December 23, 2024 • 10 mins
2024 Year in Review - Success is Manufactured - HARVEST TIME IN 2025!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's my twenty twenty four year end review. We're finally here, man.
I remember last year I did a year end review
all about the AI that I was digging into, and
this year it's all about deployment of cash into amazing startups.
Let's talk about it. We hear at the Stas Fund
(00:25):
are proud of our venture studio portfolio companies. Twenty twenty
four has been our heaviest deployment year, as we've invested
in sixteen operators spanning eight companies. Our hashtag venture media
approach is more than working. We're expecting amazing returns and
success from our investments in twenty twenty five and beyond.
So here's twenty twenty four. By the simple numbers, we've
(00:48):
raised over nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars and deployed
it into startups. Four out of eight already have traction
and revenue and net positive returns. The average age of
our operators. For some of you, this might be surprising,
but forty five and a half years old is the
average age of our operators. Very simply, we value experience
(01:11):
over your idea, and the oldest operators already have decades
of experience that they can deploy into a solution that
they know how to build. This is the secret sauce. Friends.
We have over seven hundred and twenty thousand subscribers on
all social media for the investments that we've made, and
(01:32):
we have over one point seven billion yes with the
B one point seven almost two billion views and impressions
from all of our social media marketing. Now, we did
have one of our investments blow up this year, so
that's a big, heavy heavy anchor to those numbers. But
we have reached one point seven billion eyeballs this year
(01:54):
in all of our investments. Finally, several startups are ready
for follow on funding. So if you are an accredited
investor you're interested in making and compounding your value next year,
hit me up. So let's first talk about the venture
media model revisited. Some of you guys might not know
about the model that we created in twenty nineteen for
(02:15):
our venture studio, which is called Venture Media. It's combining
four indomitable vectors of profit creation, platform, market fit people,
market fit, technological engineering over financial engineering, and community. We
not only invest in amazing humans, but we give them
our media megaphone to manufacture growth. Obviously, I'm deeply involved
(02:36):
in the building out of all of these startups as well,
and the future of venture investing cannot merely be cutting
a check and hoping and praying it'll work out. The
best vcs are the ones who dig in and actually
provide value through work effort. This is what venture media
is all about. A venture capitalist today needs to deploy
(02:56):
money into startups and then give them a media megaphone
behind them. So let's talk about a couple of investments
that I'm really proud of in twenty twenty four. Not
that I'm not proud of all of them, but these
are the ones that are crushing it. Let's put it
that way. Twenty twenty four has been a very productive
year as we've moved out of the bear market into
the next bull run cycle of bitcoin. Frankly, all of
(03:19):
twenty twenty two to twenty twenty four we've been building,
and these have been the building years of deploying capital
into startups and helping them establish the rails for profitability.
I fully see twenty twenty five being the year of harvest,
and we're exactly where we need to be for the
fruits to emerge in tremendous ways. So first up, the
racing world needs Web three. I love this startup. It's
(03:43):
so close to my heart. Millions of racers all over
the world need funding to go fast, whether it's car, motorcycle, cart, boat, plane, train,
drone or any racing machine. Millions of drivers need a
place to receive sponsorship. Garage Ideas is the go fund
me for the racing world. If you think about this,
(04:04):
never been built before, That's why we invested in it.
Thousands of racing series globally don't share driver data, team data,
racing machine data, or series results data. Garage ID is
the global database for drivers, race teams, and race organizers
of any racing series out there. So think about this
(04:26):
taking over the data aspect of the racing world sounds juicy.
I'm proud of our initial investment and successful rays of
two hundred and sixty three thousand dollars for garage I
D earlier this year. Look forward to seeing their product
in major racing series in twenty twenty five and a
brand new racing series for college students. Oo are we
(04:48):
creating something brand new? A racing series for students. Garage
ID is looking for follow on investment and we're looking
for networks in a racing series, clubs, racing clubs and
drivers of all time of all kinds. So if you're
in the racing world, hit me up. We have a
great investment in Web three, changing up and helping the
(05:10):
racing world amalgamate, conglomerate and leverage all of that data.
