Jake Paul relies on friends to evaluate founders who flatter him
Jake Paul · Inside Jake Paul’s Empire: $200M Boxing Earnings to $65M+ Tech Investing · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea · Feb 11, 2026 · at 52:45
Jake Paul, professional boxer and co-founder of Anti Fund, explains how he avoids fraudsters and insincere actors as a high-profile celebrity.
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“People act differently in front of me than my friends. So people, people show me their best side and I actually like will ask my friends what they think of someone because They're not, like, kissing ass, essentially.”
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