Investment Fund Secrets

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Fund-building lessons from inside the work.

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Investment Fund Secrets is a practical business show about starting, growing, and managing investment funds without an Ivy League degree. Episodes move between solo capital-raising lessons and interviews with people in real estate, private equity, hard money lending, technology, and relationship-driven business.

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About Investment Fund Secrets

Investment Fund Secrets is a business and investing show about the practical path from ambition to fund operator. It is not framed as polished market commentary. The show is closer to a working journal, built around lessons learned while raising capital, interviewing people, and studying how money is actually managed. Its center of gravity is fund creation: how to find investors, earn trust, structure opportunities, and avoid approaching people at the wrong stage of the capital-raising process. Real estate appears often, especially through multifamily, distressed opportunities, hard money loans, syndications, and private offerings. The conversations also move into technology companies, food and beverage investments, private equity, and operating partnerships. A recurring theme is that access matters. Guests and speakers return to the value of getting around people who already think bigger, have built teams, or have handled real money through market changes. The show’s money philosophy is blunt: wealth is not only about catching a lucky break, because people also need the habits and judgment to keep and grow capital. That makes the tone part tactical manual, part entrepreneurial mindset session. Some episodes are highly concrete, with examples of daily fundraising targets, investor checks, loan terms, and deal flow. Others focus on relationship capital, personal integrity, family presence, and the discipline required to lead well. The show often favors lived experience over theory. It likes stories of messy first deals, painful learning curves, and people who stumbled into a model before learning how to control the pieces. Its interviews are informal and energetic, with a strong bias toward action. The final stretch of the series also points toward a broader successor show, Bullish, while keeping the same appetite for fresh business ideas and direct lessons. For listeners interested in funds, raising money, and operator-led investing, it offers a ground-level view of the work behind the pitch.

Made for: Built for aspiring fund managers, real estate entrepreneurs, private lenders, and capital raisers who want tactical deal and investor lessons. It also fits business owners interested in partnerships, relationship capital, and scaling beyond solo execution.

What sets it apart: The show blends fund education with candid stories, so capital raising is treated as a live skill rather than a spreadsheet exercise. It connects deal mechanics with the personal discipline required to manage investor money responsibly.

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How To Start, Build And Scale Your Investment Fund

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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Bridger Pennington gets operators to explain the mechanics, relationships and judgment behind raising capital and managing investment funds.

Bridger Pennington turns fund management into a running conversation about decisions: how operators raise capital, structure deals, build teams and earn investor confidence.

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  • to hear hard-money lending explained through actual loan terms and investor payouts
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  1. 1

    221. How To Create An Investment Strategy For Your Fund

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  2. 2

    257. From Pilot to Managing Cardone Capital: Ryan Tseko on the Power of Partnerships

    ·40m
  3. 3

    256. Randy Garn on Relationship Capital, Fly Fishing, and Personal Integrity

    ·40m
  4. 4

    Real Estate Big Leagues: DJ Thielen on the Giants, Steroids, and Building an Empire

    ·30m
  5. 5

    254. Is the U.S. Government at War with Crypto-based Companies?

    ·18m
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    253. Michael Burry: The Worst Crash in Decades is Coming...

    ·6m
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    252. Behind The Scenes of $100,000,000 in Hard Money Loans | Justin Hammond Interview

    ·1h 1m
  8. 8

    251. 10 Finance Terms Every Fund Manager Should Know

    ·12m
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    250. Is The Housing Market About To Crash? My 18-24 Month Prediction...

    ·7m
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    249. A Venture Capital Nightmare | What Went Wrong With Theranos

    ·10m
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    248. This Game Made Me A Millionaire By 25 | Here's How You Can Play

    ·16m
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    247. I Spent $500,000 On An Event...

    ·15m
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    246. How Much Should You Pay a Capital Raiser In Your Fund? | Fund Equity Breakdown

    ·11m
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    245. DAOs vs Investment Funds | What's The Difference?

    ·12m
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    243. When Should You Launch Your Second Fund?

    ·10m
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    242. 5 Venture Capital Trends Happening In 2022

    ·10m
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    241. Should You Use Third Party Admins For Your Fund?

    ·9m
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    240. How To Get The Most Out of Live Events (Fund Launch Live Prep)

    ·13m
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    239. This is The Hardest Part of Starting a Fund...

