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Startups Without Borders Podcast

Startups Without Borders Podcast

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 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 change makers and bold disruptors with one thing in common: they are refugees and migrants.

From the Middle East, to Europe and beyond, the show will focus on concrete, tangible strategies and tactics for entrepreneurs, from productivity tips, to business hacks, to industry insights, as told through the inspiring journey of entrepreneurs on the move.

The show is hosted by Valentina Primo, an Argentine journalist and the founder of Startups Without Borders, who spent 6 years in Egypt interviewing startup founders across the Middle East, and fell in love with the relentless, unstoppable spirit of its entrepreneurs. Valentina previously launched Startup Scene Middle East, Egypt’s largest English-language publication on the entrepreneurial landscape, and has covered stories for international outlets, including BBC Business.

Photo Credit: Ahmed Najeeb.
Music: Funky Music ( Vlog Music ) by Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads
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Episodes
  • 42. How I Became a Startup Founder, Refugee, and Norwegian Woman of the Year, all at Once

    42. How I Became a Startup Founder, Refugee, and Norwegian Woman of the Year, all at Once
    Mar 18 2024
    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 euro in private and soft funding.

    Maria, who had to leave her home country of Russia in 2002, became the center of a political controversy when she was arrested after a speaking engagement and denied asylum, only a year after she was awarded “Norwegian of the Year.”

    Her first book, which came out in 2010, led to a huge debate on refugees and contributed to a change in Norway’s immigration law. Since then, she has written five books on immigration, freedom of speech, and entrepreneurship and became Best Startup Journalist for her articles on growing innovation ecosystems in the Nordics.

    She is on the board of Startup Migrants, a company she co-founded in 2018 with an aim to help cities build inclusive startup ecosystems.

    READ THE SHOW NOTES ON WWW.STARTUPSWB.COM

    FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/startupswithoutborders/

    Photo Credit: Ahmed Najeeb.
    Song by: Funky Music, by Dj Quads.

    Dj Quads: https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads https://twitter.com/DjQuads https://www.instagram.com/djquads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCusF...
    Music from Soundcloud Music provided by RFM: https://youtu.be/lNrAAAb2JvI
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    33 mins
  • 41. I was fired and started my own business: This is how I took the leap of faith, with Bibi de Vetter

    41. I was fired and started my own business: This is how I took the leap of faith, with Bibi de Vetter
    Feb 19 2024
    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 private events to help early-stage startups raise capital and to find the resources they need to achieve their full potential.

    Bibi's life took a turn when she was let go of her corporate job. But instead of letting that event become an obstacle, she decided to take the risk and start her own business.

    In this intimate conversation, Bibi shares the mindset that helped her see every ostacle as an opportunity.


    READ THE SHOW NOTES ON WWW.STARTUPSWB.COM

    FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/startupswithoutborders/

    Photo Credit: Ahmed Najeeb.
    Song by: Funky Music, by Dj Quads.
    Dj Quads: https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads https://twitter.com/DjQuads

    https://www.instagram.com/djquads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCusF...
    Music from Soundcloud Music provided by RFM: https://youtu.be/lNrAAAb2JvI
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    29 mins
  • 40. From the US Senate to IBM, here's how I made change happen - with Rana Novack

    40. From the US Senate to IBM, here's how I made change happen - with Rana Novack
    Jan 8 2024
    Rana is a Syrian American advocate for refugees and civilians in conflict, and the solution owner of IBM’s Refugee & Migration Predictive Analytics Solution -- a first-of-a-kind solution, leveraging machine learning and cognitive computing to enable Government agencies and humanitarian aid organizations to better manage refugee and migration crises.

    She’s been published in the Wall Street Journal, WIRED magazine, and her work has been cited by Yale University and the Foreign Policy Initiative.

    In a very intimate conversation, Rana shares her tireless journey to support Syrian refugees, from the US Senate to IBM, and how she learned to get resourceful when all doors seemed to shut down in front of her.

    READ THE SHOW NOTES ON WWW.STARTUPSWB.COM

    FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/startupswithoutborders/

    Photo Credit: Ahmed Najeeb.
    Song by: Funky Music, by Dj Quads.
    Dj Quads: https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads https://twitter.com/DjQuads

    https://www.instagram.com/djquads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCusF...
    Music from Soundcloud Music provided by RFM: https://youtu.be/lNrAAAb2JvI
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    33 mins
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