🗣️🗣️My guest for Episode 7 ✅✅
The powerhouse TANIA RAHMAN ❤️
Founder, Investor and Samosa Queen.
This week on 'I Do What I Do,'I got the chance to snag a chat with Tania Rahman, a Founder, Investor, and Restaurateur. They discuss their serendipitous meeting, Tania's diverse career journey from tech recruitment at Stack Overflow to founding the Indian street food restaurant, Chit Chaat Chai, in Wandsworth to a VC who leans into supporting underrepresented founders. We delve into the challenges of business and life - learnings from running a restaurant, navigating pandemic pivots, and dealing with difficult business partnerships. Tania shares how her cultural background influenced her approach to business and why she transitioned into venture capital to support underrepresented founders and we reflect on inclusive INvestor requirement strategies As always we end with 'Lipton Tea Time', and dig a little deeper in what makes Tania, Tania.
00:00 Hello!
00:32 Meeting Tania Rahman: A Serendipitous Connection
01:48 Tania's Career Journey: From Stack Overflow to Restaurateur
05:07 The Challenges and Rewards of Running a Restaurant
07:07 Cultural Identity and the Birth of Chit Chaat Chai
18:29 Navigating Business Partnerships and Lessons Learned
23:53 Surviving the Pandemic: Pivoting and Thriving
27:30 Navigating the Pandemic: Personal Experiences
28:38 Transitioning from Restaurant to Venture Capital
29:18 Challenges in the Restaurant Industry
30:23 The Concept of Dark Kitchens
31:14 Pursuing an MBA and Career Reflections
33:09 Choosing Venture Capital
34:01 Addressing Bias in Venture Capital
36:16 The Importance of Inclusive Investment
44:44 Personal Insights and Reflections
46:55 Lipton Tea Time
MEET 👋🏾
Tania Rahman is a Founder, Investor and Samosa Queen, as an accomplished business leader and media personality with a diverse career spanning venture capital, hospitality, and television. She founded Chit Chaat Chai, an award-winning restaurant celebrated in South London, earning her several entrepreneurial accolades. As an investment manager at Foresight Group and former Sales Team Lead at Stack Overflow, Tania has a strong foundation in both tech and finance. She's also a trustee for Hatch Enterprise UK and a TV presenter with Channel S Television, where she advocates for underrepresented entrepreneurs and hosts industry-focused discussions. She has fearlessly pursued her passions and plans to focus on empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs. Tania's unique blend of business acumen, creativity, and social impact makes her a true inspirational, petite but mighty, powerhouse.
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