Making Billions: The Private Equity Podcast for Fund Managers, Alternative Asset Managers, and Venture Capital Investors
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Thanks for listening to another episode of Making Billions with Ryan Miller: The Private Equity Podcast for Fund Managers, Startup Founders, and Venture Capital Investors. This show covers topics connecting you to some of the best investment funds that won in their industry—from making money and motivation to alternative investments, fund managers, entrepreneurs, investors, innovators, capital raisers, money mavericks, and industry titans. If you want to start a business, understand investment funds that won the game, and how the top 0.01% made it, then this show will give you the answers!
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Send a text "RAISE CAPITAL LIKE A LEGEND: https://go.fundraisecapital.co/apply" How do you spot billion-dollar founders? Ryan Miller (Angel Investor) and Kristina Simmons (Overwater Ventures) identify the "Answer-First" framework—evaluating founder psychology and commercialization potential over traditional pitch decks—as the key to elite early-stage investing on this episode of Making Billions. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTOe79EXLDsROQ0z3YLnu1QQ Connect wit...
Send a text "RAISE CAPITAL LIKE A LEGEND: https://go.fundraisecapital.co/apply" DOWNLOAD The DPI Liquidity Execution Pack: https://go.fundraisecapital.co/dpi-execution-pack The Private Equity market in 2026 is facing a massive DPI liquidity trap with a $3.2 trillion backlog of unsold companies. Are you a fund manager sitting on unrealized gains but zero cash to distribute to your LPs? In this masterclass, Ryan Miller breaks down the architect’s blueprint for survival, exploring how to m...
Send a text "RAISE CAPITAL LIKE A LEGEND: https://go.fundraisecapital.co/apply" How do you turn a single student rental house into a $10 billion real estate empire? In this episode of Making Billions, host Ryan Miller sits down with Jason Castellan, the Co-Founder and CEO of Skyline Group of Companies, to deconstruct the journey of building one of Canada’s most successful private equity and alternative asset management firms. Jason reveals the three major inflection points that shifted ...
Send a text "RAISE CAPITAL LIKE A LEGEND: https://go.fundraisecapital.co/apply" DOWNLOAD: A decision matrix on Stock versus Asset Purchases at https://go.fundraisecapital.co/stock-vs-asset Stop buying companies like a gambler and start engineering your private equity deals for maximum protection and predictable outcomes. In this masterclass on deal structuring, host Ryan Miller breaks down the critical differences between a Stock Purchase vs. Asset Purchase and why your choice of acquis...
Send a text "RAISE CAPITAL LIKE A LEGEND: https://go.fundraisecapital.co/apply" Is the traditional 60/40 portfolio officially dead? In this episode of Making Billions, host Ryan Miller sits down with Tony Davidow, Senior Alternatives Investment Strategist at the Franklin Templeton Institute, to deconstruct why traditional asset allocation is structurally broken and how private markets are becoming the new foundation for institutional-grade returns. As public markets shrink and become hyper...
Send a text "RAISE CAPITAL LIKE A LEGEND: https://go.fundraisecapital.co/apply" DOWNLOAD "The Institutional Readiness Checklist": https://go.fundraisecapital.co/institutional-readiness-checklist Are you struggling to bridge the gap between retail investors and massive institutional allocators? Most fund managers believe they are getting rejected because of their track record or IRR, but the truth is far more clinical: they simply aren't "institutional ready." In this m...
Send a text "RAISE CAPITAL LIKE A LEGEND: https://go.fundraisecapital.co/apply" Stop picking founders the old school way—it’s the fastest path to investment failure in 2026. In this episode of Making Billions, Ryan Miller sits down with Joe Alalou, General Partner at Daring Ventures, to reveal the new blueprint for Pre-Seed and Venture Capital success. Joe shares the "Daring Ventures" filter for identifying generational founders, in an era where AI has turned technical skills into...
Send a text "RAISE CAPITAL LIKE A LEGEND: https://go.fundraisecapital.co/apply" DOWNLOAD "The UVE Framework Guide": https://go.fundraisecapital.co/uve-framework In this landmark 200th episode of Making Billions, Ryan Miller reveals why the elite top 0.01% of fund managers don't just hustle harder—they master their internal state to dominate the external market. If you’ve ever felt like the chaos of capital raises, deal deadlines, and market volatility was soul-crushing, this episo...
Send a text "RAISE CAPITAL LIKE A LEGEND: https://go.fundraisecapital.co/apply" Are you looking to scale your investment firm or launch a high-performance private equity fund? In this episode of Making Billions, host Ryan Miller sits down with Kim Flynn, President of XA Investments, a leading firm with $1 Billion AUM. Together, they discuss the interval fund market and closed-end fund structures that are currently revolutionizing how alternative asset managers raise capital from the private w...
