30 minute intro call with a billionaire

There’s an old saying:

If you want advice, ask for money.

If you want money, ask for advice.

Do with that what you will

I have Mark Cuban’s email address courtesy of MasterClass but haven’t pulled the trigger.

Here is your master plan:

Assuming it’s a video call –

1) Make a list of questions on a very large legal pad which will be used for your conversation (make sure the camera picks it up in the bottom of the frame).
2) Draw a bunch of obscure, unrelated things in the middle of the pad to make it look cluttered.
3) About 3/4 of the way down write “OFFERS” and retrace it with your pen multiple times so it is nice and bold – hard to miss.
4) Make a list of names beneath that with massive sums of money next to it.
5) Leave the pad on the table and go to the restroom.
6) Get rich.
7) Send everyone on this thread part of your winnings.

Talk to him like a normal human being. Ask him what life is like.

Maybe I’m wrong, but as a tech guy, what I learned is that big money is not made necessarily because your product is good. And, what is big money anyway?
You need to have business connections willing to join you. Directors. Managers. Sells people. A good product without business is useless, nobody buys it. The other way around is also true.

Ask him the top 3 decisions that he believed most helped him to where he is.

I would simply ask why the need to be a billionaire and not “retire” after making 100m? I’m curious what makes you push it to have that amount of money

You want to get their attention – show up to the call with a million dollars in orders for your MVP.

A SWE with an MVP – is nothing. I have 3 MVP sitting on my laptop I built in the past year because I was bored. It’s what software engineers do.

Software MVPs in 2024 are only relevant when they have revenue.

But I think otherwise – they’re only taking this call because you’re local and they’re being a nice neighbor.

https://youtu.be/rFfS2fsEiCI?si=Owg9x_6YcWUOa8WE

Here… be authentic and never go under a decent level.

I got to know many multi millionaires and billionaires, and when they started to annoy me sometimes, i always stood my ground and convinced them about me. I rejected some, and sometimes we tried some things, but i fact… i have my own way, and these hierachies are useless when someone really wants to help. The biggest billionaires, also mentally, always gave me some directions of inner work, and i have done it. Now im on my own way, building my own international empire and having some multi millionaires, asking me for advice. So there never is a fixed value, you know?

For me, it helped earlier, when i had a much bigger project and responsibility than my own human being actually is. So i can’t flee or do stupid things. I also had a couple of years, waering suits nonstop to convince myself for change. After that years i had a random situation, my suits were all in wash and i was worried about my success and to my luck, this partner were very sensitive and i had success. I tried it a couple of times more and saw that im even stronger without the suit suddenly. Now, when i have a meeting with banks or other superficial institutions, im wearing a suit and have much more power. So i do it sleeping, i could say. And like above in a comment… It’s right… your individual being is important. About money, job skills, etc. This is all you can read in books. But interesting to a billionaire is what he can’t read in a book.

Be aware that a billionaire is always a generalist. Just learning skills to be able to communicate with experts he needs for bringing his responsibilities into the world. It seems that they are specialists (millionaires are), but they can’t be specialists. You can’t have such a big spirit when you drown in datas. Billionaires need big special networks, and thats what they care about.

Even negotiations are jobs for lawyers and specialists in analytics and statistics and much more. Billionaires have a life mission and try to communicate with you.

For example, my poor family always said they are superficial and have no skills. The billionaires or millionaires they got to know were the same thing. Network focused. Of course, they can’t talk about these deep skills and experiences in special jobs. I think these are some total underrated information. I got it in my own way. Maybe that’s why not many people see that. Who is going to build up such things, you know? :/

And maybe to calm you down a bit… there are more billionaires than the official numbers out there. When you see that big family offices or private equity firms, the universities and their supporters, the companies like blackrock, birkshire hattaway, the banks, the monarchs, the olligarchs, especially russians… you have so many of them… even associations and other organisations… so… when one or even 10 billionaires are not matching to you… dont worry.

And be aware of your own power. It is a saying that 1% of all people in the world will match you 100%. That would be around 80 million people. And when you have a partner.. the same is for your partner… makes 160 million people. And now see how much people the biggest companies have… theres a ton of potential because they are mostly numbers focused, and this is falling apart with new generations, looking for ideologies and sense. And what could work better than a real spirit, matching to you, because you ARE? Nothing.

So even billionaires do not fully use their potential because they are sometimes too focused on details. But that’s not wrong. I just wanted to show it up. Happieness and real fulfillment are like this. 🙂 It better have freedom and health than working too much.

Have an awesome meeting! Greetings from Germany. 🙂

I would make the most of every moment. Don’t apologize, show appreciation. The worst thing is to sit with someone give them your time and half of it is dedicated to things I can’t help with. Be confident, they’re not above you, you’re both colleagues. Be excited about your product and sharing it with someone important.