The Forgotten Collecti...
The Forgotten Collective
“in darkness, we shine”
— Belle Vernon Pennsylvania
His story began in Belle Vernon, growing up as one of six kids in a pastor’s household. Life was busy, loud, and full. From an early age, structure and responsibility were part of the rhythm. Independence wasn’t optional. It was learned.
Much of who he is today comes from his father. The lessons started young. How to work. How to think about business. How to carry yourself with discipline and intention. Those lessons shaped the way he approaches life and responsibility now.
At this stage, what matters most is his wife. She pulls him forward every day, and he makes it his purpose to do the same for her. Their partnership is the anchor. The place where progress and peace meet.
What he’s working toward now is simplicity. Not less ambition, but less noise. A life that feels steady. Fulfilled. Honest. Happy in its own quiet way.
What most people don’t see is how deep his ambition really runs. He may move calmly, but the dreams never stop. He’s not chasing chaos. He’s building toward clarity.
64— Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
His story began in an Italian family where work ethic wasn’t optional. It was inherited. The kind of upbringing where you learned early that if you sleep, you don’t catch the fish. That mindset shaped his desire to become an entrepreneur long before he had a word for it. It taught him to move, to build, and to believe that opportunity favors effort.
The experiences that shaped him most came when he took the leap into entrepreneurship. Things went wrong. Personal and professional hardships stripped away illusions and showed him who his real friends were. Who deserved a seat at his table. Those seasons didn’t break him. They clarified him.
Now his life is built around building others. Entrepreneurship isn’t just his passion. It’s his responsibility. He’s been fortunate to have mentors who helped him bring his ideas to life, and now his purpose is to return that favor. To help people take their ideas seriously. To pay it forward.
What grounds him most now is family and friends. Money matters, but it isn’t his measure of success. The people who believed in him and supported his dreams are what make life worth building.
He is working toward becoming a living example of what entrepreneurship can unlock. He believes America was built by people who took risks, just like his grandparents did when they came here. He wants to show how entrepreneurship can open doors fo
64— Newark Delaware
His story began in Newark, Delaware at Christiana Hospital. At birth, he was stuck in the birth canal long enough to suffer brain damage from lack of oxygen. Doctors fractured his skull using forceps to pull him out. From the start, life wasn’t gentle. His early years were filled with speech therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy just to rebuild fine motor skills most people never think about.
School wasn’t kind either. Teachers doubted he belonged in regular classrooms. Kids mocked him for his disability. His childhood was dark in ways most people never see. But living with a disability forced him to think differently, solve problems differently, and work harder than anyone around him. It shaped him into someone who refuses to quit and refuses to become bitter.
That darkness also shaped his heart. He became loving and deeply caring because he wanted to be the person he needed when life was at its hardest.
Now his life is built around giving hope to others. He runs a charity cause for kids with cerebral palsy, raising money through clothing and donating the proceeds to the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation of Pittsburgh. What he does represents something bigger than business. It represents belief. Hope for kids who feel invisible, hopeless, and exhausted by a world not built for them.
What matters most to him now is his friends, his family,
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Ronnie Toomey @ron_toomey
— Belle Vernon Pennsylvania
His story began in Belle Vernon, growing up as one of six kids in a pastor’s household. Life was busy, loud, and full. From an early age, structure and responsibility were part of the rhythm. Independence wasn’t optional. It was learned.
Much of who he is today comes from his father. The lessons started young. How to work. How to think about business. How to carry yourself with discipline and intention. Those lessons shaped the way he approaches life and responsibility now.
At this stage, what matters most is his wife. She pulls him forward every day, and he makes it his purpose to do the same for her. Their partnership is the anchor. The place where progress and peace meet.
What he’s working toward now is simplicity. Not less ambition, but less noise. A life that feels steady. Fulfilled. Honest. Happy in its own quiet way.
What most people don’t see is how deep his ambition really runs. He may move calmly, but the dreams never stop. He’s not chasing chaos. He’s building toward clarity.
7 months ago
Antonino Fabbraro @nono2497
— Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
His story began in an Italian family where work ethic wasn’t optional. It was inherited. The kind of upbringing where you learned early that if you sleep, you don’t catch the fish. That mindset shaped his desire to become an entrepreneur long before he had a word for it. It taught him to move, to build, and to believe that opportunity favors effort.
The experiences that shaped him most came when he took the leap into entrepreneurship. Things went wrong. Personal and professional hardships stripped away illusions and showed him who his real friends were. Who deserved a seat at his table. Those seasons didn’t break him. They clarified him.
Now his life is built around building others. Entrepreneurship isn’t just his passion. It’s his responsibility. He’s been fortunate to have mentors who helped him bring his ideas to life, and now his purpose is to return that favor. To help people take their ideas seriously. To pay it forward.
What grounds him most now is family and friends. Money matters, but it isn’t his measure of success. The people who believed in him and supported his dreams are what make life worth building.
He is working toward becoming a living example of what entrepreneurship can unlock. He believes America was built by people who took risks, just like his grandparents did when they came here. He wants to show how entrepreneurship can open doors fo
7 months ago
Raymond Silva aka Wheels @realsteelwheels
— Newark Delaware
His story began in Newark, Delaware at Christiana Hospital. At birth, he was stuck in the birth canal long enough to suffer brain damage from lack of oxygen. Doctors fractured his skull using forceps to pull him out. From the start, life wasn’t gentle. His early years were filled with speech therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy just to rebuild fine motor skills most people never think about.
School wasn’t kind either. Teachers doubted he belonged in regular classrooms. Kids mocked him for his disability. His childhood was dark in ways most people never see. But living with a disability forced him to think differently, solve problems differently, and work harder than anyone around him. It shaped him into someone who refuses to quit and refuses to become bitter.
That darkness also shaped his heart. He became loving and deeply caring because he wanted to be the person he needed when life was at its hardest.
Now his life is built around giving hope to others. He runs a charity cause for kids with cerebral palsy, raising money through clothing and donating the proceeds to the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation of Pittsburgh. What he does represents something bigger than business. It represents belief. Hope for kids who feel invisible, hopeless, and exhausted by a world not built for them.
What matters most to him now is his friends, his family,
7 months ago