Chris Camillo | Laughing at Wall Street by Keynote Speaker John Livesay

TSP027 | Chris Camillo – Laughing at Wall Street

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Episode Summary

Chris Camillo has an amazing story on how he turned $20,000 into $2 million through investing wisely in Wall Street. He wrote a book on how he was able to identify game-changing trends before anyone else entitled, Laughing at Wall Street. Chris is now the Co-Founder of a recently launched product called TickerTags. TickerTags analyzes and searches for changing trends on social media based on user-defined keywords. Chris talks about TickerTags, raising $1.5 million at the seed round stage, and how he was able to spot trends before Wall Street financial analysts.

Key Takeaways

02:20 – Why does Chris love startups?
04:05 – How did Chris turn $20k into $2 million?
07:45 – Chris shares a story on how you can spot trends before the financial analysts do.
10:10 – Chris talks about TickerTags.
14:20 – It’s a fantastic time to be an stock market investor, because technology is making it easier.
16:35 – Chris talks on how he plans to monetize TickerTags.
19:40 – How did Chris raise $1.5 million at the seed round stage?
21:00 – You must establish yourself as a thought leader.
23:00 – When investors trust in your team, it makes it easy for them to invest.
24:20 – Every entrepreneur should plan to raise money from their customers first.
26:20 – When your customers turn into investors, you have traction.
29:00 – Always be upfront with your hurdles and know your competitors.
33:30 – Chris suggests to regularly read blogs and to keep up to date with the startup finance space.
34:45 – Sign up to TickerTags and mention you heard about them on this podcast to get past the waiting list faster.

Tweetables

[Tweet “All change is detectable.”]
[Tweet “Be upfront about your hurdles in your pitch.”]
[Tweet “Know ALL your competitors when you pitch.”]
[Tweet “Be a thought leader to get funding.”]
[Tweet “New investors are successful startups not bankers.”]