#99 Andy Ayim: Startup Success

Hello and welcome to Season 3 of the Wanna Be Podcast. The podcast that takes you from where you are now to where you wanna be in 30 minutes or less. I am of course your host, Imriel!The response to Tori’s episode was insane. Her quote “my self-worth is not my accomplishments and my accomplishments are not my self-worth.” is about to be framed and put on my wall as a reminder!Today’s guest is Andy Ayim! Andy is the co-founder of Mixtape Madness, and former MD at Backstage Capital. Andy by his own admission has a portfolio career occupying the roles of Management Consultant, Product manager, Business Analyst at companies like Ernst & Young, Elixirr, WorldFirst and Investec Bank. The Financial Times names Andy as one it’s Top 10 most influential BAME tech leaders.In today’s episode Andy shares what it means to have a portfolio, the difference between an Angel investor and venture capitalist. He breaks down the different types of funding founders can tap into and the TWO questions you have to nail to secure funding. Notebooks at the readyA huge thank you to Andy for sharing this invaluable knowledge with us. If you’re interested in breaking into a new career download his ebook by the same name at andyayim.com WHile you’re there you can learn more about his angel investing school and follow Andy on Instagram where he generously shares a wealth of knowledge for Founders, side-hustlers and budding investors.For updates on Wanna Be follow Content is Queen on Twitter @ContentisQn and Instagram @contentisqueenhq.If you’re enjoying this podcast, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends via your insta-stories. We’ve pulled some amazing quotes from the episodes which you can reshare via Instagram and Twitter.To get extended show notes listing any of the tools and resources we’ve talked about on this episode visit wannabepodcast.com. This podcast is proudly a Content Is Queen Production. It has been lovingly edited and put together by Ellie Clifford. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.