    ·13m
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    238. How Jeremiah Evans Built a Multi-Million Dollar Empire By 25

    ·1h 13m
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    237. 7 Books That Changed My Life | 2022 Must Reads

    ·21m
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    236. Top 5 Biggest Private Equity Funds In The World (2022)

    ·9m
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    235. The Story of Warren Buffett in 7 Minutes | 0 to $100 Billion

    ·8m
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    234. This Money Raising Strategy Will Help You Raise Millions

    ·11m
  25. 25

    233. What is a Hedge Fund? | Fund Manager Explains

    ·13m
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    232. Digital Real Estate, Crypto Currency, and Building a Life of Financial Freedom | Dave Allred Interview

    ·1h 8m
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    231. Top 10 Biggest Hedge Funds In The World

    ·13m
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    230. 7 Private Equity Trends You Must Know Before 2022 (Urgent)

    ·11m
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    229. How To Scale Your Investment Fund In 2022

    ·12m
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    228. Investment Fund vs Holding Company | What's The Difference?

    ·11m
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    227. A Fund Managers Advice To College Kids

    ·19m
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    226. FaZe Clan Owner Shares $200 Billion Gaming Industry Secrets

    ·23m
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    225. Guess The $TSLA Stock Price And I'll Give You a Tesla!

    ·8m
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    224. Investing is Changing - Do This or Get Left Behind

    ·11m
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    223. Real Fund Manager Reacts To South Park Investing | "anddd it's gone!"

    ·10m
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    222. RANT: Solving Politics With Economics

    ·15m
  37. 37

    #258 Farewell to IFS and Welcome to Bullish

    ·12m
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    220. Fund Manager Ranks BEST and WORST Finance Jobs

    ·21m
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    219. The Most Important Step When Launching a Fund...

    ·8m
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    218. How To Win Your First Investor

    ·12m
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    217. Top 5 Most Common Investor Questions!

    ·11m
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    216. Future Economic Predictions From a 14-Year Fund Veteran | Kellen Jones Interview

    ·59m
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    215. BIG Changes Coming To NFTs In 2022 (Actually Urgent)

    ·13m
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    214. The 26 Year Old Hedge Fund Manager | Laurence Yang Interview

    ·39m
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    213. How To Raise Capital Like A MILLIONAIRE In 2021

    ·23m
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    212. Should You Buy Real Estate In 2021? | Brian Burke Interview

    ·42m
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    211. Why Most Fund Managers FAIL...

    ·8m
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    210. How Cathie Wood Revolutionized ETFs With ARK Invest

    ·10m
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    209. NFTs: Are You Already Too Late? | Aly Madhavji Interview

    ·42m
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    208. How To Invest TAX FREE Using A Roth IRA | Mark Kohler Interview

    ·45m
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    207. The Secret To Raising $2 Billion... | Brad Blazar Interview

    ·48m
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    206. Breaking Down 4 Different Types of Investment Funds

    ·18m
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    205. How To Start A Family Office From Scratch

    ·18m
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    204. How To Save Money On Taxes Through Buying Your Dream Car... | Karlton Dennis Interview

    ·47m
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    203. Index Funds vs Mutual Funds vs ETFs | What's The Difference?

    ·11m
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    202. A Millionaires Secret To Networking...

    ·45m
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    201. How To Start A Hard Money Lending Fund From Scratch

    ·11m
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    200. Good Debt vs Bad Debt - What's The Difference?

    ·10m
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    198. How To Go From Robinhood Trader To Hedge Fund Manager

    ·9m
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    197. How To Lose Your Money. | Paul Moore Interview

    ·52m
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    196. MrBeast Started An Investment Fund!

    ·17m
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    195. Inside An Emerging Markets ETF (EMQQ) | Kevin Carter Interview

    ·58m
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    194. RANT: The Next Crash Is Coming. | Inflation/Deflation, The Fed, Shortages, and More

    ·30m
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    193. Going From 0-75 Rental Units In ONE YEAR | The Daniel Kwack Interview

    ·59m
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    192. How Biden's Corporate Tax Change Will Affect The Economy... | + Capital Gains, Death Tax, and More

    ·13m
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    191. Inside An Early Stage Venture Capital Fund | Ryan Hemingway Interview

    ·46m
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    190. Running a Small Business vs Big Business | Which One Is Better?

    ·15m
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    189. AMC To $100,000? | Tom Zuzolo Talks About The Future of AMC

    ·30m
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    188. Are Financial Advisors Stealing Your Money? (Actually Terrifying)

    ·12m
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    187. Growth vs Value Investing AND Passive vs Active Investing

    ·14m
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    186. How To Trade Options In 2021 | Cody Yeh Interview

    ·41m
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    185. The Differences Between Blackstone and BlackRock | How Blackstone Makes More Money With Less AUM

    ·9m
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    184. How To Start a Venture Capital Fund From Scratch

    ·35m
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    183. Real Estate Syndication vs Real Estate Fund | Working Capital Interview

    ·41m
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    182. How To Flip 72 Houses In ONE Year (House Flipping At Scale)

    ·12m
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    181. Secrets From a Serial Entrepreneur and Angel Investor | Warren Osborn Interview

    ·58m
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    180. Should You INVEST In Private Equity?

