My Immigrant Story

Nino Melikidze
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“My Immigrant Story” is a podcast dedicated to sharing the stories of first generation immigrant Canadian entrepreneurs and tech professionals. During each episode we deconstruct the speakers’ recipe to successfully moving and professionally establishing themselves in Canada. The goal is to build a strong immigrant community together by sharing our knowledge and experiences! The podcast is hosted by Nino Melikidze, the Co-Founder of Immitracker. Immitracker is an immigration application tracker and service marketplace for immigrants relocating to Canada and Australia.

  1. Parveen Mandviwalla - Customer Success Lead at HiredHippo

    07/24/2023

    Parveen Mandviwalla - Customer Success Lead at HiredHippo

    Disclaimer: This is a special episode of My Immigrant Story! Typically we bring Canadian newcomer professionals and entrepreneurs to learn more about their immigration journey. However this time, our guest is an immigrant HR tech professional who works for a known Canadian HR startup. Parveen is an experienced HR tech professional who has worked in leading Canadian startups for multiple years. She started her career in recruiting and currently holds a senior position as a Customer Success Lead at HiredHippo – a hiring marketplace where companies get instant access to high-potential vetted candidates, and where professionals are matched instantly with jobs they love.

    24 min
  2. Roy Pereira - Serial Entrepreneur, Startup Mentor & Angel Investor

    04/10/2023

    Roy Pereira - Serial Entrepreneur, Startup Mentor & Angel Investor

    Disclaimer: This is a special episode of My Immigrant Story! Typically we bring Canadian newcomer professionals and entrepreneurs to learn more about their immigration journey. However this time, our guest is a first generation Canadian immigrant serial entrepreneur who moved to the country when he was quite young and has since founded multiple companies in a wide variety of industries. Roy is a Canadian serial entrepreneur, startup mentor, and angel investor. He has extensive experience building companies and leading multi-disciplinary teams. His tech background enables him to gain unique insights regarding today’s technology market and determine business strategies. Roy has over a decade of experience building and scaling businesses in various industries including Advertising, Security, Networking, and Software.

    32 min
  3. Blayne Kumar - Co-Founder of Immitracker, Founder of Bright Immigration, Licensed Canadian Immigration Consultant

    02/07/2023 · BONUS

    Blayne Kumar - Co-Founder of Immitracker, Founder of Bright Immigration, Licensed Canadian Immigration Consultant

    Disclaimer: This is a special episode of My Immigrant Story! Typically we bring Canadian newcomer professionals and entrepreneurs to learn more about their immigration journey. However this time, our guest is a licensed Canadian immigration consultant and serial entrepreneur with multiple years of experience working with immigrants, partners and companies. Blayne is the founder of Bright Immigration, Toronto's leading immigration consultancy. Blayne is also the co-founder and CSO (Chief Strategy Officer) of Immitracker, an immigration application tracker and service marketplace for immigrants relocating to Canada and Australia. As a licensed immigration consultant, Blayne has applied his expertise and creativity to the world of immigration. Additionally, Blayne has extensive knowledge in business as a serial entrepreneur. Nino and Blayne currently run Immitracker together – their goal is to simplify the immigration process by helping immigrants learn about and take advantage of life-changing opportunities. To learn more about Immitracker and discover the helpful, free immigration tools and marketplace of services offered, check out immitracker.app (https://www.immitracker.app/) Helpful resources mentioned during the episode:  Introducing Immitracker - your trusted immigration journey guide Canadian Permanent Residence Application Tracker Canadian PR Card Tracker

    25 min
  4. Prateek Bawa - Partnerships Manager & Community Ambassador

    12/07/2022

    Prateek Bawa - Partnerships Manager & Community Ambassador

    Prateek Bawa is a partnerships manager with over 10 years of experience in various industries including FinTech, SaaS, and E-commerce. Currently, he’s a is a Partner Consultant at Freshbooks – a company that builds accounting software for self-employed individuals and their teams. Additionally, Prateek is an ambassador at Arrive – a platform for enabling newcomers to settle in Canada and Immigrant Networks. He is also a member of several professional organizations focused on partnerships and sales career development. During the episode, Prateek highlights the importance of starting your LinkedIn networking process early on to help yourself setup quickly upon arriving to Canada. Additionally, he mentions how staying focused on your journey and goals and not comparing yourself to others can help you succeed.  P.S. Interested in networking with fellow immigrant professionals? Check out the VisaWire Community: https://community.visawireapp.com/

    19 min

  5. 10/25/2022

    Janey Buz - Founder of Immiducation, Career Coach & Startup Program Mentor

    Janey Buzugbe (Janey Buz) is a startup founder, career coach, and program mentor and consultant. She has been running her own YouTube channel for over five years. In this channel she provides relevant resources for newcomer students and professionals to navigate their careers and education in Canada. Janey is now the founder of Immiducation, a career and education network of immigrants by immigrants. This global network support immigrants by accelerating their success through learning programs & resources, community and job matching. Additionally, Janey is a Program Mentor & Consultant for the DMZ, a tech startup growth incubator based out of Ryerson University in Toronto. Nino and Janey originally connected through the Toronto tech startup community over their shared passion for the immigration space and helping immigrant professionals succeed in Canada. During the episode, Janey discusses some of the strategic decisions she made (e.g. attending a prestigious university) that brought her to this point in her career - pursuing her entrepreneurial passion. She also cover the importance of planning your Canadian journey in advance - thinking about your future career and settlement even before landing in the country. Where you could possibly work, what careers could be a good fit, and long term professional growth vision in general. Janey highlighted the risk of getting stuck in a low income, survival job longer term if a person doesn’t plan their career growth in advance. Helpful resources mentioned during the episode: Janey’s career coaching and professional development services can be found here. Janey’s Youtube channel for newcomer students and professionals called JaneyofCanada can be found here! There, she provides helpful information and resources about settling in Canada. P.S. Interested in networking with fellow immigrant professionals? Check out the VisaWire Community: https://community.visawireapp.com/

