SHOW ME THE MONEY: How to Raise $100k in 5 Mins! (No Investors Required)
🎉 How To Raise $100K in 5 Minutes (No Investors Required!)
"If you're looking for funding in 2025, I would tell you not to! Instead figure out how to use sweat equity to build it on your own."
— Mark Cuban, Shark Tank
Cuban's right about one thing. Fundraising in 2025 is brutal!
VCs are gatekeeping harder than ever and only the lucky few are getting a seat at their table.
🤫 Here's the real truth: There is still lots of funding out there and it's just waiting to be claimed.
At Backable, we love challenges like this, while everyone's fighting over VC deals, we are helping our founders think outside the box.
There are funding opportunities hidden in plain sight, waiting for founders bold enough to crack the code.
💸 Introducing "SHOW ME THE MONEY!"
Brought to you by Backable Ventures x Does
It's a new live event & speaker series for founders, entrepreneurs and creators ready to think outside the box and unlock alternative funding sources without giving up equity.
SESSION 1: How to Raise $100,000 in 5 Mins!
Using the Corporate Cash Playbook - How to Turn Marketing Budgets Into Your Personal ATM
This isn't theory.
This is a proven playbook that's generated millions in non-dilutive funding for a founder who got tired of pitching VCs.
Fireside Chat with Georgina N. (Founder - Backable Ventures) and Akil Benjamin (Founder - DOES).
Akil has closed multiple six-figure deals with mega corporate brands such as Morgan Stanley, Somerset House, Lloyds Bank, M&C Saatchi and Allica Bank all without giving up any equity.
🔥 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
✅ THE 5-MINUTE FRAMEWORK - The exact conversation structure that turns cold corporate meetings into $100K+ deals (we'll break down real deals, word-for-word)
✅ CORPORATE MIND READING - How to decode what Fortune 500 corporate brands actually want to buy (hint: it's not what you think you're selling)
✅ THE LANGUAGE SWITCH - Why "partnership" gets you meetings, but "value exchange" gets you paid.
🤩 WHO SHOULD BE THERE:
Early-stage founders tired of the VC hamster wheel
Creative entrepreneurs ready to graduate from passion project to profit machine
Pre-seed builders who know their worth but need the cash to prove it
Creators building bold, bootstrapped ideas
Startup teams ready to speak the language of corporate money
Anyone who's ever thought "There has to be a better way than this"
THE BOTTOM LINE:
This isn't about begging for breadcrumbs. This is about claiming your seat at a feast most founders don't even know exists.
"There is money out there. You just have to know where to look and how to ask."
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