Startups Without Borders Podcast
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Startups Without Borders Podcast
The Startups Without Borders Podcast is a business interview show that uncovers the unspoken lessons of some of the world’s most audacious risk-takers: migrant entrepreneurs. Each week, we will dig into the different aspects and mindset behind building a startup, as told by industry leaders, brave c...
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42. How I Became a Startup Founder, Refugee, and Norwegian Woman of the Year, all at Once
Maria Amelie is the co-founder of Factiverse, an AI-startup that automates fact-checking and research with AI and NLP, which recently raised 1 million...
41. I was fired and started my own business: This is how I took the leap of faith, with Bibi de Vetter
Born and raised in Cameroon, Bibi de Vetter has been based in The Netherlands for over 17 years. As the founder of Startup Investments, she hosts priv...
40. From the US Senate to IBM, here's how I made change happen - with Rana Novack
Rana is a Syrian American advocate for refugees and civilians in conflict, and the solution owner of IBM’s Refugee & Migration Predictive Analytics So...
38. Navigating the Startup VISA across 5 countries - How I started a business in Europe with 5 Euros
Born in Peru, Luis Daniel Maldonado comes from multicultural family origins, in fact, there is Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Nordic and Slavic blood runn...
36. From a refugee camp, to breaking financials borders, from Afghanistan to Ukraine
Today, I wanted to share one of the top panels from our last Startups Without Borders Summit, which took place in Cairo Business Park last February. <...
35. How I Created an AI Community in the Midst of War, with Hassan Dayoub
Today, we speak to Hasan Dayoub, an award winning entrepreneur, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning engineer who is obsessed with changing th...
34. My journey to Finding Purpose, from Nigeria to Spain
Today, we speak to Jane Oma, the protagonist of an inspiring tale. The President of Upside Africa and a Leadership Coach, Jane arrived in Spain with n...
33. Behind the Scenes of Building an Impactful Business for Dubai's Migrants
Spandana Palaypu was only 20 years old when she started her social startup, ZoEasy. Having moved from India to Dubai at 6 years old, she experienced t...
32. 5 Tips to Navigate SIlicon Valley When you Feel You Don’t Fit In
In episode 32, we meet Min Chen, an entrepreneur who has lived the entrepreneur's life since she was 4, when her parents moved to migrate from China...
31. 5 Things you need to know about the US Startup Visa
Becoming an immigration attorney wasn’t in Tahmina’s plan. But ten years after moving to the USA, she was at the epicentre of the fight for the Startu...
30. What You Need To Know About Hiring Refugees in Tech Companies
In episode 30 of the Startups Without Borders Podcast, we team up with RefugeeForce to talk about a new reality reshaping the workplace across Europe:...
29. 7 Things Every Entrepreneur Should Know Before Starting Up in the Middle East
Anas Alchalabi or “That Entrepreneurship guy” as he’s known in the streets of the Middle East, has enabled hundreds of Refugee founders to create Smal...
28. This is What I Learned Acting as a VC for One Year
Yama Saraj is an entrepreneur and a "social hacktivist" as he calls himself. He was born in Kabul Afghanistan, raised in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, a...
27. 5 Things You Should Know About Starting a Business in Europe as an Immigrant
Irma Rodriguez had a great job in Mexico, working for one of the biggest banks for medium and large corporations. But at some point, the situation in...
26. How I Turned the Pandemic into an Opportunity to Reinvent My Business, with Randa Bennett
Today, we speak to Randa Bennett, a London-based tech founder and CEO of V-Loop, who recently launched her podcast, An Immigrant Girl.
Having i...
25. How to Succeed When Everything Seems to be Against You, with Majd Mashrawi
Majd Mashharawi is one of the fiercest, most relentless women you’ll ever meet. Having grown up in war-torn Gaza, Majd came up with an incredible idea...
24: Making it as a Digital Nomad: How to Create Revenue Streams that Generate Passive Income
Today, we speak to Francisco Ortiz, a Digital Nomad who has taken on the mission of teaching thousands of people how to become financially free.
23. 5 Things You Should Know Before Pitching to a VC, with Nora Bavey
In this episode, we speak to a tech wonderwoman democratizing capital in the Nordics: Nora Bavey. Nora is an award-winning entrepreneur, and the Gener...
22. Can We Map the Refugee and Migrant Startup Ecosystem?
From London, to Amman, to the Greek refugee camps, There is a growing ecosystem of entrepreneurs, incubators, supporters and investors building a move...
