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Hamed: Taking both operator risk and capital markets risk is a bad investment
“You can't take both operator risk and capital markets risk. That becomes a bad investment idea.”
Ali Hamed Mar 25, 2024 ▶ 11:35 I asked a $2B investment genius for his best startup ideas (and it was genius)
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Hamed: Credit investing has no glory, like shooting penalty kicks
“Being in credit. It's like being a professional free throw shooter. You know, it's like, there's not, there's no glory or professional penalty kicker. Whenever I'm watching a soccer match, everybody loves PKs and I'm looking, I'm like, this reminds me of my jo…”
Ali Hamed Mar 25, 2024 ▶ 55:50 I asked a $2B investment genius for his best startup ideas (and it was genius)
Disclosure
CoVenture: Targets cash-positive firms with $50M-$150M revenue for hybrid fund
“The perfect business for us does something between fifty and one hundred fifty million dollars of revenues. You know, they're cashflow positive. They do seven, eight figures of EBITDA. They're growing above 10, 15%, probably under 50%.”
Ali Hamed Mar 25, 2024 ▶ 53:01 I asked a $2B investment genius for his best startup ideas (and it was genius)
Disclosure
Hamed: CoVenture focuses on housing shortages and founder-investor price discovery
“So the two main themes that we've been spending time on are one, you know, the lack of housing and two, the price discovery between founders and investors.”
Ali Hamed Mar 25, 2024 ▶ 1:09 I asked a $2B investment genius for his best startup ideas (and it was genius)
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