Callum Laing

You can use my capital raising methods to raise money yourself or to make money helping others raise. Either way works. It's a complete transformation from traditional approaches.

Traditional capital raising is no longer fit for purpose. I've been running events sharing what completely transformed how we raise capital. Anyone can use these ideas to raise or make money.

People from wealth start with more darts. Successful people get more darts. But you've got nothing to lose. Eventually success makes people stop throwing. You? Dig deep. Throw every dart.

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Success breeds success. Throw enough darts, you'll hit a bullseye. Starting out? Keep throwing. You get better, earn more darts, learn to throw straight. Hit bullseyes and people give you darts.

We can't control luck, but we can tilt the odds. Absorb everything from those who've hit their stride. It won't guarantee luck, but it ups your odds. It's astonishing what we can learn these days.

Every successful person knows luck played a huge part. But 'be lucky' isn't actionable. So we claim it was our ads, copy, process, brand, team. What nobody mentions? All those pieces need luck too.

Third leverage: AI. 99% of people still aren't using it to solve problems. Someone who uses AI effectively is 10x more productive. You have a dozen PhD students at your fingertips. Use them.

Second leverage: time and expertise. If you haven't learned to delegate, you're boxing with one arm tied behind your back. Talent connected to the internet is endless. Use it.

Someone with less experience and fewer skills is already doing better than you. Because they've learned to package what they have to get maximum results. Don't overlook what you know.

Leverage is applying small effort for outsized returns. First leverage: your knowledge, experience, skills. You are the person someone else wishes they were. Package what you have properly.

Once you've created enough attraction, companies pay $60k for access to your network. But the real money? Creating deals with your members. That's why investor networks are gold.

True. Now we just need to convince landlords to accept it ;)

Human nature means we want to be around others like us. Create a monthly event around a topic you love. Give away partnerships like Santa Claus. People come because of who else you attract.

Small business owners are either mathematically challenged or delusionally optimistic. Doesn't matter which. What matters is people keep taking on the challenge despite the odds.

We can complain about tax, economy, politicians, clients. But it doesn't matter. As small business owners, all we control is what we do each day for our clients.

My fingers still auto-type distractions when tired. But redirecting to AI brings me back to work mode. Ask: 'What's the smallest productive action right now?' Simple hack. Game changer.

The most valuable asset we have is attention. Everyone wants it. So here's your choice: consume or create. Remove social apps. Block sites. Redirect to ChatGPT. Make distraction work for you.

No, they don't have Europe's historical buildings or freedom to protest. But if you have the opportunity, come try out a positive vision of the future. I think you'll like it.

Living in Singapore or Dubai feels like living in the future. Everything works, it's safe, it's exciting. Choosing where you live is the most important choice you make for happiness and opportunity.

Setting up business in both: hours or days, low cost, foreign ownership allowed. Banking straightforward. Singapore edges digital and crypto framework. Dubai wins on visa openness.

Singapore: steady 28-32°C, tropical, humid. Dubai: winter is lovely, summer is brutal. 45°C is hard to describe. Pro tip: only tourists walk everywhere. The rest of us live in aircon bubbles.

Singapore: 22% max tax, no capital gains. Dubai: 0% personal, 9% corporate. World class infrastructure in both. Singapore gets you other ways though - most expensive city to live in.

Singapore #1 safest country globally. Dubai top 5. Until you live without crime, you don't realise the mental tax of constantly protecting yourself and belongings. Safe countries free up bandwidth.

People focus on low tax. That's not why these cities work. They're entrepreneurial places with high living standards and zero crime. Exactly the environment you'd pay a premium for.

I've lived in Singapore 14 years. Thought it was the most exciting entrepreneurial city in the world. Until Dubai said 'hold my hookah.' Both are incredible. Here's the breakdown.

If you're an entrepreneur without an advisory board, you're giving up an unbelievable advantage. Business is about results. You don't get points for doing things the hard way.

Richard Branson on your advisory board sounds great. But would he remember what it's like to be resource-constrained? You don't need advisors 10 steps ahead. You need people 1-2 steps ahead.

You can't partner with Disney on day one. Start small, build credibility, leverage up. Just because your competitor could be your collaborator doesn't mean it happens without proof.

Lego was $800m in debt in the early 2000s. Today they're $13 billion. How? They stopped seeing competitors as threats and started seeing them as collaboration opportunities. Back to the brick.