21. How to Turn Being Overlooked into Your Biggest Asset, with Lauren Maillian
If there is one word that dominated the media landscape this past year, it’s diversity. The Black Lives Matter movement brought to light a whopping di...
20. Meet the Investors Backing a Brave New Startup Landscape
It’s a well known statistical fact that immigrants are over-represented among entrepreneurs; in fact, 55% of one-billion dollar startups were founded...
19. Cutting Through the Noise: Getting People to Use your Product
I’m super excited to present another panel from the Startups Without Borders Summit, with two entrepreneurs and media powerhouses from Egypt and Engla...
18. Mastering Media Relations When the World is Not Paying Attention
How to get people to listen when the whole world is entering panic mode? As we dive into a Brave New World where everyone is constantly bombarded by m...
17. Be Online or Be Invisible: Tips to Build a Leading Website, with GoDaddy
How are top websites dominating the new normal? As we just concluded the Startups Without Borders Summit in Amsterdam, Cairo and San Francisco, I’m ve...
16. How this “Invisible Man” Created a Blockchain Startup in a Refugee Camp
This is a very special interview. Tey Al Rjula’s story is one for the movies. Having spent two years in a refugee camp in the Netherlands, Tey used th...
15. How to Teach Yourself Anything and Become Your Best Self, with Alaa Alnuaimi
Today, we speak to Alaa Alnuaimi, an Iraqi entrepreneur who moved to Turkey following the war and managed to build a massive design studio that garner...
14. Why Diversity is Important in a Startup Ecosystem?
If you’ve been on our site, you’ve probably seen this figure, but it’s worth repeating over and over again: the lack of diversity is costing the tech...
13. What is the Real Story? When Refugees Internalize an External Narrative
You know I love storytelling. So when I heard about a project called ‘Telling the Real Story,’ I was immediately drawn. The project, which was facilit...
12. Why Refugee-lens Investing is the next Impact Frontier
Have you ever heard of impact investment? Well, I think everyone should. That’s why we teamed up with UNDP’s Innovation Lab to bring to topic to the f...
11. How to Build a Strong Community - and Monetize it, with Reem Sabouni
Our incredible partners at Facebook joined the Startups Without Borders Summit to support the migrant and refugee entrepreneurs building vibrant commu...
10. Is the exit a startup’s biggest goal?
Today, we want to bring you another of the amazing panels that took place at the Startups Without Borders Summit. We decided to talk about an issue th...
9. From Refugee to Best-Selling Author, with Chaker Khazaal
Today, we speak to Chaker Khazaal, a Palestinian-Canadian author and entrepreneur who opened the Startups Without Borders Summit and left the entire a...
8. “Entrepreneurship is survival,” with Omar Samra, Omar Nour and Amy Mowafi
In the rollercoaster that is starting a company, how do you confront fear? Is there such a thing as fearlessness? Today, we’re bringing you the most a...
7. 6 Thought-Provoking Voices from the Startups Without Borders Summit
What is refugee-lens investment? Did you know refugee entrepreneurs have one of the highest repayment rates for loans? How can storytelling have a rea...
6. The Secret to Growth Hacking, with Spacepreneur Nader Sabry
Growth hacking is crucial for startups, especially when seeking rapid growth in the early-stages. But how can entrepreneurs unlock the secret to expon...
5. The Secret Sauce: How to Do Good while Doing Well, with Saddam Sayyaleh
Saddam grew up in the Jerash refugee camp, in Jordan. It was from that unlikely setting that he embarked on an incredible journey that took him to Ind...
4. The Number One Question: How do I fund my startup? with Ana Alvarez Monge
This truly IS the number one question: you have a disruptive idea, but how do you fund your startup to kick-start? How do I choose an incubator? How...
3. Understanding Big Data: How it can Change Your Business (and the World), with Berat Kjamili
Big data is a 42-billion dollar industry today, and it’s projected to reach 103 billion by 2027. But the question on everyone’s mind is what is big da...
2. How to Partner like a Pro and Build a Strong Community, with Aline Sara
You’ve heard it over and over again: sometimes, the right partnerships can make the difference between making it or breaking it. But how can you ident...
1. 5 Keys to Develop an Entrepreneurial Mindset, with Ahmad Sufian Bayram
What does it take to go through the rollercoaster of entrepreneurship? How to embrace failure as part of the game? In the first episode of the Startup...