Sounds good? Next up, We love at the STOs Fund
here profiting from knowable cycles. It's fundamentally clear that bitcoin
is not going away. As a survivor since twenty eleven,
a bitcoin miner since twenty twelve, and an investor in
(05:33):
startups in Web three and bitcoin in twenty sixteen, we
have successfully profited off the last three noble cycles of bitcoin.
Bitcoin Mining World is one of the ones that are
profiting off the known knowns of bitcoin mining through education,
media and marketplace accessibility, and we are happy to be
early investors into that. High net worth investors and the
(05:54):
crypto curious are learning that parking unused assets into consistent
yield platforms is in a new wave of compounding value
based on noble cycles of cryptocurrency, and we here at
the STOs Fund are using financial engineering and staking platforms
to create exponential value. Another investment that we're really excited
about is hashed Alpha Fintech, also known as hashed dot
(06:17):
af is a net positive loan vehicle that has grown
over eight hundred thousand dollars in just the last two months.
My friends. So we're looking for accredited and non accredited
investors who want outsized returns in the next cycle and
exposure to digital currencies. We have a very attractive loan
terms plus really attractive balloon options at the end of it.
(06:41):
Next up, we're bringing the world of entrepreneurs and investors
to myself and to you. You may have read my
solution to a major personal problem that I've been trying
to solve for years now as a venture capitalist, how
do I bring the great ideas, great people, and great
invent together. After rallying three amazing women founders, we've seeded
(07:04):
the capitol and begun an exciting adventure to bring the
world's first quarterly conference to life. It's called the full
Stack Business Builder Conference and Community, and it's been launched
to bring experts of business building to you and the world.
The world needs a product that brings fresh experts to
them every ninety days. In Infinite Business Library of Content,
to pull from and a community of business builders that
(07:26):
will help them. The full stack business Builder network is
exactly the infinite content funnel that businesses need now. So
we're bringing that. Our speaker list of forty two speakers
for January twenty second, twenty twenty five is full or
almost full. We're still looking for some speakers in the
financial tracks for webinars, interviews and the next conference as well.
(07:51):
We're also looking for sponsors and advertisers who understand the
value of getting in front of millions of business builders
online and millions of eyeball yes. In summary twenty twenty four,
I've been purified in twenty twenty four. Misogi is a
Japanese Shinto ritual of purification that can involve a variety
of practices, including an annual challenge. A Missogi challenge involves
(08:15):
doing something difficult once a year that shapes the rest
of the year. This is something that you focus on
to achieve, or attempt or execute against in the greater
pursuit of self improvement. While you guys know that I
don't do New Year's resolutions, as I have written about
this before, I believe that this year of twenty twenty
four I finally reached the endgame of my content creation.
(08:36):
I have for years doled out daily content in the
realms of business building, entrepreneurship, investing, agile, marketing and branding,
and personal development. These pieces of content have been spread
out all over the internets for a decade on a
multiplicity of platforms. This is completely my fault. Frankly, I
didn't start a twenty twenty four with a Missogi challenge,
But as you've read previously, I've spent long hours focusing
(08:59):
on how I could centralize my content and bring everybody
here in one place. Apparently my attempt is rewarded, or
was rewarded this year with a solution that serves all
of my investments and myself. It's amazing that the focused
intention to solve personal problems can achieve the full Stack
Business Builder Conference. The latest investment that we've made is
(09:20):
the solution that I've been dreaming of. The TLDR of
twenty twenty four Learning, Well, it's all about learning. This year,
I've made investments that not only align to our sec
Finnra thesis and as a regulated entity, but I've made
investments into things I deeply care about and know a
lot about. While this should always be the case for investors,
(09:40):
this year I've leveled up as a human and capital deployer.
I've become better at helping my investments win. Turns out,
when you invest in areas of personal passion with deep
competence attached, people get rich. In twenty twenty five, we reap.
