Melvin Cedeno
Melvin Cedeno has never graduated high school. But what he has done is start multiple businesses and try out four different industries before eventually landing as a software developer at SmartLogic.
Back in 2005, Cedeno charged his high school friends to design MySpace their pages, which led to starting a social media marketing company, Social Media Nexus, at 20 years old. With one client, he generated $58,000 without paying for ads. His time with his company immersed him in the world of Shopify, where he began designing ecommerce websites for clients.
“Mainly what got me into tech was this whole idea that I wanted to work remote,” said Cedeno. Social Media Nexus was a way to make money as he followed his then-girlfriend to Florida while she went to school. “That just led me to teaching myself how to use Excel, market on social media, set up all these websites, and that planted the seed.”
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