Conor Wilmot

Advisor and Entrepreneur

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@EconTalker Just published my recent Substack which talks about both Zweig and Roth. Worth a read - https://t.co/fvvOkbAmgZ

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@THArrowOfApollo CODE

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Today, you really cannot focus on climbing the corporate ladder, relying on a monthly salary, or even building a traditional cash-flow business. These are all dangerous. You need to be invested, deeply invested, in the assets that have the most to gain from a rapidly changing world and environment. It is unlikely that you will be able to outpace the current winners when it comes to AI, robotics.

Simultaneously, we are navigating a massive restructuring of the geopolitical order. The era of easy globalization is ending.

Central banks are trapped in a cycle where they must devalue currency to service debt. In this environment, holding cash or relying on fixed income is a guaranteed way to lose purchasing power. The financial currents are moving too fast. If you are not invested you are immediately behind.

The only true hedge against this dual tsunami of AI deflation and monetary inflation is ownership.

We are moving into an era where the divide will not be between the "rich and poor," but between those who own the infrastructure of the future and those who are just users of it. The vast majority of future wealth will accrue to the assets that benefit from these shifts:

Do not labor to compete with the machine, own the machine. Put every last dollar in the machine. Or be left behind.

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@AlfieJCarter CLAUDE

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@JamesonCamp Wrote about this here

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@basit_ You may find this interesting then too:

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@thedankoe We are on the same page - wrote about this at length:

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You should never be struggling to get sales calls. If you are, nobody wants what you're building.

The execution layer is dead. You can ship a product in a weekend with AI. Which means the only thing that matters now is marketing and sales.

Yet founders still build first, market second. Months perfecting features. Then they go find customers. Then they discover nobody wants it.

SPEED IS ALL THAT MATTERS.

Sell first. Validate second. Build third.

You don't need a website. You don't need a brand guide. You don't need an LLC.

One landing page. One waitlist. One way to put it in front of people.

That's the whole validation stack. Takes days, not months.

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How to use Claude Code to raise venture capital

Most founders prompt Claude and get generic outputs.

That's not Claude's fault. It's configuration.

Claude skills are .md files you drag in. They tell it exactly how to think—Proven Pitch deck layouts, VC frameworks, term sheet mechanics, the questions that kill deals and how to handle them.

10 skill files built from real venture raises ($600M in raised capital across Seed through Series B)

Pitch decks. Models. Term sheets. Due diligence. Mock Q&A. Valuation defense.

Thank me later.

https://t.co/7PnWC15o0l

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Claude Code is everywhere right now. You've seen the posts. You know you should be using it. But you're staring at the terminal thinking "where do I even start?"

Here's how it's actually useful for capital raising/IB work. (If you really want to get the most out of Claude Code, turn these into internal SaaS tools. You can vibe code them in an afternoon.)

->Investor targeting from scratch

New $85M renewable energy deal on your desk. You say: "Here's the teaser. Pull my investor database and rank every LP and family office by fit—sector focus, check size, geography. Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3. Include rationale."

Prioritized outreach list in 3 minutes. Not half a day of manual filtering.

-> Personalized outreach at scale

"For each Tier 1 investor, write a personalized intro email referencing their most recent relevant investment from our notes. Connect it to this deal's thesis. Direct, institutional, no fluff."

40 custom emails. Actually personalized based on YOUR data. Not mail-merged garbage.

-> Teaser customization by buyer type

Same deal, three different stories. Infrastructure funds get contracted cash flows and asset quality. Family offices get tax efficiency and yield. Strategics get synergies and market positioning.

Each version hits what that buyer actually cares about.

-> Data room builder

Dump your project folder. "Organize into standard data room structure—corporate, financials, technical, legal, commercial. Flag missing items. Generate an index."

Your associate just saved 6 hours.

-> Objection pattern analysis

After the roadshow, dump all 25 meeting notes. "Identify the top 5 recurring objections. For each, suggest a reframe or additional data point."

Qualitative feedback becomes an actionable materials update.

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How to sign high ticket clients who are ALREADY LOOKING FOR YOU: go to LinkedIn. Search for companies in your target vertical. Click "Jobs."

If you run ads, search for "Media Buyer" or "Digital Strategist."

If you do content, search for "Content Manager" or "Social Media Manager."

If you build funnels, search for "Marketing Manager" or "Growth Lead."

Why this works:

They've already approved budget for the role. $60-80k+ salary means they can afford your retainer.

They're actively feeling the pain. That job post exists because something isn't getting done.

They haven't solved it yet. Hiring takes months. You can start next week.

Your outreach writes itself:

"Saw you're hiring for a [Role]. Most companies we work with tried that first—then realized an agency gets them the same output at half the cost with zero ramp time. Worth a conversation?"

Easy close. Especially for SMBs.

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The loop:

1. Cold email → raw feedback, learn objections
2. Build landing page with refined positioning
3. Run ads to scale what works
4. ONLY THEN do you build

The market tells you what to build. Your job is to ask.

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How to validate any offer in days—not months.

3 layers. Use one, two, or all three.

Goal: real market feedback with minimal investment.

Here's the stack:

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Layer 3: Low-Budget Ad Tests

Same landing page. Run $50-100 in ads. A/B test headlines and offers.

Benchmarks:
→ 2-5% CTR = good
→ 5%+ landing page conversion = good

Use ads to refine what you learned from cold email.