May it be so for you. I'm manifesting success for
you now, all the best
It's my twenty twenty four year end review. We're finally here, man.
I remember last year I did a year end review
all about the AI that I was digging into, and
this year it's all about deployment of cash into amazing startups.
Let's talk about it. We hear at the Stas Fund
(00:25):
are proud of our venture studio portfolio companies. Twenty twenty
four has been our heaviest deployment year, as we've invested
in sixteen operators spanning eight companies. Our hashtag venture media
approach is more than working. We're expecting amazing returns and
success from our investments in twenty twenty five and beyond.
So here's twenty twenty four. By the simple numbers, we've
(00:48):
raised over nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars and deployed
it into startups. Four out of eight already have traction
and revenue and net positive returns. The average age of
our operators. For some of you, this might be surprising,
but forty five and a half years old is the
average age of our operators. Very simply, we value experience
(01:11):
over your idea, and the oldest operators already have decades
of experience that they can deploy into a solution that
they know how to build. This is the secret sauce. Friends.
We have over seven hundred and twenty thousand subscribers on
all social media for the investments that we've made, and
(01:32):
we have over one point seven billion yes with the
B one point seven almost two billion views and impressions
from all of our social media marketing. Now, we did
have one of our investments blow up this year, so
that's a big, heavy heavy anchor to those numbers. But
we have reached one point seven billion eyeballs this year
(01:54):
in all of our investments. Finally, several startups are ready
for follow on funding. So if you are an accredited
investor you're interested in making and compounding your value next year,
hit me up. So let's first talk about the venture
media model revisited. Some of you guys might not know
about the model that we created in twenty nineteen for
(02:15):
our venture studio, which is called Venture Media. It's combining
four indomitable vectors of profit creation, platform, market fit people,
market fit, technological engineering over financial engineering, and community. We
not only invest in amazing humans, but we give them
our media megaphone to manufacture growth. Obviously, I'm deeply involved
(02:36):
in the building out of all of these startups as well,
and the future of venture investing cannot merely be cutting
a check and hoping and praying it'll work out. The
best vcs are the ones who dig in and actually
provide value through work effort. This is what venture media
is all about. A venture capitalist today needs to deploy
(02:56):
money into startups and then give them a media megaphone
behind them. So let's talk about a couple of investments
that I'm really proud of in twenty twenty four. Not
that I'm not proud of all of them, but these
are the ones that are crushing it. Let's put it
that way. Twenty twenty four has been a very productive
year as we've moved out of the bear market into
the next bull run cycle of bitcoin. Frankly, all of
(03:19):
twenty twenty two to twenty twenty four we've been building,
and these have been the building years of deploying capital
into startups and helping them establish the rails for profitability.
I fully see twenty twenty five being the year of harvest,
and we're exactly where we need to be for the
fruits to emerge in tremendous ways. So first up, the
racing world needs Web three. I love this startup. It's
(03:43):
so close to my heart. Millions of racers all over
the world need funding to go fast, whether it's car, motorcycle, cart, boat, plane, train,
drone or any racing machine. Millions of drivers need a
place to receive sponsorship. Garage Ideas is the go fund
me for the racing world. If you think about this,
(04:04):
never been built before, That's why we invested in it.
Thousands of racing series globally don't share driver data, team data,
racing machine data, or series results data. Garage ID is
the global database for drivers, race teams, and race organizers
of any racing series out there. So think about this
(04:26):
taking over the data aspect of the racing world sounds juicy.
I'm proud of our initial investment and successful rays of
two hundred and sixty three thousand dollars for garage I
D earlier this year. Look forward to seeing their product
in major racing series in twenty twenty five and a
brand new racing series for college students. Oo are we
(04:48):
creating something brand new? A racing series for students. Garage
ID is looking for follow on investment and we're looking
for networks in a racing series, clubs, racing clubs and
drivers of all time of all kinds. So if you're
in the racing world, hit me up. We have a
great investment in Web three, changing up and helping the
(05:10):
racing world amalgamate, conglomerate and leverage all of that data.
