Overcome All Rejection | feat. Sandro Roco
ABOUT SANDRO ROCO:
Sandro Roco is a the Founder and CEO of Sanzo, the 1st Asian-inspired sparkling water, made with real fruit + no added sugar.
Prior to founding Sanzo, Sandro spent 5 years as head of growth and then chief-of-staff at Bombfell, a twice venture-backed personal styling service for men. He previously worked in investment banking at J.P. Morgan and as a nuclear power engineer for Exelon.
Sandro is also a board member and founding member of Naturally New York, which brings people, products and passion together to strengthen and build the New York natural products community.
Learn more about Sandro and his work:
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