Gerardo Velasquez

Gerardo Velasquez is a 24-year old currently enrolled in Full Sail's Music Business program and will be graduating with a Bachelors November 20th, 2012. He started his first entrepreneur venture at the age of 10. His brother and him started mowing lawns around their small town. This lead to his father expanding the company to a family owned successful business it is today. He is passionate in every venture he enters and puts everything he has to reach his goal. Gerardo is self-motivated, dedicated, and looks at life in an optimistic view. He is not a quitter and not scared to fail and learns from his mistakes. His next venture is opening up a studio called FMB Studios. His characteristics comes from his personal life, he is the son of two Mexican immigrants and wants to show the world that success can be reached by anyone of any background. This is one of his favorite quotes: "The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will." Vince Lombardi