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He Was One Week From $100 Million. His Story Is In My New Book. | Keith Blakely #shorts

21 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In a brief interview excerpt, Speaker B reflects on a failed IPO attempt, emphasizing that precise timing is crucial in fundraising. He explains that if the process had started just a week earlier, they could have raised $100 million, dramatically altering their trajectory. The setback forced the team to explore alternative monetization methods and to rebuild new businesses from the experience, illustrating how a missed opportunity can lead to innovative pivots.

If you were to share one thing quickly of what did that experience really teach you?
Well, there actually, the one thing it taught me, and it was something that we knew, I'll say from previous experience, is that you have to be highly respectful of the importance of timing. Had we started our process a week earlier, we would have been able to raise $100 million and I would not have been following the path that ultimately I followed. But as a result of that unsuccessful IPO attempt, we wound up finding some alternatives to monetize and build businesses from, if you will, the ashes that that created.