We are thrilled to be joined by Gary Stewart, the founder and CEO of Founders Tribe, a platform that aims to level the playing field for founders across the globe by providing access to investors, mentors and industry-specific networks. Gary also co-founded a multi-million dollar start-up Nuroa Internet before helping Telefonica set up the world’s largest corporate accelerator, Wayra, and is now a visiting lecturer of Entrepreneurship at Yale University.

With his extensive and diverse experience, Gary has a lot to say on why founder diversity is still an issue and why VCs may not be the right solution for every founder.

In this episode you’ll learn:
– Why venture capital isn’t the answer for all founders
– How Founders Tribe leverages homophily to tackle common problems faced by budding entrepreneurs
– Why founder diversity is still and issue and he thinks we can do