STARTUPBROS LLC
ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA

I was born in Chicago to an extremely poor set of teenage parents. By the time I was 7, they had put themselves through school and decided to start their first business. Just 3 short years later, my parents sold that business for a huge payday. Our family went, quite literally, from rags-to-riches – and I was absolutely intoxicated by the potential of entrepreneurship. I became deeply obsessed with business. My father told me the path to being successful was through getting good grades, and I tried that for a while – but I could not figure out how school was helping me as an entrepreneur… . I was NOT going to college, and I was NOT going to work for somebody else. My only goal became figuring out this ‘business’ thing by the time I graduated high school. Over the next 6-years, I tried every business model you can think of (and failed with most of them). But I knew that every failure made me a better entrepreneur importing products from China and selling them online By the time I was 18, I had made several hundreds of thousands of dollars selling products online. I had proven my teachers and parents wrong, and found success in business before I was even out of high school. I proved them all wrong, and that meant even more than the money I was making… I’m here to help you prove them all wrong… How StartupBros Will Help You If there is one thing I’ve learned in business, it’s this… Our mission is to create actionable how-to guides based on real-world success (and failure). We break down what’s working for us, our mentors, and our clients – and make sure you’re able to easily model the success of others to change your own life. But do we really need another blog about business? StartupBros is owned & operated by real entrepreneurs who have already built multi-million dollar businesses, and we only speak about things we know from experience. In short – we only preach about what we’ve already had proven success with. We’re not here to sell you anything – we simply think the world needs more entrepreneurs… As of 2016, the StartupBros team: Has launched 6 successful multi-million dollar businesses (and LOTS more failed ones) Sells over $10-million of physical products & over $3-million of digital products per year Generated over $50-million of lifetime sales throughout our different businesses We’re here to help you model what’s working for us and create success in your own life. We’d be honored to help you on your journey to entrepreneurial success & financial freedom. Who’s Behind StartupBros? We’re a team of entrepreneurs infuriated with the traditional idea of success (go to school, get a job, yada yada yada). We’re here to help you break free… Will started skipping school to build businesses in the sixth grade. By 16 he had started a successful e-commerce business, and dropped out of school shortly after to become a full-time entrepreneur. At 19, Will helped launch Affluence – an exclusive social network for the ultra-wealthy. After the successful IPO of Affluence, he re-entered the world of e-commerce. At 20, Will helped acquire & grow his beauty-centric e-commerce brand Simply Organic to an 8-figure company. At 22, Will launched the personal blog that would eventually turn into StartupBros – a community of like-minded entrepreneurs on a quest to regain control of their lives and quit their 9-to-5 grinds. StartupBros struck a chord with aspiring entrepreneurs, and has since helped launch over 6,000 successful businesses from scratch. When Steve’s not holding down the fort at StartupBros, he enjoys reading up on history, philosophy, and the fine art of persuasion. As a philosophy and psychology major she worked one full-time and two part-time jobs simultaneously to put herself through college, so she knows what it’s like to hustle! After years of being in boss mode constantly, the true existential crisis began to set in as she watched a 9-5 prison build itself around her. As a seller on the Etsy platform since 2009, she will be the first to tell you that good product photography is everything. In college, she saw how easy it was to get rid of her textbooks on Amazon and shortly after began killing it on eBay selling gently used clothing and other random arbitrage. Maureen enjoys helping StartupBros with social media and customer relations, and knew that the StartupBros mission was a gig she could get behind. Joseph Graduated from Columbia with a major in Graphic Arts and a minor in marketing. He began his career working with corporations, and realized his creativity was limited. He later found his passion working with Startups, being a part of the growth and seeing how his work impacted the conversions and ROI of the company, gave him fulfillment. He later entered into the infomercial market, where he crafted his video and web design skills to make immediate growth to the sales and marketing of many houseware products. Finally, arriving at StartupBros, Joseph was given the opportunity and freedom to let his skills thrive. Witnessing the real life transformation of the community and development of new entrepreneurs daily, he found true fulfillment in knowing his work was making a difference in people’s lives he is Honored to work for an organization that really makes a difference. Joel Oquendo – Director of Product Dev From an early age Joel was always looking to figure out how things worked. Taking apart remote controlled cars, tv remotes, computers and anything else he could get his hands on. This curiosity along with the support from his Electrical Engineer uncle, who showed him how to solder and put together circuit boards as a kid, he received a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis in Aerospace Engineering and Product Design and Manufacturing respectively in 2014. On the other side of things Joel was incredibly fascinated with Entrepreneurship. The idea of creating value in the world led him on an adventure to read book after book and experience failure after failure in launching businesses throughout college. Shoveling snow for startup costs Joel never took a sick day. At one point being an Uber driver, security guard, food server, collegiate track athlete, engineering intern, taking 24 credits per semester and trying to run a social media consulting business kept him busy.