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What’s your backstory? I grew up in Edina, Minnesota. After completing High School, I attended the University of Colorado in Boulder, CO. After graduation in 2008 I went to work for Johnson and Johnson as an orthopedic medical device sales representative in Chicago, IL. After two and a half years working for JnJ in Chicago
“Years ago I used to be very sick, very upset, scared, depressed and lonely”- What’s your backstory? Years ago I used to be very sick, very upset, scared, depressed and lonely. I visited lots of doctors and therapists for years and none of them had any impact. I was listening to a podcast that was
“Your goal should always be to put aside ego, leverage your skills to connect dots, engage all the right people, listen, build consensus and networks, and get the job done. It has been extremely important to grow into a leader of integrity,” says Marceline Uttarkar, Director of Data Science at PayPal. Uttarkar met Aakriti years
Son, if you want to live here, you will start paying rent.” Facing an ultimatum from his father, young Aaron had to think quickly – and so he did. In a couple of months, the twelve-year-old Aaron had made 10 grand selling firewood to the locals. Employing his siblings Aaron got his first taste of
Meet Dylan Jacob, the 24-year-old serial entrepreneur, and inventor. Dylan has founded four companies and is now focused on his fast-growing brand, Brumate. Brumate creates/innovates/ and sells insulated beverage containers for the adult beverage industry. Dylan, an article from Shopify recently came out about how your company, BruMate, is grossing $15M per year. Can you
Cornerstone towards every decision we take depends on our savings!!! There is not a single person around us who don’t understand the fundamental to personal finance and how much should be part of savings. This does not mean that you need to save for the emergencies after retirement only. But reserving a certain amount
How do you know you’re ready for entrepreneurship? Getting ahead in the world of entrepreneurship takes a certain kind of DNA. It takes gumption and skill. It takes a lot of attributes that people who are willing to opt for safe, regular jobs just don’t have. How do you know you’re ready? 1) You’ve Found
Did you know that most people who use Facebook advertising are shooting themselves in the foot? Many businesses are using underperforming or suboptimal tactics on Facebook, then wondering why it’s not paying off for them. If you’re a bigger company, some suboptimal ad spend for a while won’t hurt you as badly, because you’ve got
Are you passionate to become entrepreneur !! Now a days many young students want to become entrepreneur, but same question they have what is the product with which they start business? If you look around, we have million opportunities knocking us, but only passionate person having vision can grab them. Recently I met one
Using The Tools At Hand Don’t be anachronistic. You don’t really need paper anymore. Certainly, it’s good to have some on-hand, but a paper is going the way of the typewriter. So are on-site server arrays. With cloud computing, you can have all the computational processing, management, and storage capacity of an enterprise even though
The ultimate goal of any startup business should be to expand and ultimately grow in scale and more importantly, profitability. All startups start small and working in local markets but at some point, it’s time to take the leap to an international market and doing so brings its own amazing rewards. Going international means that
The beauty of inbound marketing is the fact that it’s an incredibly subtle form of business promotion. Think of it as a sales method disguised as a problem-solving technique. It identifies people who are in need of your services and products and then convinces them that buying from you was their idea all along. The
For many entrepreneurs, sleep is a luxury only few can afford. As an entrepreneur, your business sees you working round the clock; your typical day starts at 4:00 am and before you get home and hit the sack, it is almost midnight. Many business savvy individuals are of the opinion that sleep is for the
User experience is the way in which the end user perceives your product or service as a whole. As users conduct more of their daily business interactions online it’s becoming harder to provide a frictionless experience which doesn’t leave room for confusion and fits into their everyday routine. Users expect their experience to be seamless
Miguel Carrasco is a serial entrepreneur, a loving son, husband, father and a well respected and renowned Fitness Professional and Coach. Immigrating to Canada at the age of 2- Miguel understood early on the struggles of being an immigrant and the hard work his parents were deploying on a daily basis to provide the family
iOS killed the old targeting playbook. Here's how Meta lookalike audiences actually work in 2026, when they beat Advantage+, and how to build seeds that convert.
