Passioners Podcast

Passioners Podcast


Latest Episodes

Cheesecakes by Alex: Frustration fuels success
February 10, 2021

We talk to Alex Amoroso, a founder of Cheesecakes by… who? You guessed it: Cheesecakes by Alex. Cheesecakes by Alex boasts more than 1,700 Google reviews of 4.7 stars and combined 1,000 reviews of TripAdvisor and Yelp with 4.5 stars or more. The bakery is

Donis Ventures: founded by UNC college student
January 27, 2021

We talk with Kerwin Donis, a co-founder of a real estate investing company located in North Carolina. He is currently a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Although his family has endured their fair share of struggles, he was mot

Professor: Birth & Death
January 13, 2021

We talk to Timothy Marr, a professor of American Studies at UNC. Jennes took his class called Birth and Death in the United States during her first semester in college. It was an extraordinary class that encouraged her to develop different perspectives ab

Minu: Mexico's fin-tech company
November 18, 2020

We talk to Paolo Rizzi, a co-founder of Minu, a fin-tech company based in Mexico City, Mexico. 75% of Mexicans live from paycheck to paycheck with no savings for contingencies, and 33% get loans from family, friends, or institutions to cover their recurri