Why RaiseFest?

RaiseFest 2025 - RayHightower.com

RaiseFest is the gathering for capital raisers. Capital raising is all about taking capital and matching it with opportunities.

  • People with capital don’t necessarily have opportunities for putting their capital to work.
  • People with opportunities (entrepreneurs) don’t necessarily have the capital to make their opportunities grow.

That’s why capital raising was born: To make the engine of capitalism hum.

And RaiseFest is a major force in the capital raising universe.

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Delivering for Our Investors

Adrian Diaz, Colby Fryar, Ray Hightower - Delivering for Our Investors

The above photo shows Colby Fryar, Adrian Diaz, and me after a recent property tour.

After walking through a property, we like to put our heads together and compare notes. Questions for discussion:

  • Is this property a good fit for our buy-box?
  • If we buy this one, will we make money for our investors?

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Lunch + AI for Accredited Investors

AI for Accredited Investors

Artificial Intelligence won’t replace
all people. However, it will replace people
who don’t know how to use AI.
 
~ Common Observation About AI


As a business leader, what are you doing to leverage AI tools?

If you’re in Arizona and you want answers about AI, consider this event: Lunch + AI for Accredited Investors

  • Wed, Jan 22, 2025
  • 11:30am - 1:30pm
  • Cost: $97 (Lunch is included.)
  • Featuring: Business-driven answers about AI + hands-on exploration of AI tools.

Presented by Catherine Bell, organized by AZMM.org. Now, here’s why this matters.

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Sense of Urgency


 

Why is it important to have a sense of urgency in business? What steps are YOU taking to maintain a sense of urgency in your life?

Recently, I had the opportunity to respond to something with an investor, and I could have waited to respond. But I decided to move with urgency instead.

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Gratitude, Partnership, & Achievement


 

Adrian Diaz, Colby Fryar, and I spend a lot of time looking at deals. In the above video, we discuss some of the factors we consider before moving forward on a property.

We review hundreds of deals together before we find one that we want to purchase. We’ve go through underwriting, touring, making offers, negotiating, disappointment, success, stability, and challenges.

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