The Best Investment I Ever Made (And How You Can Copy Me RIGHT NOW)

What if the opportunity you've been waiting for isn't something you can buy your way into? In this episode, I break down the single best investment I've ever made - and it isn't the startup round that's now worth 21 times what I put in. I share how a $2,000 dinner in Los Angeles in 2011, back when I didn't know anybody, turned into the network that still brings me every deal worth having. Tune in to hear why proximity is the asset you can't replace, and what to do about it if you're the smallest fish in the room right now.

In this Episode, You Will Learn

- The investor-call slide that made me stop and reread it.

- Why a 21X valuation still isn't the best investment I've ever made.

- How I went from knowing nobody in Los Angeles to filling rooms with the people I wanted to meet.

- The $2,000 dinner bill that quietly started all of it.

- Why startup investing is one of the worst bets you'll ever make - and why I keep making it.

- The friends-and-family round I'd have never been invited into without one dinner.

- What to build, or buy into, if you want the same kind of deal flow.

01:25 The investor call that reset the math

02:46 The slide I couldn't believe

03:11 Why 21X is not my best investment