# Mariquel Waingarten

No strings attached. The married Argentinean couple has raised nearly $20 million for Hickies.

Mariquel Waingarten has been an entrepreneur since she was 24 years old.  For her first venture she created and managed a boutique hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, her hometown.  Most recently, Mariquel is the co-founder of Hickies a new lacing technology that turns any sneaker into a slip on. Sh‮…

This episode I’m doing something a little different. It's with Mariquel and Gaston two entrepreneurs who run a business called Hickies, which is a shoelace replacement that allows you to to put on your shoes without tying them ,Bbt this episode has nothing to do with their business. It has nothing‮…

Mariquel Waingarten co-founded Hickies, the no-tie shoelace brand now in over 50 countries, and built Argentina's first boutique hotel, Tailor Made Hotel, a four year TripAdvisor top performer. She's now the founder of Portal Bosque, a community built on a more conscious, human way of living. But ‮…