I have always had the “itch” to run my own business. I was raised on a ranch in a very remote area. I had a successful egg sales business from the age of about 8 (my own flock of chickens to sell about 2 dozen eggs a week), which eventually grew into a small cattle operation, which I sold out of by the age of 16
Week 4 - Leap of Entrepreneuring Series: Featuring Published Poet, Pedro Larrea
Pedro Larrea (Madrid, 1981) is the author of two poetry books: La orilla libre (Madrid, Ártese quien pueda, 2013) and La tribu y la llama (Madrid, Amargord, 2015). He has published poems and reviews in ABCD, Cuademos de Valverde, Nayagua Calidoscopio, Lateral, Generación XXI Deriva and Fósforo. He made an imminent appearance in the Spanish editorial Renacimiento for his book of essays Federico García Lorca en Buenos Aires.
Week 3 - Leap of Entrepreneuring Series: Featuring Last Resort Comedy Founder
Last Resort Comedy was founded by comedian Max Rosenblum. In addition to producing four weekly comedy shows featuring some of DC's best stand-up comedians and producing shows with national headliners, Max has been performing comedy in Washington, DC for over three years. In that time, he’s performed at Baltimore’s Charm City Comedy Festival, Artscape Festival, on the acclaimed Los Angeles-based storytelling podcast RISK!, and opened for comedians such as Russell Howard, Bobby Slayton, Myq Kaplan and Jen Kirkman.
Week 2 - Leap of Entrepreneuring Series: Featuring Viatek Founder
Viatek Corporation specializes in providing solutions for waste water collection and treatment, storm water management, soil stabilization, canalization and bridges. Viatek manufactures the VIAVAC Vacuflow Vacuum sewer system and is an alternative to traditional gravity, vacuum or low pressure systems, to provide communities that have limited or no sewer service. They have offices in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Dominican Republic and Panama.
Week 1 - Leap of Entrepreneuring Series: Featuring Uproar Coffee Founder
Uproar Coffee is a specialty coffee micro-roaster that focuses on introducing the benefits of fresh, small batch roasted coffee to the public. They also promote coffee growing communities who produce specialty coffee in an environmentally and community friendly way as well as provide awareness about the coffee industry.