South African Gary Levitt came to New York to play jazz. Nineteen years later he’d built a $5 million email marketing business. Nineteen years ago Gary Levitt headed for Boston from a remote farm in South Africa with one plan: to become a professional bass guitarist. In fact, the last thing that Levitt, a one-time […]
Persian immigrant Javaneh Hammet has made her mark in her new home of Nashville by creating a line of American hummus. In the ten years since she graduated from business school, Hummus Chick founder Javaneh Hemmat has sold everything from insurance to her brand of hummus. Her theory of sales, she says, is that “sales […]
A growing number of entrepreneurs are turning to this affordable, commercial grade, flexible kitchen space for food startups. In 2010, Greek immigrant Yiorgos Samios needed a place to produce his Gogo’s Garlic Dip, his own take on skordalia, a traditional Greek condiment. Because of New York City’s stringent health code, he wasn’t allowed to use […]
How two college friends built Prepay Nation into a $100 million business by exploiting opportunities that only immigrants could see. Immigrant entrepreneurs Anurag Jain and Ajay Goyal, have built Prepay Nation into a $110 million company in a few short years, making it one of the fastest growing companies in the United States. How did […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Recently we traveled to New York’s Soho district, to talk with Maribel Lieberman, the founder of Mariebelle, the internationally known chocolate shop, about her experiences as an immigrant entrepreneur. The result was the inspiring ‘Success Story’ called Immigrant Entrepreneur Finds America’s Sweet Spot. When she arrived from Honduras, Maribel didn’t even have a high school […]
