Immigrants to the United States make up about 13% of the U.S. population. And yet, from Silicon Valley to Main Street America, they make up a disproportionately large number of American business owners. In this episode, we explore why this is.

This episode features:

Chinedu Echeruo, CEO and founder of Gigameet

Samuel Lu, Owner of New Green Nutrition

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How do you tell your company’s story in a way that resonates with customers? In this episode, we learn marketing lessons from a failed Silicon Valley pioneer and two entrepreneurs who gained major success with minimal marketing budgets.

This episode features:

Chodi McReynolds, former Vice President of Operations at Osborne Computer Corporation

John C. Dvorak, author of Hypergrowth: The Rise and Fall of Osborne Computer Corporation and host of No Agenda

John Lawson, CEO of 3rd Power Outlet and Shoe String King and author of Kick Ass Social Commerce for E-preneurs

Slava Menn, Co-Founder of Fortified Bicycle

Jonah Berger, Associate Professor of Marketing and author of Contagious and Invisible Influence

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Setting your prices is harder than it sounds and making a mistake can be costly. We outline concrete steps to get to the right number, starting with one of the most incredible wins in game show history.

This episode features:

Terry Kniess, Price Is Right contestant and author of Cause and Effects

Zoher Karu, Chief Data Officer at eBayMickey Goodman, Professor of Business and Entrepreneurship at Savannah College of Art and Design and Co-Founder/Partner at e2Advisors

Jonathan Wirt, Head of Marketing at Pushd

Savio Clemente, beta tester

Ruth Bolton, Professor of Marketing at the W.P. Carey School of Business

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No one hires the wrong person on purpose. In this episode, we hear some hiring horror stories and about how to learn from our mistakes.

This episode features:

Jordan Insley, Co-founder of QuickShip Electronics

Elana Krieger, Head of HR at Boxed

Adam Robinson, CEO of Hireology

Katie Christiansen, Director of People Operations at Gimlet Media

Brina Bujkovsky, Co-founder of PopUpsters

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What makes a successful entrepreneur? If you are one, were you born that way?

**Warning, this episode contains adult language.**

This episode features: 

Corri McFadden, owner and founder of eDrop-Off 

Nsi Obotetukudo, co-founder Alley NYC

Scott Shane, author of Born Entrepreneurs, Born Leaders 

Logan Rockmore, founder of SportsTap

Show Notes: 

This podcast features a clip from the a16z Podcast: Investing in (Business and Career) Change

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Open For Business is a branded podcast from eBay and Gimlet Creative, about building a business from the ground up. Open For Business launches Thursday, June 16th.  

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