Hey, my name is Patrick Corsino and I wanted to share a little about my life’s story and the growth of my businesses.
The reality is there’s a lot of people online who talk a lot, but few have actually done anything. My goal with this is to share proof of my entire journey to hopefully show you that it’s really possible. A lot of my journey I felt like I was alone and had nobody to turn to for inspiration, I wish I had something like this to show me the real possibilities.
I was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil to a great family. I was fortunate to have both a strong mother figure and a hardworking father figure which together set me up for success early.
My father always had dreams of living outside of Brazil. He knew there were more opportunities elsewhere so at the age of 3, we moved out.
This caused tension with the rest of the family as they had always been in Brazil and they wouldn’t be able to see their grandson as much. But he knew he’d rather sacrifice all of that in order to give his family (me) the best opportunities.
After living in Brazil, The Netherlands and Hong Kong, we settled in Belgium for most of my childhood until I graduated High School and came to the US for college. This is where my journey really starts
Like most people, I had no idea what I wanted to do in college. I just wanted to make money. I remember googling “Highest paying college degrees” which led me to Engineering. Not long into it, I realized this was NOT for me. Teachers who hadn’t achieved anything, nonstop memorizing stuff for tests, and a salary cap as soon as I got out… no thanks! Like I did previously, I turned to google to find out how to make money online. And that’s where my entrepreneurship journey starts
The FIRST business I ever started, which most people don’t know, is buying and monetizing IG accounts. At the peak I owned several motivational/entrepreneurship accounts. I bought the ones I noticed were under monetized, and ramped up the monetization. Turns out, I didn’t have enough capital to buy enough accounts and the company ended up dying out which led to venture #2, a gaming youtube channel until I realized I didn’t want to play videogames all day.
I started my ecommerce business in early 2017 focusing on FBA before transitioning it to shopify (better margins, etc..). I needed money to fund this business so I got a job as a waiter and saved all my pennies in order to buy my first shipment of $2,500.
I spent all day refreshing my seller app to track the sales. I was finally making REAL money, all by myself, with 0 use of my college education (which I was in my 2nd year at the time).
Once I got a glimpse of what was possible, I immediately wanted to drop out of school. I was making more than most of my professors so I saw no value in staying. This is where family issues began.
The topic of dropping out caused a lot of friction in my family. My parents didn’t want to see me drop out and we would fight endlessly for hours about it, insults being thrown on both sides.
It got so bad, I eventually decided to stop talking to them. I decided it was better to have the issue now, and once I “made it” everything would be fixed (spoiler, it was).
Using the money from the first business, and the experience I gained throughout, I started a consulting business focusing on ecommerce. I worked with new and experienced sellers to increase margins by improving their listings, advertisements, and several other factors.
This business had great margins which allowed me to have money left over to invest.
My mentor told me at the time that at my age, and with the money I had, investing in a simple fund trying to earn 7% per year was a waste of money. I had to play more aggressive.
At the same time I had a friend tell me to look into this thing called “Cryptocurrencies”, primarily one called “Ripple (XRP)”. I first bought in at under $0.01, and panic sold everything during the bull run at exactly $3. I also bought some ETH at <$50, and BTC at <$1,400.
I sold some at the peak but not as much as I should have. I learned my lesson watching the bear market in 2018 so the next time the bull market came around in 2022, I was ready and didn’t make the same mistake.
I realized every business needs traffic. So I started a Crypto Youtube channel to talk about everything going on in the market. This grew to 25k+ subscribers and was making multiple 6-figures per year. I expanded the media company by building several networks in different niches (most without using my face or name) using social media and newsletters. If I control the traffic, building any business will always be easier.
I met my now wife right at the beginning of my entrepreneurial journey. I did not expect to date anyone while building because most people would not be able to understand. She was different, encouraging, and supportive.
She was the one who helped me fight my depressing thoughts while I was in school and had no support from my family.
This is where I realized my end goal, couples build empires.
There are a few things that are close to my heart. First is education (not school, REAL education) which I believe is what separates the rich from the poor. Second is animals, Wildlife as well as pets. Pets love unconditionally and yet we as humans fail them, so I try to do what I can to help.
I don’t love talking about charity, for the longest time I liked doing charity work without anyone knowing about it. But the reality is even sharing this, might get people to do the same. And if 1 person does, then it was worth it.