UNETHICAL WAYS TO MAKE MONEY

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The video effectively uses a relatable, albeit ethically questionable, premise of making money to capture attention. It then provides a clear, step-by-step explanation of a complex financial concept (secondary markets for pre-IPO shares) with strong visual aids, making it easily understandable and shareable.

Summary

The video explains how investors can profit by buying pre-IPO shares of private companies on secondary markets like Forge Global, EquityZen, and Hiive. It highlights how early investors can achieve massive returns before a company goes public, contrasting this with the limited gains of retail investors who buy at the IPO listing price.

Structure

1Introduction to unethical ways to make money
2Explanation of secondary markets for pre-IPO shares
3Examples of companies like SpaceX, Stripe, and OpenAI
4Case study of Uber's pre-IPO gains
5Comparison of early investors vs. retail investors
6Conclusion on the profitability of secondary markets

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Forge Global: Acts - a platform for trading private company shares. Removing it would change the video's context. EquityZen: Acts - a platform for trading private company shares. Removing it would change the video's context. Hiive: Acts - a platform for trading private company shares. Removing it would change the video's context. SpaceX: Appears - logo on a screen, likely as an example of a company whose shares might be traded. Removing it would not change the video's core narrative. Stripe: Appears - logo on a screen, likely as an example of a company whose shares might be traded. Removing it would not change the video's core narrative. OpenAI: Appears - logo on a screen, likely as an example of a company whose shares might be traded. Removing it would not change the video's core narrative.

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UNETHICAL WAYS TO MAKE MONEY LEGAL? UNETHICAL FUCKING 91 UNETHICAL WAYS TO MAKE FUCKING MONEY PART 91 GO FORGE GLOBAL GLOBAL EQUITY OR Hii NOW REGULATED MARKETS EMPLOYEE SELL ORDERS AND AT COMPANIES Pre-IPO Shares COMPANY PUBLIC SPACEX STRIPE OpenAI THE SECONDARY CONNECTION VENTURE A BUY PLATFORM TRANSACTIONS LEGALLY DAY. RUTHLESS UBER SHARES RETURNED 1,000% INVESTORS IPO RETAIL COULD LISTING SCRAPS MARKET WEALTH A PUBLIC EVENTUALLY AT INSTITUTIONAL UP PUBLIC MARKET LISTING PRICE INSTITUTIONAL BIDDERS DAY SAN $15,000 SHARES INFRASTRUCTURE 2019 IT 2021 POSITION $340,000 FOUND PLATFORM OPERATING 2013 THE NEVER TRADE IPO EXIT FILTHY

Transcript

UNETHICAL WAYS TO MAKE FUCKING MONEY PART 91 Go to Forge Global or EquityZen or Hiive now. These are regulated secondary markets where employees and early investors at private companies legally sell their pre-IPO shares before the company ever goes public. You can buy shares in SpaceX, Stripe, and OpenAI on the secondary market, not through a connection, not through a venture fund, but a platform that has been operating legally every single day. Here is why this is ruthless. When Uber went public, its shares had already returned 1,000% to early investors before the IPO. Retail investors who could only buy at the listing price got the scraps. Secondary market buyers got the wealth. I'm buying at a fraction of what the public market will eventually price the company at. Institutional bidders bidding up on listing day. One investor in San Francisco bought $15,000 in secondary shares of an infrastructure company in 2019. When it went public in 2021, his position was worth $340,000. He found the shares on a platform that has been operating legally since 2013. The IPO was never the beginning of the trade. It was always the exit. Follow filthy profit.