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made hella gains on tesla. put 30k in at $180 PPS. Other then that have money in roth, 401, and a couple index funds. Spending money right now on supplements (multi, creatine, pre, and protein powder) and hella meat

 
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I increased public markets exposure via index fund, pretty boring. But had nothing there for a long time lol.

REPE, put some $ to work via a GP I’ve known for a while. 

I am largely in my own deals though, which I guess would be like investing in the PE fund you work at or something. 

I’ve done quite a few deals for minority stakes in small early stage cos ranging from tech/SaaS to dental roll ups with $5m - $20m in rev. I like these a lot because they are fcf+ and not doing the venture thing. Usually growing nicely every year, etc. I wish I had WAY more of this deal flow as it’s the easiest 30%+ IRR lol but I can’t find as much as I’d like. Hard to find good founders/operators… These deals are cheap because the companies are way too small for PE and as an individual, I am more flexible than any fund can be  

I suppose I am heavy on cash too but I am very conservative there and like a nice cash buffer to attack good opportunities when they pop up. 

Would love more niche software with small TAM… But maybe I should just buy some constellation stock and call it a day :-)

Would also love to find more emerging managers but most seem to be lazy. 

 

hope it works out, that would be really cool

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thanks it's going pretty good in terms of getting a ton of cool shit made but I can't figure out distribution aspect at all. pretty much need to either get super lucky with some random press or random famous person (artist) getting wind of what I am doing or need to sync up with a label or music manager who knows what they are doing (which seems like the more likely to happen route but still pretty hard especially cause what I am doing is cool but maybe not super 'commercial' and legit everyone 'in the business' who I get in contact with either scums me - like paid 4 dudes with legit experience for 'advice' who all ignored me when I tried to reach out after the advice call - or just stops responding after a while). anyways gonna keep trying it's only been like a little bit over a year.

 

Co-invested with my fund on last deal and will be putting in a bit more EOY. Have a couple of single stock names I've put decent amounts into. Looking at putting what other money I have into some real estate.

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