In middle school, Michael and Marc started using social media to promote their baseball blogs about the Boston Red Sox and NY Mets. In an effort to inspire his peers to never give up and pursue their dreams, Michael also wrote about athletes and how they would overcome their challenges. Marc wrote about living with food allergies and getting used to that as a kid for others struggling with the same issues.
Because of their blogging experience in middle school, Michael and Marc learned how to gain visibility on social media and then created a program called Teenager Entrepreneur. This program is a personal and business empowerment program, Business Whiz Kids, that teaches students how to gain confidence, conquer fears, and find their passion. They offered this program to underprivileged adolescents, created a non-profit 501C3, Guberti Giving, to get grants, and have offered scholarships to children for the past 5 years.
The program was held at Fordham University for the first four years and now they travel to schools to empower students.
The NY Knicks granted them the Sweetwater Clifton ‘City Spirit’ Award. The award is named in honor of the late Knicks great, Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton, who was the first African-American to play for the Knickerbockers. Recipients of this award epitomize the same trailblazing characteristics of the Knicks Legend.