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ladies and gentlemen welcome to the money mondays this is a special edition because right now right this second we are in the midst of the world's largest toy drive 10 cities over 16 days but luckily we have this rv motorhome which allows us to drive around and find guests like we have for you today we have the creator of raisingcapital.com

ladies and gentlemen welcome to the money mondays this is a special edition because right now right this second we are in the midst of the world's largest toy drive 10 cities over 16 days but luckily we have this rv motorhome which allows us to drive around and find guests like we have for you today we have the creator of raisingcapital.com

His name is Hunter Thompson, and I'm going to deep dive with him about all things money. Now, as you guys know, our podcast runs for about 34 to 38 minutes because the average commute to work is 45 minutes. The average workout is 45 minutes. So this will be 34 to 38 minutes for your listening pleasure.

His name is Hunter Thompson, and I'm going to deep dive with him about all things money. Now, as you guys know, our podcast runs for about 34 to 38 minutes because the average commute to work is 45 minutes. The average workout is 45 minutes. So this will be 34 to 38 minutes for your listening pleasure.

We're going to cover three core topics, how to make money, how to invest money, how to give away to charity, but with a bit of a twist. Because Thompson, Mr. Hunter Thompson, has raised over $100 million, I want to ask him some questions about raising capital because a lot of you guys out there might be thinking about starting a company. Maybe you already have a company. You want to scale it.

We're going to cover three core topics, how to make money, how to invest money, how to give away to charity, but with a bit of a twist. Because Thompson, Mr. Hunter Thompson, has raised over $100 million, I want to ask him some questions about raising capital because a lot of you guys out there might be thinking about starting a company. Maybe you already have a company. You want to scale it.

So I'm going to ask him all the questions around that topic. But first, we're going to have Hunter do a quick two-minute bio so we can get straight to the money.

So I'm going to ask him all the questions around that topic. But first, we're going to have Hunter do a quick two-minute bio so we can get straight to the money.

Awesome. Okay, so someone out there listening is considering raising capital. Is there a time that's too early? Like when they have the idea phase, is it too early? When they have the business plan, is that when they should do it? Should they already have a little bit of sales, 10 grand, 50 grand, 100 grand sales? When is too early?

Awesome. Okay, so someone out there listening is considering raising capital. Is there a time that's too early? Like when they have the idea phase, is it too early? When they have the business plan, is that when they should do it? Should they already have a little bit of sales, 10 grand, 50 grand, 100 grand sales? When is too early?

said a really good point just this month Kris Jenner and Khloe Kardashian raised four point five million dollars to do popcorn Chloe decided should you do popcorn and so they raised four point five million dollars from investors now as you guys can imagine Kris Jenner and Khloe Kardashian are very rich and they have infinite capital and they make millions millions millions millions dollars per month why this is my question

said a really good point just this month Kris Jenner and Khloe Kardashian raised four point five million dollars to do popcorn Chloe decided should you do popcorn and so they raised four point five million dollars from investors now as you guys can imagine Kris Jenner and Khloe Kardashian are very rich and they have infinite capital and they make millions millions millions millions dollars per month why this is my question

Yeah, Logan Paul and Prime, Jake with W, all these brands. The numbers on Jake Paul's W brand, I think it's like $55 million or $60 million or something the first year. People are only figuring it out, man. Logan's Prime is the fastest growing beverage in history. People don't realize the sheer magnitude of...

Yeah, Logan Paul and Prime, Jake with W, all these brands. The numbers on Jake Paul's W brand, I think it's like $55 million or $60 million or something the first year. People are only figuring it out, man. Logan's Prime is the fastest growing beverage in history. People don't realize the sheer magnitude of...

these influencer brands yeah Connor got like 650 million dollars for that deal for the anyways okay so someone out there is listening they got their business plan they got their financials prepared I do what's called and I recommend calling setting up shop in a couple core things before you raise capital because what if you come to someone like Hunter Thompson or myself and say I want to raise 1 million dollars

these influencer brands yeah Connor got like 650 million dollars for that deal for the anyways okay so someone out there is listening they got their business plan they got their financials prepared I do what's called and I recommend calling setting up shop in a couple core things before you raise capital because what if you come to someone like Hunter Thompson or myself and say I want to raise 1 million dollars

we actually like your idea but you don't have a business plan you don't have financials you don't have the investor documents what if we say yes and you don't have investor documents mmm they don't have the corporation they don't have their bank account like you literally can't take money from us and I've seen it happen so many times where people pitch me asking me for 100k or 250k or 50k or a zillion billion dollars and they don't have a bank account

we actually like your idea but you don't have a business plan you don't have financials you don't have the investor documents what if we say yes and you don't have investor documents mmm they don't have the corporation they don't have their bank account like you literally can't take money from us and I've seen it happen so many times where people pitch me asking me for 100k or 250k or 50k or a zillion billion dollars and they don't have a bank account

they don't have a corporation and they literally don't have investor documents so that I might like your idea. You're like, oh, I'm going to sell Money Monday's pillows. That's a great idea. Can you send me the investor documents? They're like, well, I don't have those yet.