The 10X Backdoor: A Safer Way to Target Market-Crushing Returns
How to Get Rich in Record Time Without Taking Huge Risks I’ve said this a bajillion times. . . when it comes to the business of money and capital markets, you don’t want to be an OUTSIDER. When you’re an OUTSIDER in business or politics, you earn cool “Maverick credentials” and therefore, people pay a […]
3 Reasons $100k Checks Are Better than Any Other Check Size
Handling the Bullies Recently, my son Asher came in 2nd at the State Hockey Tournament. . . and I was %!#$#& about it. Not because they lost. . . but because of the complete lack of sportsmanship and respect for the game shown by the other team. I had to stand by and watch as […]
Why I Never Take Money from Name-Brand Investors
Avoiding the Predators Here’s the biggest lesson I’ve learned from wealthy investors … it’s hidden in plain sight on this slide I put up in every presentation: It’s right there at the bottom: stay away from predatory capital That’s why I’m always looking to invest in a company that for one reason or another hasn’t […]
How to Spend Money Like Me, and Not Care AT ALL
You Only Need One Skill On a daily basis, people try to get my attention for one reason, and one reason only: They (correctly) believe that I am the key that unlocks the door to the unlimited amounts of money they think they “need” to reach their goals in life. More specifically, they usually want […]
Royal Flush Deal Trophies
Fund Launch X Oren Klaff Not many people get paid $2 million to raise $22 million in 20 minutes. But that’s my Friday. This past Friday in particular, I packed out the West Coast Finance Center with 212 investors. The total I raised: $22.25 million. Obviously, not every investor there was savvy enough to recognize […]
How to Make Your Deal Much BIGGER
Achieving Deal Gravity Do you need $3 million for some kind of new project? I remember my days of looking for those tiny amounts of working capital. . . and I don’t remember them fondly. It was pure hell. Looking for $3 million or less is a job just one step above selling encyclopedias door-to-door. […]
How to Dunk on the Competition And Win It All
My Investment Thesis Every single week that passes, I am getting more confirmation that my investment thesis is correct. And what is this thesis, you ask? There is huge money to be made in the reindustrialization of America. The United States is going through a massive secular trend of re-industrializing. Spending on building manufacturing facilities […]
How to Get a Billion-Dollar Asset with Your Name on the Door
My Billion-Dollar Baby Here I am at Asher’s hockey practice, but instead of watching my son play, like I should be doing. . . I’m finishing the website for our investors’ Italy Trip : But at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter how many Super Bowl tickets or trips to Italy I offer […]
How Big-Time Dealmakers Talk to Each Other
I just got off a Zoom call with my colleague Anthony Scaramucci. (You know, “The Mooch.” The guy who was the White House Communications Director for eleven days.) You probably have the wrong impression of Scaramucci from FOX or CNN. His resume reads like this: Harvard University, Goldman Sachs, former White House Communications Director, $8 […]
Rule #1 for Dealmakers: Never Take a Meeting in a Coffee Shop
I hate coffee shop meetings. “Wait. Hold on, Oren,” you say. “Starbucks is so convenient. I meet people there all the time.” But this is wrong in a dozen different ways. Despite what you see in the movies–all kinds of cool things happen in coffee shops in the movies–coffee shop and restaurant meetings are for […]