Sounds good? Next up, We love at the STOs Fund
here profiting from knowable cycles. It's fundamentally clear that bitcoin
is not going away. As a survivor since twenty eleven,
a bitcoin miner since twenty twelve, and an investor in
(05:33):
startups in Web three and bitcoin in twenty sixteen, we
have successfully profited off the last three noble cycles of bitcoin.
Bitcoin Mining World is one of the ones that are
profiting off the known knowns of bitcoin mining through education,
media and marketplace accessibility, and we are happy to be
early investors into that. High net worth investors and the
(05:54):
crypto curious are learning that parking unused assets into consistent
yield platforms is in a new wave of compounding value
based on noble cycles of cryptocurrency, and we here at
the STOs Fund are using financial engineering and staking platforms
to create exponential value. Another investment that we're really excited
about is hashed Alpha Fintech, also known as hashed dot
(06:17):
af is a net positive loan vehicle that has grown
over eight hundred thousand dollars in just the last two months.
My friends. So we're looking for accredited and non accredited
investors who want outsized returns in the next cycle and
exposure to digital currencies. We have a very attractive loan
terms plus really attractive balloon options at the end of it.
(06:41):
Next up, we're bringing the world of entrepreneurs and investors
to myself and to you. You may have read my
solution to a major personal problem that I've been trying
to solve for years now as a venture capitalist, how
do I bring the great ideas, great people, and great
invent together. After rallying three amazing women founders, we've seeded
(07:04):
the capitol and begun an exciting adventure to bring the
world's first quarterly conference to life. It's called the full
Stack Business Builder Conference and Community, and it's been launched
to bring experts of business building to you and the world.
The world needs a product that brings fresh experts to
them every ninety days. In Infinite Business Library of Content,
to pull from and a community of business builders that
(07:26):
will help them. The full stack business Builder network is
exactly the infinite content funnel that businesses need now. So
we're bringing that. Our speaker list of forty two speakers
for January twenty second, twenty twenty five is full or
almost full. We're still looking for some speakers in the
financial tracks for webinars, interviews and the next conference as well.
(07:51):
We're also looking for sponsors and advertisers who understand the
value of getting in front of millions of business builders
online and millions of eyeball yes. In summary twenty twenty four,
I've been purified in twenty twenty four. Misogi is a
Japanese Shinto ritual of purification that can involve a variety
of practices, including an annual challenge. A Missogi challenge involves
(08:15):
doing something difficult once a year that shapes the rest
of the year. This is something that you focus on
to achieve, or attempt or execute against in the greater
pursuit of self improvement. While you guys know that I
don't do New Year's resolutions, as I have written about
this before, I believe that this year of twenty twenty
four I finally reached the endgame of my content creation.
(08:36):
I have for years doled out daily content in the
realms of business building, entrepreneurship, investing, agile, marketing and branding,
and personal development. These pieces of content have been spread
out all over the internets for a decade on a
multiplicity of platforms. This is completely my fault. Frankly, I
didn't start a twenty twenty four with a Missogi challenge,
But as you've read previously, I've spent long hours focusing
(08:59):
on how I could centralize my content and bring everybody
here in one place. Apparently my attempt is rewarded, or
was rewarded this year with a solution that serves all
of my investments and myself. It's amazing that the focused
intention to solve personal problems can achieve the full Stack
Business Builder Conference. The latest investment that we've made is
(09:20):
the solution that I've been dreaming of. The TLDR of
twenty twenty four Learning, Well, it's all about learning. This year,
I've made investments that not only align to our sec
Finnra thesis and as a regulated entity, but I've made
investments into things I deeply care about and know a
lot about. While this should always be the case for investors,
(09:40):
this year I've leveled up as a human and capital deployer.
I've become better at helping my investments win. Turns out,
when you invest in areas of personal passion with deep
competence attached, people get rich. In twenty twenty five, we reap.
May it be so for you. I'm manifesting success for
you now, all the best
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