What’s your backstory? I remember sitting across the kitchen table when my dad made “that” decision. The decision that would change our lives forever. You see, when I was 11 years old, my parents invested all they had and money they didn’t have (by taking on loans, drying up all our savings) into
Nix got started with marketing and sales when he was 4 years old. He would ‘steal’ ring boxes / jewelry boxes from his aunts and put a variety of candies inside. He would then go out and offer these candies to his neighbors. What normally costs P1 he sells at P50-100 a pop. At 16
We all remember a time of terrible customer service. Perhaps at the grocery store or at restaurant. Although, imagine taking that horrible customer service experience and making it better by opening your own grocery store or restaurant but with the intention of providing the most amazing customer service experience possible for your customers. That’s exactly
“My personal Instagram account @successful and personal Facebook account under Alex Kowtun now incorporate pictures and videos with specific sunglasses, a particular boat club, certain vehicles, events, and the vodka brand I co-founded. Like many of the companies I endorse, I realized that today’s audience doesn’t want a company to pitch a product’s attributes.” Individuals
When it comes to growing your business, there are a million different ways to do it. From Facebook ads, to traditional marketing, to social media campaigns and everything in between. But how do you attract people to your message and your business without seeming shady and overly promotional? Let’s get one thing straight, there’s no
Your business image is costing you money, influence, power and respect. You are finally successful – it’s time to start looking like it.”- Mike Young What’s your backstory? My life looked amazing from the outside. I had a “successful” mortgage business… 250 employees and 10 offices. I lived in a $750,000 house. I owned another
According to Forbes, more than one third (36 percent) of U.S. workers are in the gig economy, which works out to a very large number of approximately 57 million people. According to Nasdaq, by 2020 43% of the U.S. workforce will be freelancers and it will continue to grow. According to Betterment and its extensive study
Meet Monti Washington also known as Montivation. As a TOP Motivational Speaker, Monti has been recognized as “America’s Adversity Coach” He comes in and shows students how they can achieve, overcome, and turn obstacles on campus into real life success. Monti isn’t your average motivational speaker. His presentations about real life experiences he’s had leaves
Meet Colin Wareham. Colin is 18 years old and he’s already becoming a known entrepreneur in his hometown, Noblesville, Indiana. You’ll find in Colin’s story that he’s already experienced multiple business failures, but he leveraged what he learned from his failures and from mentors to start his company Educaid. If you want to learn about
You have built a basic brand. Therefore, you get basic results. Your Earnings Are Basic You make just enough to pay the bills of your business with no profits made for yourself. On some days, you don’t feel cut out for this. This isn’t what you thought it would be, right? You thought that
What’s your backstory? Every entrepreneur is born with the gift, it just takes time to crack the code In Grade school I’ve always wanted to work for myself, listening to classmates going to college and wanting to work for a company didn’t interest me, knowing that if I worked for someone else, I would be
Meet Daniel Melamed. Daniel is known not only for his accomplished but also some of his advice on how to scale a business. Daniel Melamed, a successful entrepreneur with 20 years of experience and a young investor from Great Neck, New York, is pleased to announce that he is branching out in his real estate
Dr. Saman Bakhtiar is the Co Founder of The Camp Transformation Center. He has helped transform THOUSANDS of people not only physically but what he feels is even more important “mentally”. A graduate of Pennsylvania State University, Dr. Bakhtiar has degrees in nutrition and pre-medicine. He is also the author of the popular book “The
What’s your backstory? I was born and raised in a small town in Washington State, where there was never much opportunity. A lot of people finish High School and then go on to work arduous jobs, and seeing my parents experience this first hand, I knew I had to do something big with my
What’s your backstory? At the age of 21 I found myself as a college dropout and bankrupt. Literally, bankrupt. My car was in the process of being repossessed and I was advised to file bankruptcy and that’s exactly what I did. I remember thinking “how in the world am I going to pay my bills
What is your backstory? I was raised in Tucson, Arizona, the youngest of a family of 6 kids. My father was a hobbyist photographer and I remember getting into his equipment and playing monkeying around with it when I was young. He even did some darkroom work and had an enlarger and all the
