Hustle Fund Partner Shares How to Reach 100 Investors When Your City Has None

Hustle Fund partner dunkhippo33 kicked off a thread on fundraising tactics on October 17, answering how the previously suggested strategy of "getting yourself in front of 100 investors" actually works—especially when there aren't even 100 investors where the founder lives.

Confirmed

• The author argues that X itself is a free market with investors present at all times, making it a great channel for socializing and meeting investors that can offset a scarcity of local ones.
• He notes the wrong way to pitch on X is shouting "invest in me, invest in my idea": it tells people nothing about who you are or what your insights are, and too many people already do this.
• The right path is to consistently publish your own content first, letting people get to know you, your insights, the problem you're solving, and why it matters; as your audience grows, the content will draw investors to you.
• On "who will get excited": potential angels are often people in the same field dealing with the same problem, or former colleagues and friends who know you—they don't need to call themselves angels or professional VCs to invest; the hard part is that most angels never identify themselves, so the founder's job is to get these busy professionals interested in the idea.
• The author's observation: the most successful founders he has backed share content heavily on both X and LinkedIn.

Why it matters

For founders outside traditional venture hubs, this method offers an actionable, location-independent fundraising path: rather than cold-pitching for investment, build a personal brand and trust through public content so investors come to you.

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• [source] His Most Successful Founders All Share Content on X and LinkedIn — dunkhippo33 · 2026-10-17
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