FIKR Podcasts/Borderless Entrepreneurship
A FIKR PODCAST · 01 · BORDERLESS

Borderless
entrepreneurship —
building without boundaries.

A podcast about the world’s startup ecosystems.

One city per season. 20 conversations with the people building each one.

One city per season
20 conversations
Full-stack ecosystem
Season 01 — coming soon
01 — Your host

One mic.
Every city.

Luis Gonçalves
Luis Gonçalves
// Host · Borderless Entrepreneurship
“Built. Lost. Rebuilt. Now listening.”

20 years across 3 continents — Fortune 500s, my own consulting, an accelerator in Saudi Arabia.

Then I bet everything on the wrong play, lost €250,000 in two years, and rebuilt from my parents’ house with AI — shipping 4 companies in 12 months.

I’ve been on every side of an ecosystem: operator, consultant, mentor, founder who hit zero. I know who’s worth listening to in any city. So I’m going to find them.

// 02 — The episodes

The episodes.

EP · 001 · S01
First Episode With Geoff
JUN 21, 202633 MIN

First Episode With Geoff

Mariam El-Tayeb co-founded MENA's first $1B+ exit. We dig into the unglamorous middle: the year nobody believed, the pivot that almost killed them, and what she'd do differently.

▶ Listen to the episode
EP · 012 · S01
Building MENA's first unicorn — 7 lessons from $1B
● FEATUREDAPR 5, 202652 MIN

Building MENA's first unicorn — 7 lessons from $1B

Mariam El-Tayeb co-founded MENA's first $1B+ exit. We dig into the unglamorous middle: the year nobody believed, the pivot that almost killed them, and what she'd do differently.

▶ Listen to the episode
EP · 003
Fundraising Across Borders: VC Perspectives on Global St…
OCT 29, 202544 MIN

Fundraising Across Borders: VC Perspectives on Global Startups

What VCs look for in global startups. Positioning strategies and pitch tips from investors who fund cross-border companies.

▶ Listen to the episode
EP · 002
Strategic Market Selection: Where Should You Expand Next?
● FEATUREDOCT 27, 202552 MIN

Strategic Market Selection: Where Should You Expand Next?

Data-driven frameworks for choosing your next international market. Real stories from founders who got it right (and wrong).

▶ Listen to the episode
EP · 001
Building Global Infrastructure for Startups
● FEATUREDOCT 23, 202547 MIN

Building Global Infrastructure for Startups

How to build startup infrastructure that works across borders. Payment systems, legal frameworks, and global scaling strategies.

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03 — The Format

One city.
The full stack.

Most podcasts pick a founder. This one picks an ecosystem — and unpacks who’s actually moving it. Capital, operators, mentors, policy, community, founders. The full stack of one city, every season.

01
Step 1 · Pick a city

One ecosystem.
One season.

Every season anchors on a single startup city — chosen because something is happening there the rest of the world hasn’t caught up with yet.

// Season 01 — coming soon
02
Step 2 · 20 conversations

The people
holding it together.

Founders, investors, operators, mentors, policy makers, community builders, the diaspora that funds it. The full stack of one city — in their own words.

// 20 episodes per season
04 — Listen Everywhere

Your favourite platform.

Every episode lands on every major platform from day one — wherever you already listen.

Spotify
// Coming soon
Apple Podcasts
// Coming soon
YouTube
// Video + audio
RSS Feed
// Direct subscribe
05 — Subscribe

Season 01 drops soon.

One city. 20 conversations. The full stack of an ecosystem you don’t know yet — from the people inside it.

Subscribe — Season 01→Suggest a city →
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