Breaking the Borders

Yuri Moreno is from Sao Paulo, Brazil. He got a start early in life in the digital marketing world. He entered digital marketing at 19 and by the time he was 21, he was the head of one of the largest digital marketing firms in Brazil called UnderDOGS. Solving his customer challenges led him to start a back end digital...

Ashu Garg was born in India and has lived in India, Nigeria, and the Sudan, and today makes his home in California with his wife, Pooja (an entrepreneur as well), and their two sons. Ashu has a bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi and an MBA from the Indian Institute...

Gaurav Mantri was born in India and moved to the US in 1999. He worked in a corporate job and dabbled in start ups during the dotcom era, but he eventually decided to move back to India to build a software company, Cerebrata. Cerebrate was eventually acquired by Red Gate Software. Gaurav shares his story...

Using his company to fund his education is an ace of a strategy! Tayo Rockson is the CEO and President of UYD Media, a media company that encourages people all over the world to use their difference to make a difference while celebrating diversity and educating others. He is an avid writer whose work can...

When your passion overtakes your work, it’s time to make your passion your work. Subash Jayaraman loved Cricket as long as he can remember. He’s never not had Cricket in his life. Growing up in India, Cricket was always a part of his family life. He came to the US in 1998, and he found...

An entrepreneur learns from experience and improves Sachin was born and raised in India. Sachin Dev Duggal is an innovator, serial entrepreneur, and an advocate of enterprise that touches lives and benefits the world at large. He is the co-founder of Shoto – a new startup that lets find unseen photos from your friends when...

  Timo Kiander lives in Finland. Timo got his start in IT, where he worked for 15 years and faced the struggles of the cubicle life. Timo’s life changed after he began running and worked up to running a marathon. This lit the fire under his desire to take his physical performance to a new...

Dinesh Agarwal is the founder of Pro Start Me. In 2011, he was helping a friend with his startup and realized the larger problem that entrepreneurs with great ideas faced. The technical talent needed to execute an idea was either not good or too expensive. Long term interests were always missing in contract based work and hence...

Allen Vaysberg was born in the USSR and came to US at the age of 14, with his parents and $300 in their pockets in 1989 to make a better life. They settled in Chicago and that’s where Allen was raised. Allen did make a better life and by mid-2012, seemingly had it all with...