Startups Without Borders- The ecosystem for migrant and refugee entrepreneurs.

The mission of Startups Without Borders is to create the global ecosystem to connect migrant and refugee entrepreneurs with investors. We believe int the social justice that all people should have opportunities to enable their ideas and dreams to create the businesses and products of the future.

Think of the basic challenge a refugee has with not only being displaced but that their current education or degrees may not be recognized in the new country they call home. There is a clear lack of resources, training, and guidance for the long term success. Since these degrees were not recognized most of this ‘education’ was lost in translation and produced a ‘lose-lose’ with both the migrant as well as the labour market in this host country.

This is where Startups without borders to establish a partner ecosystem to support migrants and refugees be successful startup entrepreneurs.

When it comes to refugees this economic ecosystem needs to have the flexibility to cater to several quite distinct characteristics, including:

1.      Finding a way to empower a profoundly disempowered group that have little access to the startup capital, social networks and information hubs that local entrepreneurs can benefit from

2.      Opening up the framework for a pro-active embedding of new businesses by finding synergy with local businesses in the same sector, actively building new networks and establishing mentoring and sharing experiences

3.      Providing support on dealing with local bureaucracies as well as legal barriers while acknowledging the heterogeneity of refugee entrepreneurship – making new voices heard.

We would like to invite you to join us and assist us in establishing new chapters. Now is the time to make an impact and join Startups without Borders. Please join our journey and be part of our story and the stories of the next entrepreneurs. Please visit our website and join our social movement and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and subscribe to community. We hope to see you at our Summit

in 2020.

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