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I was prepping to pitch to a Venture Capitalist, then this happened 🤯#personalbranding #motivation

11 Aug 2025 · 1 min

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In this short, first‑person monologue, the speaker (Kaubey) recounts a surprising moment while pitching to a venture capitalist: the VC recognized Kaubey from his inspirational music work before the pitch even began. The speaker uses the anecdote to illustrate the concept of "preliminary authority"—the idea that building a recognizable personal brand (through things like motivational music) creates subconscious credibility that can influence investors, partners, or sales prospects before any formal discussion. He emphasizes that this early recognition acts as a form of subliminal selling, making due‑diligence easier and potentially opening doors to advice, investment, or partnership. The overall tone is conversational and enthusiastic, positioning personal branding as a strategic asset in fundraising.

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The power of authority is real. So I just had a crazy thing happen in my day today where I was doing a pitch with a venture capitalist, right? And before I even start my pitch, I go to start it, he goes, "Wait a minute, you're Kaubey, I know you, right? You do that inspirational music." And I was like, "Hey!" I was like, "Yeah, motivational music, that's one of the things that we do." And then I went into sharing kind of where we're at as a business, got some advice, and potentially an investor. He might wanna be a part of what we're doing, but I just thought that was dope, you know what I mean? I talked to you guys about building preliminary authority, right? Getting where some, before you get on a sales call, before you get on a partner call, before you get on an investor call, they do some due diligence and they're already seeing things that are either impressive or things that resonate to where you're remembered and you're almost subliminally selling before you're selling. Boops!