Akshay Chaturvedi is the founder and CEO of Leverage Edu, a fast-growing study abroad platform startup that provides personalized mentorship and guidance for higher education and careers.

He is also a prolific angel investor.

Timestamps:
00:00: Top Moments
00:34: Intro with Akshay
02:25: Leverage Edu Overview
04:22: First External Investor
06:25: Akshay's Angel Investing Journey
08:15: Impact on Growth as Founder
12:26: Identifying Investment Opportunities
15:51: Angel Investing Learnings
18:58: Advising on Cap Table Construction
22:22: Advice for Operator Angels
27:04: Akshay's Typical Day
29:47: Health's Impact on Akshay
32:42: Akshay's Outside Interests
34:02: Dream Dinner Guests
37:10: No Limits to Dreaming

🔗 CONNECT WITH AKSHAY CHATURVEDI
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🐦 Twitter -   / akshay001  

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🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST

Our purpose is to help startups go mainstream in 🇮🇳!

1947 Rise Podcast is helping in accelerating the speed of reverse brain drain
We do this by interviewing India-born, overseas-trained who have moved back to India and built massive tech companies themselves and/or helped enable the tech ecosystem

1947 Operators Podcast is helping in increasing the number of operator-angels in the startup ecosystem.
We do this by unpacking the investing journey of the best operator-angels in India.

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