Unexpected Entrepreneurs
Amy Guttman’s Unexpected Entrepreneurs is a podcast about entrepreneurship thriving around the world in spaces and places you might never imagine. Through documentary-style, on-the-ground reporting, each episode takes you to a place you might not know anything about, to meet an entrepreneur who had an idea for a business that’s solving a local or universal problem. Like Anthony Bourdain, through the lens of entrepreneurship. You’ll learn how they overcame barriers to build a successful business, hear optimistic, personal stories that inspire and connect to a bigger picture and get to know fascinating insights about parts of the world you might never visit.
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Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Travel to Jordan and meet Moe, a tech founder who fled Aleppo for Amman and brought his know-how to help develop the country’s startup ecosystem. You'll also meet refugees who started successful small businesses generating millions of dollars a month. Learn about a cuisine so beloved it’s creating business opportunities while transforming part of Jordan’s capital.
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Meet Martin, a European who never planned to live in Kenya, never mind start a business there. When he first got to Nairobi, Martin was struck by the low connectivity rates and old school mobile phones - both major obstacles for musicians and their fans. Learn how he came up with a solution that's helping Africa's music industry explode.