# Fundraising and investors: what operators said this week

Fundraising as founders and investors describe it this month.

Updated 2026-10-29. Source: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/topics/fundraising

> "If you have not maxed out your IRA and 401k, you can do that. With every raise, aim to increase your savings rate."
- Robert Brokamp on Rule Breaker Investing, 2026-10-22, at 9:56. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/2d2bcafd7fb32fd9

> "‘We identified maybe like 35% that were losing money… go raise their prices, like double it’"
- Leslie Silverman on Smart Agency Masterclass with Jason Swenk: Podcast for Digital Marketing Agencies, 2026-10-22, at 9:27. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/2b2f0b1057d30b1d

> "raising $15 million in four weeks to buy a load of Starlink equipment coming into Australia"
- Neil Jameson (founder of Haifa) on The Founders Fire, 2026-10-22, at 7:04. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/66c541bf084d9055

> "they fail to, uh, when they raise the rent, they, they fail to get an increased bond amount because it's usually relative to the rent"
- Dean Frith on Geared for Growth Property Investing Podcast, 2026-10-28, at 19:03. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/e8fbbb4aaa13748f

> "we organized the inventory, sold it to our employees, sold it to our customers at a discount. We raised quite a bit of cash that way"
- Rich Ashton on Your Business Growth Podcast, 2026-10-27, at 5:09. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/9ff337abf85ddcce

> "we just didn't spend time raising money. We just went in, find a few customers, three customers in the first month, right?"
- Leonard Liu on TFC Business Show, 2026-10-21, at 10:55. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/9a2b4f75ea00c5a0

> "Experimenting with things like 30 days or 20 days of no complaining… ask them to raise a finger maybe every time you use an absolute"
- Tim Ferriss on The Tim Ferriss Show, 2026-10-21, at 19:52. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/4c4a0ce04b90818d

> "“we discovered the mashata varieties were the ones that actually survived the squash vine borers… we started the seed side… we have the seeds… people want them”"
- Christopher and Maggie Snow on The Seed Farmer Podcast, 2026-10-21, at 9:14. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/3d326d1811910838

> "We partnered with a specialist in the space and we interviewed thousands of Australians, both prospective investors and existing investors."
- Mark Joachim on money money money, 2026-10-23, at 2:09. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/10ecb0d4bf1d6f55

> "there was already a WhatsApp group chat of investors that had like 40 investors at the time. They were sharing tips about like realtors, property managers, contractors, and stuff like that."
- Lindsay Barrientos on BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast, 2026-10-26, at 7:56. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/5c9e7db046eb29ba

> "We probably sit at about 70-30 is like the round split when you bucket everyone into those sort of two groups."
- Hadley Nightingale (buyer’s agent) on Geared for Growth Property Investing Podcast, 2026-10-21, at 12:47. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/02fcd0248b428e66

> "momentum in your fund is the momentum in the stock times the weight in the fund"
- Matt Jones on Equity Mates Investing Podcast, 2026-10-23, at 21:04. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/9dff58663dcc0748