#213 - Talking about Industrial Transformation with Brian Laung Aoaeh, Founder & Managing GP at REFASHIOND Ventures
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I've spoken with Brian about:
- His early years as a student from Ghana who immigrated to the US to do a double major in Math and Physics, and his first positions as an Actuarial Analyst, and statistical research analyst
- His transition to the investment world after the 2008 crisis, working at a family office, including leading an early stage VC fund which was funded by the family office as an LP.
- The thesis he developed during those formative years on Industrial Transformation and Supply Chain and how he got to be obsessed about those worlds?
- His decision to start his own fund and why it was so difficult for them to fund raise in the first few years?
- What happened after they found their first investors and what did they offer entrepreneurs to balance out their relatively small checks?
- What are his biggest challenges today? and how he is tackling them?
Brian is as kind as he is smart, and I really enjoyed our conversation.
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