. In 1983, Amar Sawhney came to the U.S from his native India, with only $500 in his pocket, a fellowship […]
A wide variety of highly successful immigrant entrepreneurs, small business leaders and aspiring business owners gathered for the first-ever “Immigrant’s Guide to Success in the U.S.” conference in Houston, TX, on June 18. The inaugural event was sponsored by Nissan, who were represented by Houston dealer, Baker Nissan. The high-energy, all-day event — the first conference […]
Fashion industry insider Nicole Ryder who has worked both as a buyer for major department stores and as creative director for an emerging brand reveals how to sell fashion to major retailers Recently we interviewed Nicole Ryder the Creative Director of Volver Design Group about the process of selling products in the fashion world. Ryder […]
Tom Szaky, founder and CEO of Terracycle, gives his unique insights on why the U.S. is the best place to be an entrepreneur. Since starting Terracycle eight years ago as a 19-year old college freshman, Tom Szaky has built his innovative Trenton, N.J.-based company into a $13 million business with 75 employees. Szaky, who fled […]
While Hillary Clinton made history and wowed the Democratic National Convention with her powerful, fiery acceptance speech, the concluding right also shone a spotlight on American immigrants, and immigration policies. In one of the evening’s most electric moments, Muslim immigrant Khizr Khan (above) spoke about his son, U.S. Army Captain Humayun Khan, who died while […]
Selling Jamaican fare to fellow West Indian immigrants, one family found the recipe for success in the U.S. with Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery. Jamaican-born Lowell Hawthorne’s recipe for entrepreneurial success has been to offer West Indian natives living in the U.S. a taste of home. In 1989, leveraging the lessons he learned from his parents, […]
This Post Has Been Updated Donald Trump accepted the GOP nomination for President in a combative speech Thursday night at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, slamming immigrants while linking them to rising crime rates and taking away jobs from American citizens. Trump also echoed his campaign’s controversial promise to build a wall on the […]
Ali Saifi didn’t know what a Subway was when he came to the U.S. Today, he oversees 390 Subway restaurants and helps immigrants like himself become Subway franchisees. Ali Saifi didn’t intend to stay in the United States. When he came here in 1973, his plan was to go to college and then return to […]
Add Mila Kunis to the growing list of big-time celebrities who are publicly speaking out against the rise of anti-immigrant rhetoric during this year’s election season. The “That 70s Show” and “Ted” star — who came to the U.S. as a child on a religious refugee visa — told Glamour magazine she’s had enough of […]