Send a text "RAISE CAPITAL LIKE A LEGEND: https://go.fundraisecapital.co/apply" DOWNLOAD "The Family Office Blueprint": http://go.fundraisecapital.co/familyofficeblueprint Are you ready to transition from individual success to building a multi-generational legacy? Stop building wealth for a single lifetime and start engineering a legacy that lasts for centuries. In this episode of Making Billions, Ryan Miller breaks down the exact architectural blueprints used by the world’s wealthiest dynast...
Send a text "RAISE CAPITAL LIKE A LEGEND: https://go.fundraisecapital.co/apply" Are you ready to discover how top-tier private equity firms triple the value of companies in just five years? In this episode of Making Billions, Ryan Miller sits down with Eliot Kerlin, Co-Founder and CEO of Broadwing Capital, to lift the veil on the high-powered operational strategies used by institutional investors to transform ordinary businesses into unstoppable growth machines. Whether you are an emerg...
Send a text "RAISE CAPITAL LIKE A LEGEND: https://go.fundraisecapital.co/apply" DOWNLOAD "The Dollar Empire Private Markets Playbook" https://go.fundraisecapital.co/dollar-empire-playbook The financial world is fixated on the wrong metrics. While the media screams about US debt and the trade deficit, these perceived weaknesses are actually the hidden engines driving trillions of dollars directly into private equity, private credit, and venture capital. This is not theory—it's accounting...
Send a text "RAISE CAPITAL LIKE A LEGEND: https://go.fundraisecapital.co/apply" Your Real Estate Strategy might be broken! In this explosive episode of Making Billions, host Ryan Miller dives deep with Dustin Heiner, real estate investor, as he shares his journey from being scammed by a property manager to developing a proprietary system that treats real estate not as an asset class, but as a robust, automated business. Dustin, with a portfolio of 30+ single-family homes (90% paid off) and ne...
Send a text "RAISE CAPITAL LIKE A LEGEND: https://go.fundraisecapital.co/apply" Why do some fund managers and startup founders close oversubscribed fundraising rounds in days, while others chase investors for months with nothing but "maybes"? The secret to raising capital successfully is not just your IRR, deck, or data room—it's mastering The Fundraise Formula. In this powerful episode of Making Billions, host Ryan Miller reveals the simple yet universal law that dictates every successful pr...
Send a text "RAISE CAPITAL LIKE A LEGEND: https://go.fundraisecapital.co/apply" For decades, the 60/40 portfolio—a simple mix of 60% stocks and 40% bonds—was the undisputed king of investment strategy. It was a reliable engine for wealth creation during an era of falling interest rates and cheap capital. That era is over. Today, we face a new reality: persistent structural inflation, crushing US debt levels, and historically dangerous market valuations. The strategy that got generations of in...
Send a text "RAISE CAPITAL LIKE A LEGEND: https://go.fundraisecapital.co/apply" Are you looking to achieve financial freedom by moving beyond the high-risk startup game? This episode of Making Billions is your battle-tested blueprint for entering the world of private equity and small business acquisition. Host Ryan Miller, breaks down the simple but brutally effective PE process: Buy, Fix, and Sell. Discover the massive, often-overlooked $10 trillion wealth transfer opportunity as baby ...
Send a text "RAISE CAPITAL LIKE A LEGEND: https://go.fundraisecapital.co/apply" The AI Gold Rush is here, redefining the venture capital landscape. Billions of dollars are flowing, startup valuations are soaring, and the traditional power dynamics of early-stage investing are being upended. In this explosive episode, host Ryan Miller sits down with Maria Palma, General Partner at Freestyle VC, one of the most disciplined and forward-thinking firms in the industry, specializing in seed-s...
Send a text "RAISE CAPITAL LIKE A LEGEND: https://go.fundraisecapital.co/apply" How do the world's best fund managers turn every dollar into six, year after year, even when the markets are collapsing? It is not luck or insider tips. They use a repeatable, systematic, almost scientific playbook to build their wealth and sustain extraordinary long-term returns. In this deep-dive episode of Making Billions, host Ryan Miller pulls back the velvet rope on elite fund management to expose the three ...
Send a text "RAISE CAPITAL LIKE A LEGEND: https://go.fundraisecapital.co/apply" In this critical episode of Making Billions, host Ryan Miller and alternative asset manager Larry Kriesmer challenge the core tenets of Modern Portfolio Theory. Larry argues that traditional diversification is broken because supposedly uncorrelated assets become correlated during a market crisis (like 2000 or 2008), leaving investors exposed to unlimited loss. This interview is essential for investors, fund manage...
Send a text "RAISE CAPITAL LIKE A LEGEND: https://go.fundraisecapital.co/apply" Here is the truth: most Private Equity CEOs fail within their first 18 months. It is not a test of intelligence; it is a test of speed to value and execution. The first 100 days are the make-or-break period where a new CEO proves their fitness, secures board alignment, and lays the foundation for exponential value creation. If you are stepping into a PE-backed CEO role, hesitation costs money—literally, as c...
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