For this episode of Funding a Better Future: Angel Investment Insights for Founders and Aspiring Investors, I spoke with Andy Ayim, founder of Angel Investing School and most recently, Open Angel. He works to diversify and democratise access to angel investment, and teaches people how to take their first steps towards becoming investors.Please note - when discussing his early experiences with investing, Andy's audio drops out just as he mentions his first encounter. This experience was with Arlan Hamilton at Backstage Capital.Video versions of this and previous episodes are available here.Open AngelAngel Investing School3:43 - Andy’s journey into investing9:35 - Arriving at investing and seeing a thesis in action10:23 - Why do people struggle to close funding rounds? 11:41 - How Angel Investing School came to be14:21 - How did Open Angel come about?18:12 - Being a ‘life adventurer’22:15 - How to access Open Angel, what you can learn and what the goal is23:58 - What are the potential barriers to entry for investing?28:44 - Andy’s lessons from the last four years of investing and niching his thesis34:23 - Do you need a thesis to get started?38:00 - Crowd funding as a route into angel investing and what to be wary of?40:53 - Basics to start thinking about if you want to move into angel investing44:21 - What are you excited about for the second half of this year? (Developing talent and leaders) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.