Foreign Founders

Welcome back to the Foreign Founders evergreen series, where we cover topics related to current and future immigrant and foreign founders in under 5 minutes! Are you an international student on a F-1 visa thinking about starting your own business or startup? This episode is for you! It is possible to start a business while you’re on your F-1 student visa.

More reading here by Deel Immigration (fka LegalPad): https://legalpad.io/blog/how-to-launch-a-startup-as-an-international-student/

National Foundation of American Policy brief, “Immigrants and Billion Dollar Companies” by Stuart Anderson: https://nfap.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2018-BILLION-DOLLAR-STARTUPS.NFAP-Policy-Brief.2018-1.pdf

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We want to help more immigrant founders build their company and startup, that’s why we’re creating this new series of informational content. We’re always looking for feedback and comments, please send them to foreignfounderspod[at]gmail.com!

We cover what’s different about the USCIS Visa Bulletin for April 2023, but for more information you can find that here: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2023/visa-bulletin-for-april-2023.html

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Thank you all for joining us on our journey in the last couple of months! We didn't think this will ever take off the way it did, so we're happy to announce that we're working on season 2 of Foreign Founders!

On top of these changes, we have several initiatives we're working on!

Our listeners wanted to engage with immigrant and foreign founders, and to build a community. So we're doing just that! If you want to learn more about it please visit https://foreignfounders.carrd.co/ or email me andy at chibit.io - happy to share more information!

We're also going to experiment with more evergreen and informational content in between seasons. Stay tuned for the first one releasing next week!

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Welcome back to Foreign Founders. Today my conversation is with Per Obiora, Co-founder of Kashew. Kashew is a marketplace for stylish, quality and affordable used furniture. Their goal is to make the process of buying used furniture as easy as buying new with a full money back guarantee and an on-demand delivery across the continental US.

We chat about Per's upbringing in Berlin, to learning how to code for 5 months and building Kashew with his co-founders. Please enjoy this episode, and don't forget to subscribe for updates!

Need furniture? Go to https://www.kashew.com/

This is the final episode of Season 1 of Foreign Founders, thank you to all and we'll be back bigger and better for the next season!

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Welcome back to Foreign Founders. Today my conversation is with Maxximo, a musician and Founder of Maxximal.

Maxximo is giving power back to the artists by challenging the status quo and creating the first AR powered music social platform. We explore his background growing up in Mexico City, how he was the only musician and artist in his family, and his journey building Maxximal in New York.

I'm excited to share Maxximo's story - thank you for joining the show!

More about Maxximal here: https://www.maxximal.co

Follow Maxximo on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/maxximo

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Welcome back to Foreign Founders. Today my conversation is with Tavishi Gupta, Founder of Tern.

Tern is the your ultimate travel planning app, and as she described it to me it's the Notion for Travel. Tern is Tavishi's third startup so there's a lot of startup wisdom here, but that's not it. We talk about Tavishi's upbringing as an "army brat" and how that helped her adapt well to new environments and changing situations. We also cover startup immigration and how that's affected building Tern, something that every immigrant and foreign founders experience. 

Enjoy the episode!

Join waitlist for full product: travelwithtern.com

Beta test current product (Notion for travel): tern.app

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Welcome back to Foreign Founders. Today my conversation is with Shirley Yu, Founder of Choosii.

Choosii is the "TikTok for collectors", a multi-faceted app for collectors of any items from quarters to rare plants with albinism and more. I had the pleasure of connecting with Shirley at a Hustle Fund event in NYC, and I'm excited to share a world of collecting and collectors to my audience.

We chat about Shirley's family and upbringing, her first collection with her grandfather, why she wanted to build Choosii, and the "collector's psychology". Enjoy the episode!

Try Choosii today: https://www.choosii.us/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@choosechoosii

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Welcome back to Foreign Founders. Today my conversation is with Fernanda Sampson-Gomez.

Another Antler Austin S22 friend on the pod today. Fernanda, or Fer, is the founder of Celzo, the first hemp-infused sparkling water inspired by Latin American flavors and culture. We tried one of the first batches, and it was INCREDIBLE. Are you #teamlemongingerbasil #teamspicytamarind or #teamstrawberryhibiscusmint?

We chat about Fer's entrepreneurial upbringing in Mexico, why she wanted to create Celzo, her early experiments getting the right Latin flavors, and why it was the right decision to build in Austin, Texas. #viveelmomento

Buy your pack of Celzo : https://www.celzodrink.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celzodrink/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drinkcelzo

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Welcome back to Foreign Founders. Today my conversation is with Maxim Makatchev, founder of susuRobo

Another guest who’ve I’ve met through our Antler Austin cohort in the summer of 2022. Maxim joined the program a couple of weeks after it started, but we became close through my interest in AI/ML/Robots, and Maxim’s PHD level understanding of the topic. Maxim also lives in Osaka, Japan - and I talked his ears off about how I missed Japan.

We learn about Maxim’s background and life growing up and working in different countries, his journey to building his company, and why he wanted to come to build his latest company in Japan.

Please enjoy the show and this series!

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Welcome back to Foreign Founders. Today my conversation is with Lucie Repova, founder of Iris News.

Lucie and I met at the Antler Austin cohort this summer. We became close through our interest in politics and the issues surrounding polarization, and how technology and modern social media were partly to blame.

We learn about Lucie's background and life in Czech Republic and England, her journey to building her company, and why she wanted to come to the United States for the startup program.

Please enjoy the show and this series!

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