What’s this site about?

IMMPRENEUR is a web­site cre­ated for immigrant entrepre­neurs, or ‘Imm­pre­neurs.’

Our aim is to pro­vide con­tent that inspires and helps Imm­pre­neurs to launch (or grow exist­ing) busi­nesses in the United States.

What you’ll find on the site:

On the Get Inspired and Build Your Busi­ness chan­nels you’ll dis­cover sto­ries of peo­ple who’ve come to this coun­try, often with lit­tle sav­ings, and built thriv­ing busi­nesses and suc­cess­ful lives in the U.S. They’ll show you first­hand how to use your “for­eign­ness” as an advan­tage, how to start a busi­ness, how to raise financ­ing, how to sell and mar­ket your prod­uct or ser­vice, and how to nav­i­gate Amer­i­can busi­ness culture.

For many immi­grants, fran­chis­ing is the first step toward busi­ness own­er­ship in the U.S. That’s why we’ve cre­ated a Fran­chis­ing chan­nel. We’ll show you where the oppor­tu­ni­ties are, what qual­i­ties fran­chise com­pa­nies are seek­ing in fran­chisees, the pit­falls to avoid, and what it really takes to build a suc­cess­ful fran­chise business.

Our Resource chan­nel will enable you to net­work with other imm­pre­neurs from your home coun­try, get busi­ness advice and fund­ing, and deter­mine the best places in Amer­ica to run your busi­ness. These orga­ni­za­tions offer great advice, and many offer their ser­vices at no cost.

We hope you find this site help­ful in your efforts to build your own Amer­i­can Dream.

Thank you for visiting.

– Foulis Pea­cock

About Foulis Peacock

Foulis Pea­cock

A vet­eran Imm­pre­neur him­self, Foulis Pea­cock is uniquely qual­i­fied to pro­duce this site.

Foulis worked on Fleet Street in Lon­don before immi­grat­ing to this coun­try 20 years ago. Upon arriv­ing in New York City, he used his own “for­eign advan­tage” to become a con­trac­tor with For­tune magazine.

In 1994 Foulis started a media rep­re­sen­ta­tive com­pany with a busi­ness part­ner. Their clients included For­tune, Money, and Forbes mag­a­zines. Foulis and his part­ner then launched Diver­si­ty­Inc Media LLC in 1998.

In 2009 Foulis sold his inter­est in Diver­si­ty­Inc to pro­duce IMMPRENEUR.com.

About Vir­ginia Peacock

Vir­ginia Pea­cock is a mul­ti­me­dia artist.

Dur­ing her 15-year pub­lish­ing expe­ri­ence in New York City, she was the mar­ket­ing Cre­ative Man­ager for Busi­ness Week mag­a­zine and before that, a mar­ket­ing designer for For­tune mag­a­zine. Vir­ginia has also free­lanced for var­i­ous busi­ness pub­li­ca­tions includ­ing the Wall Street Jour­nal and Money magazine.

Prior to pub­lish­ing, Vir­ginia worked for the National Acad­emy of Design and the Museum of Mod­ern Art.

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