Border/ess Tech Club Unical || Borderless 4.0

Building a startup, product, or business for the first time is hard. Doing it without structure, feedback, or real users is even harder. That’s why we launched the B<>rder/ess Builders OP — a 2-week builder sprint designed to help: 🕴🏽Early-stage founders 💼First-time builders 👩🏽‍🏫 Student Entrepreneurs 🏪 Real world Business Owners 👨🏽‍💻Emerging startups move from: 💭idea → to 🔨validation → to 📲users → to 💲revenue 🗓 January 26 – February 8 This isn’t a hackathon. It’s an Operator Program (OP) focused on real-world outcomes. Sponsored by: @PublicNouns @localismfund @BitsaveProtocol's BizMarket During the Builders OP, participants will: • Validate real business ideas • Talk to users and test assumptions • Learn practical marketing & growth fundamentals • Build and launch MVPs (Web2, Web3, or hybrid) • Work toward their first 100 users/customers and first revenue • Get reality checks, consultations, and founder support We’re doing this alongside ecosystem-aligned partners and communities including @PublicNouns, @Celo @localismfund, and local university tech clubs like @Borderlessunn, @borderless_kano, @BTCUniuyo, @Borderless_Ph, @UnicalTechClub with pathways to funding through @BitsaveProtocol's BizMarket, and post-program scaling. The goal is simple: "raise builders who can survive, adapt, and win in the real world". If you’re a builder, entrepreneur, or early-stage startup looking for momentum, this is for you🫵🏽 Sign Up here👇🏽 luma.com/f8u4u3f8

Day 2 of the B<>rder/ess Builders OP continues tomorrow with Problem Discovery & Customer Validation, led by @kevin_chibuoyim. Time: 4pm WAT By the end of tomorrow’s session, builders will understand how to: • Clearly define the real problem their business or startup is solving • Prove that the problem actually exists • Ask the hard question: If this problem disappeared tomorrow, would anyone care? • Use AI as an assistant to support problem discovery and validation. Yet to sign up? You’re still early. Use the link in the comments. See you in class!

Everyone tells you to build in public, but almost no one tells you how to be profitable, and create revenue with what you're building. 🕴🏾Business Model is the 'How' of your Revenue. 🤝Pricing is the 'What' of your Revenue. Today is Day 3 in the B<>rder/ess Builder's OP and we're breaking down Business Model & Pricing, in a session with @phygitalviolet_ ⌛4:00pm WAT | 3:00pm UTC We’ll cover: • Who actually pays • How much they should pay • What it costs to get a customer • Why "people like it ≠ people will pay" If you’re in the B<>rder/ess Builder’s OP, don’t miss today’s session. See you soon!

One of the reasons behind the Borderless Builders OP is simple: Too many builders and founders fail, not because the market is bad, but because they lack the right knowledge and strategy to thrive. From Jan 26th – Feb 8th 2026, we’ll be having focused sessions with founders and builders across Web2 and Web3 who want to start the year right, with clarity, structure, and execution. If this sounds like you, take a look at the session schedule and apply👇🏽 luma.com/f8u4u3f8 Sponsored by: @PublicNouns | @localismfund | @BitsaveProtocol’s Bizmarket. Retweet so others can see this.

B<>rder/ess TechClub UNICAL, Onboarding 2026 is here! Jan 22–23 | 8PM WAT Tutors: @Estherpeter_ and @Hosanna_Bala Learn Web3, skills & opportunities — live on Telegram. Join form: bit.ly/join-techclub TG: t.me/+Tq5_dSoJ8_lhM… Share & tag someone!