Dan Fleyshman
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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.
when you don't have the setting up shop when you don't have everything ready for us on a silver platter you lose momentum right you lose excitement people invest what i call momentum investing is we get excited we see the thing money monday's pillows that sounds super cool we want to give you 100k hunter wants to match me and give me you 100k also we want to put in 200 000 and you don't have anything set up
when you don't have the setting up shop when you don't have everything ready for us on a silver platter you lose momentum right you lose excitement people invest what i call momentum investing is we get excited we see the thing money monday's pillows that sounds super cool we want to give you 100k hunter wants to match me and give me you 100k also we want to put in 200 000 and you don't have anything set up
So now when you come back to us three weeks from now, like, hey, my lawyer's got the investor documents and then Hunter and I got to review it and that takes a week or two. All of a sudden we're months into it compared to when you present it to us, you're like, oh yeah, I got my investor documents. I'm going to forward you my business plan. My accountant made my financials for me.
So now when you come back to us three weeks from now, like, hey, my lawyer's got the investor documents and then Hunter and I got to review it and that takes a week or two. All of a sudden we're months into it compared to when you present it to us, you're like, oh yeah, I got my investor documents. I'm going to forward you my business plan. My accountant made my financials for me.
If you already have all your ducks in a row, we are much more likely to invest with momentum. All right, Hunter, tell us the concept of raisingcapital.com. Where did that come from? It's an amazing domain name. My man.
If you already have all your ducks in a row, we are much more likely to invest with momentum. All right, Hunter, tell us the concept of raisingcapital.com. Where did that come from? It's an amazing domain name. My man.
What Hunter's also mentioning is it's not just us. So you might get us emotionally excited, but Hunter and I have a lawyer, an accountant, And typically an executive or a CEO, I have a CEO that oversees it. I call it the four horsemen. I have a CEO, I have an advisor, I have a lawyer, an accountant. If you can get by the four horsemen, I'm in.
What Hunter's also mentioning is it's not just us. So you might get us emotionally excited, but Hunter and I have a lawyer, an accountant, And typically an executive or a CEO, I have a CEO that oversees it. I call it the four horsemen. I have a CEO, I have an advisor, I have a lawyer, an accountant. If you can get by the four horsemen, I'm in.
I'll wire you to your pillow company, 100 grand, a million, 500 grand, whatever you want, I'm in. But you gotta get past the four horsemen. So a lot of times people are like, oh yeah, I know this really rich guy, Hunter, RaisingCapital.com, he's going to love my deal.
I'll wire you to your pillow company, 100 grand, a million, 500 grand, whatever you want, I'm in. But you gotta get past the four horsemen. So a lot of times people are like, oh yeah, I know this really rich guy, Hunter, RaisingCapital.com, he's going to love my deal.
You pitch him and Hunter says yes, but Hunter has his version of the Four Horsemen that are going to look at the paperwork, the documents, and you to vet the deal.
You pitch him and Hunter says yes, but Hunter has his version of the Four Horsemen that are going to look at the paperwork, the documents, and you to vet the deal.
During the vending process, you've got to be able to back it up like Hunter just said, because even though we might emotionally be excited by what you present to us, maybe you pitch us at an event, you pitch us at a nightclub or restaurant or a business meeting, or you catch us in an elevator and you give us an elevator pitch and we're like, yeah, that's exciting.
During the vending process, you've got to be able to back it up like Hunter just said, because even though we might emotionally be excited by what you present to us, maybe you pitch us at an event, you pitch us at a nightclub or restaurant or a business meeting, or you catch us in an elevator and you give us an elevator pitch and we're like, yeah, that's exciting.
We like your pillow company, but you now got to back it up and prove it.
We like your pillow company, but you now got to back it up and prove it.
So how does it work? Let's say someone wants to invest the raising capital.com or wants to raise money through raising capital.com. How does that work?
So how does it work? Let's say someone wants to invest the raising capital.com or wants to raise money through raising capital.com. How does that work?
So over the last three years, I raised $56 million through Elevator Syndicate. I have 970 investors that are all accredited investors. And I just text them deals once a month or so. And it's optional. They can invest if they want to. If they don't want to, I always tell them, say nothing. You don't say no, just say nothing. And we won't bother you again.