Graves funded the first Raising Cane's with boilermakers, realtors, and a bookie
Todd Graves · Raising Cane's: Todd Graves · Apr 25, 2022 · at 45:09
Todd Graves, founder of Raising Cane's, describes raising the initial angel capital needed to open his very first restaurant at LSU.
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“Two of my investors were bowler makers that I had worked with. They live, these are like, 10,000 dollar investors, 5000 dollar investors. One was Mr. Red Reynolds, our realtor. Another one was a high school friend that actually worked bullermaking with me out there. He said, you're gonna make this thing work. And then my bookie, of all things, my college bookie. He paid cash.”
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