Sunny Ray

You said building a venture firm that lasts takes extreme patience. What have you had to learn to be patient about?

What did raising your own fund teach you about which investors to take money from?

Why build Rachel instead of just trusting your gut like most early investors?

Your first look inside Wall Street came early. How did it change the way you think about ownership?

What did building businesses in real estate and tech teach you that you now use when you meet a founder?

What is the listener going to learn by the end of this episode?

What does it take to spot an opportunity before the wider market agrees? Sunny Ray sits down with Jamal Trotman of Radix Innovation Capital to explore the idea of investing at the first signal—and the questions that come with acting early.

Give me Stage 18 in one minute. Who is it for and what does it change for them?

What's the moment a customer told you it worked?

What is Stage 18, and where does the name come from?

What is the listener going to learn by the end of this episode?

Bruce Haymes joins the Sunny Ray Show to explore the problem he couldn’t ignore—and the story behind Stage 18.