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This episode of Making Billions with Ryan Miller and Christopher Zook breaks down 5 market-beating themes: GP stakes, professional sports, the $100T energy transition, space commercialization, and AI plumbing.

How can investors find non-correlated returns when the top 10 stocks dictate the entire market?

Zook, who co-authored "The Holy Grail of Investing" with Tony Robbins, reveals why the current SEC shift allowing 401(k) access to alternatives is launching the "Golden Age of Alts."

[THE HOST]: Ryan Miller is a fund manager, capital strategist, and former CFO turned angel investor in technology and energy. He is the founder of Fund Raise Capital and Aequor Capital Partners, and has mentored over 1,000 fund managers across private equity, private credit, venture capital, real estate, and alternative assets globally.

[THE GUEST]: Christopher Zook is the founder, Chairman, and Chief Investment Officer of CAZ Investments, which he established in 2001. He co-authored, “The Holy Grail of Investing” with Tony Robbins, a New York Times bestseller.

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In this episode of Making Billions, Ryan Miller explains why a fund is a scaling vehicle, not a launching vehicle, emphasizing that the $100 million equity floor is the minimum threshold for operational viability.

For fund managers and high-net-worth investors, understanding the math behind management fees and unavoidable OPEX is the first step in avoiding the common "10-year trap" that kills most emerging managers.

How do you launch a fund without going broke?

Build the $100M Floor: Only launch a blind-pool fund when you have enough equity to cover the $250k+ in annual operating costs.

Use SPVs to Scale: Prove your track record through deal-by-deal vehicles before committing to the complexity of a full fund structure.

Sequence Trust First: Establish your brand through content and consistent returns so that LPs are ready to commit before you pay for formation.

[THE HOST]: Ryan Miller is a fund manager, capital strategist, and former CFO turned angel investor in technology and energy. He is the founder of Fund Raise Capital and Aequor Capital Partners, and has mentored over 1,000 fund managers across private equity, private credit, venture capital, real estate, and alternative assets globally.

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How do I identify 'value leaks' during an M&A audit?

This episode of Making Billions with Ryan Miller outlines a professional framework for conducting a Quality of Earnings (QofE) assessment, focusing on the transition from cash-basis to accrual accounting and the elimination of "invisible" value erosion during the due diligence phase.

For fund managers and private equity leads, the primary challenge is not the bid price, but the normalization of EBITDA and the stabilization of working capital.

[THE HOST]: Ryan Miller is a fund manager, capital strategist, and former CFO turned angel investor in technology and energy. He is the founder of Fund Raise Capital and Aequor Capital Partners, and has mentored over 1,000 fund managers across private equity, private credit, venture capital, real estate, and alternative assets globally.

[THE GUEST]: Holli Moeini is a seasoned M&A strategist, financial expert, and the author of "The Missing Millions."

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This episode of Making Billions with Ryan Miller provides the verified, step-by-step 90-day raise system that utilizes recent regulatory shifts and founder psychology to compress the timeline from "maybe" to "wired."

This is about building a systematic engine that replaces expensive networking and "conference prayers" with institutional-grade execution and demonstrable asset management authority.

By the end of this masterclass, you will understand how to weaponize your deal pipeline and architecture a "FOMO Close" that commands respect from every family office and institutional investor you encounter.

Start executing the 90-day blueprint today.

[THE HOST]: Ryan Miller is a fund manager, capital strategist, and former CFO turned angel investor in technology and energy. He is the founder of Fund Raise Capital and Aequor Capital Partners, and has mentored over 1,000 fund managers across private equity, private credit, venture capital, real estate, and alternative assets globally.

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Wall Street spends billions on market data, yet almost nothing on the one "edge" that actually separates fund titans from the rest: the biology of decision-making.

In this episode of Making Billions, host Ryan Miller is joined by 25-year Wall Street veteran and elite performance coach Evan Marks to pull back the curtain on the "hidden interferences" that sabotage professional investors.

[THE HOST]: Ryan Miller is a fund manager, capital strategist, and former CFO turned angel investor in technology and energy. He is the founder of Fund Raise Capital and Aequor Capital Partners, and has mentored over 1,000 fund managers across private equity, private credit, venture capital, real estate, and alternative assets globally.

[THE GUEST]: Evan Marks is the founder of M1 Performance Group and a former Wall Street portfolio manager with over 25 years of trading experience. Evan is a renowned expert in emotional regulation and the "Aggressive Patience" performance framework.

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Is your fund missing the biggest regulatory shift in a decade?

On August 7, 2025, President Trump signed the historic Executive Order "Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors," effectively ending the "red light" era for private equity in retirement plans.

This is not just a policy change; it is the total destruction of the barriers that kept $12.5 trillion in retirement capital locked in "tired" mutual funds.

For the first time, the door is wide open for private equity, private credit, and real estate to become the new standard in American retirement.

[THE HOST]: Ryan Miller is a fund manager, capital strategist, and former CFO turned angel investor in technology and energy. He is the founder of Fund Raise Capital and Aequor Capital Partners, and has mentored over 1,000 fund managers across private equity, private credit, venture capital, real estate, and alternative assets globally.

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How to Institutionalize a Family Office Mindset in Private Equity

Ever wondered how a $1 billion private equity firm protects family legacies while delivering market-beating returns?

In this episode of Making Billions, host Ryan Miller interviews Andy Unanue, Managing Partner of AUA Private Equity, to break down the exact framework for institutionalizing a family office mindset into a scalable investment platform. This is the essential guide for fund managers, family office principals, and venture capital investors who want to master control investing and portfolio company governance.

Learn how to maintain control without being "controlling" and why treating founders with respect is the most effective underwriting filter for long-term private equity success.

[THE HOST]: Ryan Miller is a fund manager, capital strategist, and former CFO turned angel investor in technology and energy. He is the founder of Fund Raise Capital and Aequor Capital Partners, and has mentored over 1,000 fund managers across private equity, private credit, venture capital, real estate, and alternative assets globally.

[THE GUEST]: Andy Unanue is the Managing Partner of AUA Private Equity Partners, a $1 billion AUM/AUA firm specializing in the lower middle market.

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What is the best way to raise capital from family offices in 2026?

The answer lies in transitioning from a "deal jockey" to a "solution architect."

As of 2026, global family office wealth has reached $5.5 trillion, with projections hitting $9.5 trillion by 2030. For fund managers, venture capital investors, and private equity GPs, this represents the most significant pool of patient, flexible capital available today.

In this episode of Making Billions, host Ryan Miller breaks down the institutional-grade frameworks required to close sophisticated LPs. Learn why 83% of family office startup deals are now structured as co-investments and how to use tools like FINTRX, AdvizorPro, and the Fund Raise Capital CRM to identify the right decision-makers.

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