What is your backstory? I am a personal branding consultant for corporate professionals who want to increase their visibility and attract high-quality career opportunities and … I don’t have the typical corporate career. I have a background in organizational psychology and communications, moved into employer branding, talent assessment, recruiting, and internal communications, and – went
What’s your backstory? Born and raised in a small town called Tri-cities, Washington. I grew up in a household of five with two sisters and my parents, I was the youngest. My early life was quite a roller coaster of emotions due to living in a house full of negativity and a lot of
What’s your backstory? I’m from a small town in Washington called Grandview. There’s not much to do, all I would really do was play basketball or hang out with some friends. Growing up my dad worked long days and nights, so he can pay the bills while my mom worked just as hard to
What’s your backstory? I’m an international personal branding and storytelling coach for entrepreneurs and I’m on a mission to help people find their purpose, share their message and make the world a better place. As a kid I was always an outsider, even though I was socially extroverted I never felt like I
Technology has made a significant impact on our society and hiring a virtual CFO reflects that change. The chief financial officer is responsible for overseeing the organization’s cash flow and financial matters. Finances are critical for a business to operate. Due to this, investing in a part-time CFO might be the right decision. It is
30% of respondents to this survey said lack of community was the biggest challenge to remote working. Grow Remote is built by a team of volunteers who hand a hunch that Ireland could benefit from a tighter community and ecosystem around smart working, they are specifically are interested in how this benefits the regions of Ireland. Over
By Will Deane Founder of Unstoppable Whether you know it or not, your habits control you. Habit is what gets you out of bed in the morning. Habit is how you brush your teeth. Habit is how you plan your day, how you do your job, and how you run your life. So if
Hiring a consultant should be a decision every business owner should make if they’re wanting to grow or scale their business quickly. It allows you to bypass years of experience by learning from someone who’s been in the trenches – so you don’t have to be. If you’re starting your very own contracting company or
“I now realize that nothing comes easy and you have to work for it.”- Julio Martinez What’s your backstory? I grew up in a small town called Grandview, WA. Growing up we didn’t really have much, but we always had food on the table. My mother would work long nights and come home early mornings
In this Future Sharks interview I spend time with millennial leader David Zhao, a billionaire in the making. He is an entrepreneur, investor, and activist originally from Shanghai, China. He is the co-founder and Managing Partner of NXT Group, an American conglomerate company headquartered in New York City. Its diversified businesses include NXTFactor (full-service digital
“It sounds crazy to compare the Airborne tryout to So You Think You Can Dance, but they felt the same at times” – Actor Danny Lewis dives into his (former) military life. What’s your backstory? I’m an actor, dancer, writer, and entrepreneur. This is my story. I grew up in a pretty normal
“I’m a firm believer that ‘where there’s a will there’s a way’”- Annabelle Beckwith What is your backstory? I grew up in rural Wiltshire, went to an all girls school, took a year out between school and university to work as a volunteer supporting recovering drug addicts in Hong Kong, then went to Birmingham University
First of all thanks for taking the time to share your story on Future Sharks. Future Sharks is a fast growing community where we aim to promote the businesses and initiatives of entrepreneurs around the world and help them find more customers and fans. The goal of the interview is not only to tell your
Before all the success- take us back to Raymond- growing up (tell me your story and how you got to where you are today) I grew up in Orange County studying human biology at Biola University. My dad was a dentist, my mom was in herbal medicine, my uncle was a chiropractor, and so I
What’s your backstory? I come from very humble beginnings in the UK. I was raised by a single parent who somehow managed to make ends meet but we definitely didn’t have a lot. No one in my family has ever really been successful or created any wealth, and nobody has ever been an entrepreneur. One
What’s your backstory? I guess I have a humble beginning like most entrepreneurs. Divorced parents, raised on state aid, didn’t want to see people struggle and decided to make a difference instead of getting beat up by the punches life throws at you. At 12 years old I dabbled in code, building custom MySpace profiles
