“We throw 42 events a year… that's my most active business… investors come from… donations to charity come from booking me as a speaker.”
Dan Fleischman · Moneywise · He's Worth $50M and Spends $110K a Month on a Zoo That Makes $0
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Hosts 42 live Elevator Events per year, using them as the primary source of deal flow, speaker fees, and charitable donations
42 events per year
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“Structures such as private ancillary funds can be worth exploring... they get their own tax regime... a large charitable donation can be particularly useful in a year where you've realised a substantial capital gains event”
“They tend to break even in about three years. And they have useful lives at this point of about five to six years. And most of the deals we're doing are about five-year deals.”
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“Speakers get free tickets to conferences. Most of these events have websites with applications… then go message them on LinkedIn.”