    ·21m
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    179. Breaking Down YouTuber/Boxer Jake Paul's Investment Fund | Anti-Fund Explained

    ·16m
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    178. Is It Stressful Managing Other People's Money?

    ·10m
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    177. How To Buy And Sell Businesses | Jeremy Neves Interview

    ·56m
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    176. How An Ex-NFL Player Built A Pest Control Empire | Mitch Matthews Interview

    ·46m
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    175. How Much Money Do Fund Managers Make?

    ·12m
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    174. How To Break Into The Investment Fund World

    ·24m
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    173. What It Takes To Be a Fund Manager...| Real Business Owners Podcast

    ·1h 4m
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    172. Secrets From a Celebrity Asset Manager... | Antony Gordon Interview

    ·51m
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    171. How To Raise Capital (3 Step Strategy)

    ·17m
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    170. How To Start a Private Equity Fund From Scratch

    ·31m
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    169. Why Tesla Took So Long To Succeed...

    ·11m
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    168. The Logistics of Venture Capital Deals

    ·14m
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    167. From Jail To Multi-Millionaire | Ryan Stewman Interview

    ·50m
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    166. How DISNEY Can Help You Structure Your Fund And Business

    ·9m
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    165. The Future of The US Economy... | Jason Hartman Interview

    ·45m
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    164. How Much Are Investment Fund Legal Fees?

    ·15m
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    163. Start an Investment Fund in 2021 Using This Formula

    ·18m
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    162. Venture Capital EXPLAINED

    ·12m
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    161. How To Build A Team For Your Fund

    ·16m
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    160. Capital Calls & Distributions: The Flow of Money

    ·16m
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    159. How to Start a Hedge Fund From Scratch

    ·22m
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    244. $25,000,000 Tech Company by 25 Years Old | Devin Johnson Interview

    Host Bridger Pennington interviews Devin Johnson about his entrepreneurial journey and scaling businesses, while the show focuses on building investment funds.

    ·1h 12m
  100. 100

    199. How To Get A 700+ Credit Score | Jason White Interview

    Host Bridger Pennington interviews Jason White about credit building and financial foundations for aspiring fund managers.

    ·46m
  101. 101

    #258 Farewell to IFS and Welcome to Bullish

    Jul 19, 2023·12m
  102. 102

    257. From Pilot to Managing Cardone Capital: Ryan Tseko on the Power of Partnerships

    Hidden gem

    Ryan Tseko moved from flying jets at United with $140,000 in student loans to joining Grant Cardone after calling his office and offering to fly airplanes.

    Jun 13, 2023·40m·2 clips
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    256. Randy Garn on Relationship Capital, Fly Fishing, and Personal Integrity

    Hidden gem

    Randy Garn tells Bridger Pennington that nature is his meditation and that his best ideas come while hiking, fishing, running, or doing a triathlon.

    Jun 6, 2023·40m·2 clips
  104. 104

    Real Estate Big Leagues: DJ Thielen on the Giants, Steroids, and Building an Empire

    Hidden gem

    DJ Thielen says steroids mattered because they let players "play every day without getting injured."

    May 31, 2023·30m·2 clips
  105. 105

    254. Is the U.S. Government at War with Crypto-based Companies?

    May 23, 2023·18m
  106. 106

    253. Michael Burry: The Worst Crash in Decades is Coming...

    Oct 28, 2022·6m
  107. 107

    252. Behind The Scenes of $100,000,000 in Hard Money Loans | Justin Hammond Interview

    Hidden gem

    Bridger Pennington opens Investment Fund Secrets episode 252 with Justin Hammond, who says he has done more than 100 foreclosures, about 100 food and beverage investments, and roughly $100 million in private money and hard money loans.

    Sep 30, 2022·1h 1m·4 clips
  108. 108

    251. 10 Finance Terms Every Fund Manager Should Know

    Sep 6, 2022·12m
  109. 109

    250. Is The Housing Market About To Crash? My 18-24 Month Prediction...

    May 18, 2022·7m
  110. 110

    249. A Venture Capital Nightmare | What Went Wrong With Theranos

    Mar 25, 2022·10m
  111. 111

    248. This Game Made Me A Millionaire By 25 | Here's How You Can Play

    Mar 22, 2022·16m
  112. 112

    247. I Spent $500,000 On An Event...

    Mar 18, 2022·15m
  113. 113

    246. How Much Should You Pay a Capital Raiser In Your Fund? | Fund Equity Breakdown

    Mar 11, 2022·11m
  114. 114

    245. DAOs vs Investment Funds | What's The Difference?

    Mar 8, 2022·12m
  115. 115

    244. $25,000,000 Tech Company by 25 Years Old | Devin Johnson Interview

    Hidden gem

    Bridger Pennington interviews Devin Johnson, the founder of Connected.io, and Devin says the company serves 17,000 businesses while heading toward $25 million to $26 million in sales this year.

