Orlando Cook

Orlando Cook III is founder and CEO of BeFriend Me LLC. He is an entrepreneur and creator of a technology platform used to generate revenue and promote business within communities in local radius of communities as well create streams of revenue for upcoming entrepreneurs who could utilize their creativity and skills through the use of his social media and gaming platforms.

Ronald has accomplished at 32 years old. He was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan where he was raise partially on both East and West sides of the city. He graduated Martin Luther King Senior High with certification as a Graphics Designer as a trade already mastered as a profession. Upon graduating he attended Academy of Arts University in California for a short time before studying at Full Sail University in Florida for graphic Design and Animation. 

During the peak of the Covid Pandemic in 202, Ronald created the idea of a technology app and after incorporating all his skills developed from his time as an art student, he brought his concept to life October 21, 2021. Since then Befriend Me has been accredited by the Better Business Bureau, and already home to over 20,000 users since going live officially and able to download July 7, 2023.

He is formerly known as Ronald Cook III, but preferably known to many as Orlando. He enjoys drawing, web browsing, dancing, and creating songs with his musical talent. He is a husband and father to three children. Currently he is also in process of adopting three additional children out of Detroit Foster System, he's been kinship fostering since their birth of 2021.

"If you can Grow a community then you can grow a city, If you can grow a city then you can grow a state, If you can grow a state then you can grow a country and if you can do that then you can grow the world. One community at a time…"- Orlando Cook

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