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Nothing Ventured - In Conversation with Andy Ayim
Tottenham Hotspurs, Mixtape Madness, Backstage Capital, Angel Investing School, Diversity and Structural Problems in VC
Aarish Shah
July 14, 2023
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In conversation with Andy Ayim - Angel Investor and Founder of Angel Investing School
This pod was a long time coming.
I had been following Andy’s movements for some time, but finally met him at one of Stride VC’s angel Unconferences in 2022.
We were in a room talking round table about the value and need to get more underrepresented people into the venture ecosystem and it was clear that he and I had a lot in common but just as much more to unpack.
And so, almost a year to the day after first meeting, he and I finally sat down to discuss everything from his first job at the Tottenham Hotspurs kit shop through to running the Backstage Capital accelerator programme and ulitmately launching Angel Investing School.
I knew this was going to be an incredible conversation…
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