    22 min
  6. Aashni Shah - Founder & CEO of Mido and HypeDocs

    10/18/2022

    Aashni Shah - Founder & CEO of Mido and HypeDocs

    Aashni Shah is the Founder and CEO of Mido – a product that allows users and companies to securely store and share their personal documents. She’s also the Founder of HypeDocs, an app that helps users track their achievements and gain confidence. Aashni graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in Computer Science. Prior to pursuing her passion for entrepreneurship, she worked as a Software Engineer at Microsoft and Square. Nino and Aashni actually connected over their shared passion for entrepreneurship and being actively involved with Toronto’s tech ecosystem and various startup communities. During the episode we discuss some of the differences between pursuing a higher education in Canada compared to the US along with the importance and benefits of joining clubs and extracurricular activities in university. Aashni also goes into how gaining unique experiences is helpful both for your professional development and candidate profile. That coupled with going out of your way to meet new people can help international students and immigrant professionals set themselves up for career success in Canada! P.S. Interested in networking with fellow immigrant professionals? Check out the VisaWire Community: https://community.visawireapp.com/

    23 min

  7. 10/10/2022

    Amir Feizpour - Co-Founder and CEO of Aggregate Intellect

    Amir Feizpour is the Co-Founder and CEO of Aggregate Intellect – a platform that curates the world’s technical knowledge with the help of artificial and crowd intelligence.  With the help of NLP (natural language processing) and an AI community of 10K+ members, they make finding technical information in as easy as a few clicks. Prior to starting his own company, Amir worked as a Data Scientist at RBC and did his post-doctoral research at the University of Oxford in the UK. Additionally, Amir runs a weekly hiking and monthly dinner group for Toronto founders (through which Nino and Amir initially connected!). During the episode, Amir goes into how one of his strengths is building relationships with people. This skill helped him choose his PhD program at the University of Toronto in Canada and secure his first job post-graduation at the University of Oxford in the UK. We highlight the importance of doing your research on the companies you’re interested in working at and learning from the people that have achieved the things that you aspire to achieve. For example, one of the ways Amir went about meeting relevant people which later helped him secure a job was through Meetups and events in Toronto. Helpful resources mentioned during the episode: Amir does free short calls regarding career advice, professional development, startups and much more! You can find the link to book time with him here. Amir has a monthly newsletter regarding his startup journey and lessons learned. If you’re interested in startups and their progression, you can subscribe here. For everyone interested in AI, ML, startups, and decentralization, Amir launched a Youtube channel where they do in-depth conversations regarding those topics. You can find it here! P.S. Aggregate Intellect is currently fundraising to launch their commercial offering! To learn more about this AI investment opportunity, check out the following link. P.P.S. Interested in networking with fellow immigrant professionals? Check out the VisaWire Community: https://community.visawireapp.com/

    20 min

  8. 10/05/2022

    David Mendoza - Director at Orbit5 and Professor at George Brown College

    David Mendoza is the Director of Orbit5, an Ed-Tech startup supporting international students in launching amazing careers. They support students struggling with life, school, and career through free weekly webinars, events, and on-one-on coaching. David specializes in career development, e-learning, educational tourism, and language coaching. Additionally, he is a professor at George Brown College based in Toronto, Ontario. He is a faculty team member at the Transitions to Post-Secondary Education program from the School of Preparatory & Liberal Studies. Nino and David originally connected through the work they do in the immigration space. David’s focus is on supporting international students and helping them build fulfilling lives and careers in Canada. During the episode we cover David’s unique immigration story and the challenges he faced moving to Canada as a refugee: starting from a survival job and building the career he was passionate about. We also highlight the importance of having a large network and getting help from connections when initially landing in Canada. Some of the resources mentioned during the episode include the following: David’s cooking Tiktok: for those passionate about food and new recipes! David’s Spanish tutoring and courses: for those interested in learning conversational Spanish! P.S. Interested in networking with fellow immigrant professionals? Check out the VisaWire Community: https://community.visawireapp.com/

    22 min
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“My Immigrant Story” is a podcast dedicated to sharing the stories of first generation immigrant Canadian entrepreneurs and tech professionals. During each episode we deconstruct the speakers’ recipe to successfully moving and professionally establishing themselves in Canada. The goal is to build a strong immigrant community together by sharing our knowledge and experiences! The podcast is hosted by Nino Melikidze, the Co-Founder of Immitracker. Immitracker is an immigration application tracker and service marketplace for immigrants relocating to Canada and Australia.

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  • Creator
    Nino Melikidze
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2023
  • Episodes
    27
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Nino Melikidze
  • Show Website
    My Immigrant Story