December 15, 2023
PODCAST: How an Invisible Man is Breaking Identity Borders, from Ukraine to Gaza
Today, we’re sharing one of the top panels from our last Startups Without Borders Summit, which took place in Cairo last February. In this fascinating conversation, Tey Alrjula, Founder of Fluus Finance, shares the story behind building a startup in a refugee camp, and how he is now empowering people to operate in war-torn...
March 15, 2023
PODCAST: How to Utilize Artificial Intelligence to Create Your Own Reality
Meet Hasan Dayoub: an award-winning Syrian entrepreneur who is obsessed with changing the world. Having reached over 20,000 people with his AI Club in Syria, Hassan went on to build FutureLaby, a startup that uses Augmented Reality to help dentistry students. In this episode of the Startups Without Borders Podcast, Hassan shares the...
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May 26, 2022
PODCAST: How a 20-Year-Old Entrepreneur Stood Up for Blue-Collar Workers in Dubai
Young social entrepreneur Spandana Palaypu founded ZoEasy in 2016, in an effort to make the employment systems in Dubai more transparent. In episode 33 of the Startups Without Borders podcast, Spandana tells the story behind ZoEasy and spills the beans on the tactics and mindset that allowed her to take seemingly impossible chances and...
May 13, 2022
PODCAST: How This Nigerian Entrepreneur Found Her Purpose 3,000 km Away from Home
In Episode 34 of the Startups Without Borders Podcast, Jane Oma dives into the mindset that allowed her to overcome the challenges of...
March 22, 2022
PODCAST: 5 Things You Need to Know About the US Startup Visa
In episode 31 of the Startups Without Borders Podcast, we speak to Tahmina Watson, the valiant lawyer who laid the foundations of the US...
July 16, 2021
Key Lessons to Hire Refugees in European Companies
For the 30th episode of the Startups Without Borders Podcast, we teamed up with RefugeeForce to talk about a new reality reshaping the...
July 16, 2021
7 Things Every Entrepreneur Should Know Before Starting Up in the Middle East
Having left Iraq as a teenager, Anas Alchalabi has built a solid career in the MENA startup landscape, having supported hundreds of Refugee...
June 17, 2021
Podcast: This is What I Learned Acting as a VC for One Year
In Episode 28 of the Startups Without Borders Podcast, Afghan entrepreneur Yama Saraj spills the beans on his recent experience as a fellow...
May 27, 2021
5 Things You Should Know About Starting a Business in Europe as an Immigrant
Irma Rodriguez is a whirlwind of passion and ideas. But when she moved from Mexico to Milan, starting a business in Europe was more...
April 19, 2021
Podcast: How I Turned the Pandemic into an Opportunity to Reinvent My Business, with Randa Bennett
In episode 26 of the Startups Without Borders podcast, we speak to Randa Bennett, an Iraqi entrepreneur who migrated to the UK and built a...
April 13, 2021
Podcast: How to Succeed When Everything Seems to Work Against You, with Majd Mashrawi
Having grown up in war-torn Gaza, Majd Mashrawi came up with an incredible idea: to rebuild damaged buildings using bricks made of ash and...
March 22, 2021
Podcast: Making it as a Digital Nomad: How to Create Revenue Streams that Generate Passive Income
In episode 24 of the Podcast, we speak to Francisco Ortiz, a digital nomad, YouTuber, influencer, and investor. The quest for freedom led...