Podcast
Podcast: Meet The Investors Backing a Brave New Startup Landscape
In this episode, Yama Saraj, founder of SenseAI, sits down with Apoorv Karmakar, the Managing Director at Amplio Ventures, Co-founder and Director of Included VC, and Kristina Vayda, the Executive Director at Faire, to discuss an opportunity so far untapped: investing in migrants and refugees. By ARIN RAHMAN In a previous episode, Why...
Podcast: 3 Life-Changing Lessons To Get People to Use Your Product
Episode 19 of the #SWBPodcast sees two heavyweights in their own right, Anthony Rose and Amy Mowafi, who discuss Cutting Through the Noise: Getting People to Use your Product. By Ahmed Abuzaid In this intimate fireside chat, with rapport that is as entertaining as it is informative, there’s invaluable lessons for anyone thinking of...
Podcast: Mastering Media Relations When the World is Not Paying Attention: Here’s 5 Questions You need to Ask Yourself
In this episode of the #SWBPodcast, Maha Abouelenein, Chief Value Officer for Gary Vaynerchuk and Founder of Digital And Savvy, talks to Dina El-Mofty about mastering media relations in times when the world is overwhelmed with pandemic information. By Ahmed Abuzaid The world today looks like constant noise and distraction – and...
Podcast: Be Online or Be Invisible: Tips to Build a Leading Website, with GoDaddy
How are top websites dominating the new normal? How do you get an e-store on the map? In Episode 17, we share the Startups Without Borders Summit panel with Selina Bieber, GoDaddy’s Senior Regional Director for Turkey, MENA and South Africa, digging behind the scenes of a leading website. By Valentina Primo It is a …...
Podcast: How This “Invisible Man” Created a Blockchain Startup in a Refugee Camp
In episode 16 of the #SWBPodcast, we have an intimate conversation with Tey El-Rjula, a man who turned his lack of opportunity a into the blockchain startup Tykn, which eventually raised €1.2 million. By Ahmed Abuzaid This is the second episode of the #SWBPodcast season 3. In it, Tey El-Rjula who went on to author …...
Podcast: How to Teach Yourself Anything and Become Your Best Self
In episode 15 of the Startups Without Borders Podcast, we meet Iraqi entrepreneur Alaa Alnuaimi, who moved to Turkey as war broke out in Iraq and managed to build a massive design studio that gained the attention of international giants, including Nike, Pizza Hut, and KFC. By Ahmed Abuzaid Raised by a sculptor and painter …...
Podcast: Why Diversity is Important in a Startup Ecosystem?
In the last episode of the #SWBSummit series, we bring the panel where Egyptian power lady Yara El Braidy sits with two Egyptian entrepreneurs experiencing diverse ecosystems in Jordan and the UK: Mohamed Salah and Amr Shereen. By SWB Team The lack of diversity is costing the tech industry a missed opportunity worth almost $400 …...
Podcast: What is the Real Story? When Refugees Internalize an External Narrative
‘Telling the Real Story’ is a project facilitated by UNHCR that uses storytelling as a tool for refugees to reclaim their narrative, while sharing what it’s really like to cross the sea. In the 13th episode of the podcast, we speak to Amal Jibril about the untapped talent that lies in refugee camps. By SWB …...
Podcast: 5 Things You Should Know About Impact Investment
This week on the podcast, we talk about impact investing with the experts. Listen to this panel held at the Startups Without Borders Sumit, where investors and impact strategists discuss refugee-lens investing and 5 concepts you should get familiar with. By SWB Team Last November, we teamed up with UNDP’s Innovation Lab to bring to...
7 Steps to Build a Strong Community and Monetize it, with Reem Sabouni
In the 11th episode of the podcast, we speak to Reem Sabouni, the Syrian entrepreneur growing a community of 13.000 mothers, on the 7 steps that took her to build a community and a revenue stream, while taking on the massive challenge of changing mindsets. By SWB Team Can you start a community, make and …...
7 Incredible Pieces of Advice to Start Your Business in 2020
As we gear up to kick-start 2020, we delve into the top tips we heard on the Startups Without Borders Podcast. From inspiring panels on battling fear, to deep dive interviews on growth hacking, these are the tips you shouldn’t miss before you start your business in 2020. By SWB Team It’s not only a …...
Podcast: Is the Exit a Startup’s Biggest Goal?
Should an entrepreneur have the exit always in mind? What if they just don’t want to sell their business? In the 10th release of our podcast, we bring you one of the most exciting panels held at the Startups Without Borders Summit. By SWB Team Sitting on the main stage at the Startups Without Borders …...
Podcast: How Rowing Across the Atlantic (and Failing) Mirrored My Entrepreneurial Life
In the 8th Episode of the Startups Without Borders Podcast, we’re bringing you the motivational panel held at the #SWBSummit, where adventurous entrepreneurs Omar Samra and Omar Nour sit with media mogul Amy Mowafi to talk about taking risks, overcoming fears, and dreaming dreams bigger than life. By Valentina Primo In the...
Podcast: 6 Thought-Provoking Voices from the Startups Without Borders Summit
In this first episode of the Startups Without Borders Summit series, we interview the thought-provoking entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders that inspired the audience for two thrilling days. By SWB Team For two days on November 8th and 9th, the Startups Without Borders Summit brought together the fierceless entrepreneurs,...
The Secret to Growth Hacking, with Spacepreneur Nader Sabry
An Egyptian entrepreneur, speaker, and strategist, Nader Sabry disrupted a 1400 year-old industry with his company, Timez5, which uses NASA technology to design physiological prayer mats. In the 6th episode of the podcast, Nader dives in to the tips and tricks for growth hacking, while discussing how to stay focused and get comfortable...