    Feb 26, 2022·1h 12m·2 clips
  116. 116

    243. When Should You Launch Your Second Fund?

    Feb 15, 2022·10m
  117. 117

    242. 5 Venture Capital Trends Happening In 2022

    Feb 11, 2022·10m
  118. 118

    241. Should You Use Third Party Admins For Your Fund?

    Feb 8, 2022·9m
  119. 119

    240. How To Get The Most Out of Live Events (Fund Launch Live Prep)

    Feb 4, 2022·13m
  120. 120

    239. This is The Hardest Part of Starting a Fund...

    Jan 28, 2022·13m
  121. 121

    238. How Jeremiah Evans Built a Multi-Million Dollar Empire By 25

    Jan 22, 2022·1h 13m
  122. 122

    237. 7 Books That Changed My Life | 2022 Must Reads

    Jan 18, 2022·21m
  123. 123

    236. Top 5 Biggest Private Equity Funds In The World (2022)

    Jan 14, 2022·9m
  124. 124

    235. The Story of Warren Buffett in 7 Minutes | 0 to $100 Billion

    Jan 7, 2022·8m
  125. 125

    234. This Money Raising Strategy Will Help You Raise Millions

    Jan 5, 2022·11m
  126. 126

    233. What is a Hedge Fund? | Fund Manager Explains

    Dec 17, 2021·13m
  127. 127

    232. Digital Real Estate, Crypto Currency, and Building a Life of Financial Freedom | Dave Allred Interview

    Dec 15, 2021·1h 8m
  128. 128

    231. Top 10 Biggest Hedge Funds In The World

    Dec 14, 2021·13m
  129. 129

    230. 7 Private Equity Trends You Must Know Before 2022 (Urgent)

    Dec 4, 2021·11m
  130. 130

    229. How To Scale Your Investment Fund In 2022

    Nov 26, 2021·12m
  131. 131

    228. Investment Fund vs Holding Company | What's The Difference?

    Nov 19, 2021·11m
  132. 132

    227. A Fund Managers Advice To College Kids

    Nov 17, 2021·19m
  133. 133

    226. FaZe Clan Owner Shares $200 Billion Gaming Industry Secrets

    Nov 5, 2021·23m
  134. 134

    225. Guess The $TSLA Stock Price And I'll Give You a Tesla!

    Nov 3, 2021·8m
  135. 135

    224. Investing is Changing - Do This or Get Left Behind

    Oct 26, 2021·11m
  136. 136

    223. Real Fund Manager Reacts To South Park Investing | "anddd it's gone!"

    Oct 19, 2021·10m
  137. 137

    222. RANT: Solving Politics With Economics

    Oct 15, 2021·15m
  138. 138

    221. How To Create An Investment Strategy For Your Fund

    Oct 12, 2021·13m
  139. 139

    220. Fund Manager Ranks BEST and WORST Finance Jobs

    Oct 1, 2021·21m
  140. 140

    219. The Most Important Step When Launching a Fund...

    Sep 28, 2021·8m
  141. 141

    218. How To Win Your First Investor

    Sep 24, 2021·12m
  142. 142

    217. Top 5 Most Common Investor Questions!

    Sep 21, 2021·11m
  143. 143

    216. Future Economic Predictions From a 14-Year Fund Veteran | Kellen Jones Interview

    Sep 14, 2021·59m
  144. 144

    215. BIG Changes Coming To NFTs In 2022 (Actually Urgent)

    Sep 10, 2021·13m
  145. 145

    214. The 26 Year Old Hedge Fund Manager | Laurence Yang Interview

    Sep 7, 2021·39m
  146. 146

    213. How To Raise Capital Like A MILLIONAIRE In 2021

    Bridger Pennington shares the three stages of raising capital for investment funds, drawing from his experience launching multiple funds.

    Aug 31, 2021·23m
  147. 147

    212. Should You Buy Real Estate In 2021? | Brian Burke Interview

    Bridger Pennington interviews fund manager Brian Burke about his experience starting and scaling real estate investment funds and syndications.

    Aug 27, 2021·42m
  148. 148

    211. Why Most Fund Managers FAIL...

    Aug 24, 2021·8m
  149. 149

    210. How Cathie Wood Revolutionized ETFs With ARK Invest

    Aug 20, 2021·10m
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    209. NFTs: Are You Already Too Late? | Aly Madhavji Interview

    Aug 17, 2021·42m