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This is Ash Patel. Today's podcast is going to be all about capital raising in real world strategies that I've used

and that you can employ to raise capital as well.

I'm going to ask you a question.

Is capital keeping you from doing more or bigger deals?

And then two, if you have a great deal, will the money come?

Most people struggle with capital raising. And, you know, when I ask for a show of hands,

wherever I speak, and I say, hey, if you guys truly believe that if you have the deal,

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