#3 Yama Saraj 🇦🇫🇱🇺 - I always wanted to fight for my community

<p>🎤 "If you don't have role models, be a role model!" </p><br><p>💪 In today’s episode, you will be meeting Yama, a Dutch-Afghan changemaker with many lives: from creating his own social startup (recycling car tyres to produce punching bags) to lecturing R&amp;D at university, launching an inclusive investment fund, and much more! </p><p>Yama will share with us how all his different experiences ultimately connect towards his life purpose: to bring more diversity into the French startup ecosystem and to contribute to the development of Afghanistan. </p><br><p>❤️ TIMELINE: </p><p>4’ - Moving to Paris with a startup, lots of ideas, and no money</p><p>11’ - Growing up in The Netherlands as a refugee</p><p>21’ - Going back to Afghanistan to have an impact</p><p>27’ - The secret to networking: solve people’s problems &amp; pay it forward</p><p>31’ - Bringing more diversity in the tech ecosystem</p><p>37’ - Launching an inclusive venture capital fund</p><p>45’- Recycling car tyres to produce punching bags </p><br><p>👉 You can continue asking him questions on his <a href="https://www.pleaseama.com/Profil.html?id=yamasaraj" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ask Me Anything page</a>, support his startup's <a href="https://www.patreon.com/stationfightclub" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">crowdfunding campaign</a> and connect with Yama on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/yama-saraj-82779414" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>.</p><br><p><strong>🎧 Where to listen?</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNbXqHb7wCw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>.</p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/3-yama-i-always-wanted-to-fight-for-my-community/id1527007998" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>.</p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1F5JWJNiElcUjyoytmNtwA?si=dV_4_WleQt2y9RKiTHZZxQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a></p><p><a href="https://deezer.page.link/CroVZgPNQHDHe4967" rel="noopener nor