# 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. ...

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 nothi ...

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. Bu ...