Hunter Thompson

like i said went from struggling to raise my first deal and coming half a million dollars short on my first raise to um raising 100 million bucks from hundreds of investors buying hundreds of millions of dollars of deals and i feel like i'm just getting started a lot of my day is spent finding people that are very good at what they do and making them realize that to take it to the next level they have to learn about marketing

like i said went from struggling to raise my first deal and coming half a million dollars short on my first raise to um raising 100 million bucks from hundreds of investors buying hundreds of millions of dollars of deals and i feel like i'm just getting started a lot of my day is spent finding people that are very good at what they do and making them realize that to take it to the next level they have to learn about marketing

What's up? Honored to be here, first of all. Yeah, so name is Hunter Thompson. I have a background as being a slacker in college and not taking life too seriously, but getting into the world of business and entrepreneurship, I fell in love with it.

What's up? Honored to be here, first of all. Yeah, so name is Hunter Thompson. I have a background as being a slacker in college and not taking life too seriously, but getting into the world of business and entrepreneurship, I fell in love with it.

And like I said, went from struggling to raise my first deal and coming half a million dollars short on my first raise, to raising a hundred million bucks from hundreds of investors, buying hundreds of millions of dollars of deals, and I feel like I'm just getting started, so stoked to talk about it.

And like I said, went from struggling to raise my first deal and coming half a million dollars short on my first raise, to raising a hundred million bucks from hundreds of investors, buying hundreds of millions of dollars of deals, and I feel like I'm just getting started, so stoked to talk about it.

I mean, I think when people think about raising money, I think what comes to their mind is like having a really good pitch or like not taking no for an answer or something like that. And like the reality is the question about like when you should start I'm thinking like when you should start generating leads to have those conversations.

I mean, I think when people think about raising money, I think what comes to their mind is like having a really good pitch or like not taking no for an answer or something like that. And like the reality is the question about like when you should start I'm thinking like when you should start generating leads to have those conversations.

Cause even if you know exactly what to say, it's like, who are you going to say it to? Maybe your friends and family, but then how far can that really get you? And even if you are from a family that's rich, even those families raise money, obviously. So like billionaires raise money all the time. So like, there's no time that's too early to start digging the well, meaning how can I generate leads?

Cause even if you know exactly what to say, it's like, who are you going to say it to? Maybe your friends and family, but then how far can that really get you? And even if you are from a family that's rich, even those families raise money, obviously. So like billionaires raise money all the time. So like, there's no time that's too early to start digging the well, meaning how can I generate leads?

How can I connect with people? How can I warm people up? Even if you don't have a deal yet, now you should be doing that.

How can I connect with people? How can I warm people up? Even if you don't have a deal yet, now you should be doing that.

why does someone with that much money that much reach that much social media power still want to raise capital from strategic investors yeah man i mean it's ultimately come down to leverage right so most people think of leverage think of debt borrowing money and stuff like that but there's other mechanisms think about leverage like what's a higher leverage activity how can i leverage my business how can i pursue high leverage things and so for for them

why does someone with that much money that much reach that much social media power still want to raise capital from strategic investors yeah man i mean it's ultimately come down to leverage right so most people think of leverage think of debt borrowing money and stuff like that but there's other mechanisms think about leverage like what's a higher leverage activity how can i leverage my business how can i pursue high leverage things and so for for them

They've got money working for them, but they also want to bring in other money to grow something where they're going to profit on someone else's capital. And now that's what all capitalists do, including the investors themselves, is they want to rely on their brand, their reach to scale this business that, I mean, does anyone think that she's the best popcorn producer out there?

They've got money working for them, but they also want to bring in other money to grow something where they're going to profit on someone else's capital. And now that's what all capitalists do, including the investors themselves, is they want to rely on their brand, their reach to scale this business that, I mean, does anyone think that she's the best popcorn producer out there?

Probably not, but she's got a huge audience. So I don't know the details of that deal, but I imagine there's someone that's really good at popcorn. that reached out to her that said, yo, let's do this thing together. You go on social media. No one knows us, but we're good at popcorn. You're good at attention. That's the art and science of raising capital. Let's do this partnership together.

Probably not, but she's got a huge audience. So I don't know the details of that deal, but I imagine there's someone that's really good at popcorn. that reached out to her that said, yo, let's do this thing together. You go on social media. No one knows us, but we're good at popcorn. You're good at attention. That's the art and science of raising capital. Let's do this partnership together.

Same thing with Connor, right? Same thing with the rock. Like it's not the rock and kitchen cooking up that tequila, but now they got a billion dollar valuation. That's why.

Same thing with Connor, right? Same thing with the rock. Like it's not the rock and kitchen cooking up that tequila, but now they got a billion dollar valuation. That's why.