An Anaheim, California-based entrepreneur with extensive sales and management experience, Manny Bojorquez owns multiple companies, including ZipTuningUSA and HyperCar Development, the latter of which provides innovative engineering and balance to increase the speed and performance of high-end automobiles, including McLaren sports cars. Under the guidance of Manny Bojorquez, the engineering team at HyperCar is capable of more than doubling the factory output of McLaren models to achieve 1,500 HP. The company operates out of Los Angeles, California, and Charlotte, North Carolina.
Manny Bojorquez’s other companies include Persistent Billing, The Lama Group, and peaCURE, which is the only company in the United States marketing and selling quality palmitoylethanolamide-based products as medical food instead of supplements. He started each of these companies himself and has grown them to achieve more than $10 million in combined sales. Prior to pursuing his entrepreneurial ventures, Mr. Bojorquez spent two years as a national sales leader with Lifewatch, where he oversaw national strategy and branding while managing a team of account executives, client executives, and clinical support and field service representatives.
Manny Bojorquez was also a program manager at Bioness, where he managed the cross-functional product development team, provided necessary technical guidance, and oversaw all new product launches. He previously worked in sales and account management with Johnson & Johnson, where he covered hospitals in Southern California and received multiple awards, including District and Region Representative of the Year. He began his career in sales with Frito Lay.
As part of his efforts to stay up-to-date on the latest trends in the automotive industry, Mr. Bojorquez regularly attends events such as the Monterey Car Week and belongs to the International Mile Racing Association. He holds an MBA in entrepreneurship from the University of Southern California, where he was a member of the Entrepreneur and Venture Management Association, and earned a bachelor of arts in history from California State University, Fullerton.
What is your typical day, and how do you make it productive?
Stick to a schedule…stretch, mobility routine, work out, work, work and work and wrap up days planning for the next and focus on my family.
How do you bring ideas to life?
Lots of reading up. Take other ideas and see how I can apply and adapt.
What’s one trend that excites you?
AI and expedited travel (interplanet and traveling between countries in minutes vs hours)
What is one habit that helps you be productive?
Working out and meditation
What advice would you give your younger self?
Trust your gut and take the leap sooner. Your ideas are solid…listen to others and adapt but don’t stop. Be grateful and show gratitude for everything.
Tell us something you believe almost nobody agrees with you on?
Disagreements and opposing thoughts are gold. They sharpen the sword
What is the one thing you repeatedly do and recommend everyone else do?
Daily supplements, flexibility routine and workouts
When you feel overwhelmed or unfocused, what do you do?
Pause, take a breath and meditate
What is one strategy that has helped you grow your business or advance in your career?
Self belief. Knowledge that there has never been a situation that does not work out for me
What is one failure in your career, how did you overcome it, and what lessons did you take away from it?
I have had many…trust your gut sooner. If it doesn’t feel right, refine and/or cut it loose sooner. Don’t stack loses. Chase winners.
What is one business idea you’re willing to give away to our readers?
A business focused on integrating AI with hyper-speed transportation technologies, such as hyperloop systems and suborbital space travel. This would specialize in developing cutting-edge travel solutions that drastically reduce travel time on Earth and beyond. The business would not only design and improve transportation technologies but also offer strategic advice to industries like healthcare, where rapid logistics can be life-saving.
What is one piece of software that helps you be productive? How do you use it?
Outlook…helps organize with so much going on. Brackets different lines of businesses, clients and topics
Do you have a favorite book or podcast you’ve gotten a ton of value from and why?
Little red book of selling. Also Winning by Jack Welch.
What’s a movie or series you recently enjoyed and why?
The Wire. Greatest show of all time
Key learnings
- Never stop
- The value of routines
- Ask, Listen, refine and Adapt
- Power of mediation and self belief
- Your gut instinct is a important tool to be used