Conquer America with David Drobik

I'm absolutely blown away by this 28 year old entrepreneur. Today we're chatting with Marina Mogilko, founder of Lingua Trip and Fluent Express. Marina is also a social media influencer with over 2 million followers across the platforms.

In our wide-ranging conversation we dive into: 

1. How Marina started her business in Russia and made the move to Silicon Valley 
2. Marina's journey through the 500 Startups Accelerator 
3. Visa struggles 

And so much more!

Find Marina:
On Instagram: @linguamarina
On Youtube: youtube.com/SiliconValleyGirl
On Youtube: youtube.com/LinguaMarina

Marina's companies: 

1. Lingua Trip
2. Fluent Express

And don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter on ConquerAmerica.com! 

Yours truly,

David Drobik 

I'm absolutely blown away by this 28 year old entrepreneur. Today we're chatting with Marina Mogilko, founder of Lingua Trip and Fluent Express. Marina is also a social media influencer with over 2 million followers across the platforms.

In our wide-ranging conversation we dive into: 

1. How Marina started her business in Russia and made the move to Silicon Valley 
2. Marina's journey through the 500 Startups Accelerator 
3. Visa struggles 

And so much more!

Find Marina:
On Instagram: @linguamarina
On Youtube: youtube.com/SiliconValleyGirl
On Youtube: youtube.com/LinguaMarina

Marina's companies: 

1. Lingua Trip
2. Fluent Express

And don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter on ConquerAmerica.com! 

Yours truly,

David Drobik 

Song we made with my buddies for ya'll. Just start. 

#ConquerAmerica 

Enjoy! 

Song we made for ya'll with my boys Karl "Karneeg" Jabourian and David Morrison to motivate you to follow your American Dream! 

#ConquerAmerica 

Enjoy! 

Welcome back to Conquer America!

In today's interview you'll get to meet Hubert Palan, founder of Productboard.

Hubert came to America 11 years ago and went from a management consultant to startup employee to grad student and finally tech entrepreneur.

Hubert raised close to $20 million from Silicon Valley VC firms as he continues to grow his venture.

Learn about Hubert's journey over the years, his lessons from finding work in Silicon Valley to obtaining the right visas to be able to stay here.

Find Hubert on twitter @hapalan

Visit www.conqueramerica.com for more stories of foreigners making it big in Silicon Valley.

Welcome back to Conquer America!

In today's interview you'll get to meet Hubert Palan, founder of Productboard.

Hubert came to America 11 years ago and went from a management consultant to startup employee to grad student and finally tech entrepreneur.

Hubert raised close to $20 million from Silicon Valley VC firms as he continues to grow his venture.

Learn about Hubert's journey over the years, his lessons from finding work in Silicon Valley to obtaining the right visas to be able to stay here.

Find Hubert on twitter @hapalan

Visit www.conqueramerica.com for more stories of foreigners making it big in Silicon Valley.

Ever wondered what it’s like launching a company, going through Y Combinator and raising a $1.8M seed all within 9 months of launching? 

On this episode, we’re talking to Samir Smajic, the Swedish founder of GetAccept, a YC backed startup that had raised its seed round right after YC’s demo day. 

You’ll learn:

• What are Samir’s go-to visas if you’re starting out in the US 
• How to manage a distributed team between Europe and Silicon Valley 
•  How to get the traction to raise your first round of capital in Silicon Valley 

Samir’s company: GetAccept.com
Samir’s Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/samirsmajic/

Go to ConquerAmerica.com, get in touch and let me know what kind of guests or questions you'd like to see in future episodes! 

Have a great holiday!

David Drobik


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Ever wondered what it’s like launching a company, going through Y Combinator and raising a $1.8M seed all within 9 months of launching? 

On this episode, we’re talking to Samir Smajic, the Swedish founder of GetAccept, a YC backed startup that had raised its seed round right after YC’s demo day. 

You’ll learn:

• What are Samir’s go-to visas if you’re starting out in the US 
• How to manage a distributed team between Europe and Silicon Valley 
•  How to get the traction to raise your first round of capital in Silicon Valley 

Samir’s company: GetAccept.com
Samir’s Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/samirsmajic/

Go to ConquerAmerica.com, get in touch and let me know what kind of guests or questions you'd like to see in future episodes! 

Have a great holiday!

David Drobik


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Rock Angel by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/K8eRXvLL7Wo

Jan grew his company U.plus to a 100 employee startup studio that creates digital products, completely bootstrapped.

However, it took him 2 years to get his first client in the US, after bringing his business into New York. 

On this episode we talk about his top tips on how to take your EU based company into the United States and succeed.

You'll get years of trial and error summarized in this action-packed episode of Conquer America!

Among other things you'll learn:

1. Jan's number one tip on expanding into the US is to go there yourself, as the founder of your company. You should never send anyone else or try to hire in the US, if you've never done business there, "It is going to fail" as Jan puts it (minute 27)
2. How to prepare for the culture shock that awaits you after arriving in the US
3. How to make a first hire and find your first client 

Jan's company: U.plus
Jan's Twitter: @janberanek
Go to ConquerAmerica.com and get in touch and let me know what you think about the podcast so far! Thank you! 

Enjoy the show! 

David Drobik

Jan grew his company U.plus to a 100 employee startup studio that creates digital products, completely bootstrapped.

However, it took him 2 years to get his first client in the US, after bringing his business into New York. 

On this episode we talk about his top tips on how to take your EU based company into the United States and succeed.

You'll get years of trial and error summarized in this action-packed episode of Conquer America!

Among other things you'll learn:

1. Jan's number one tip on expanding into the US is to go there yourself, as the founder of your company. You should never send anyone else or try to hire in the US, if you've never done business there, "It is going to fail" as Jan puts it (minute 27)
2. How to prepare for the culture shock that awaits you after arriving in the US
3. How to make a first hire and find your first client 

Jan's company: U.plus
Jan's Twitter: @janberanek
Go to ConquerAmerica.com and get in touch and let me know what you think about the podcast so far! Thank you! 

Enjoy the show! 

David Drobik