This is expensive but you'll have a place to work and meet with people when you're in town that matches your online presence.

For example:Second, under their "About us" link, click on "Management" and you'll see a "Meet the Team" page where there's the following photo/info for this James LaPushner fellow you mentioned (which says he was born in New Zealand):However, if you do a reverse Google image search on this photo, you'll find that it's posted on several other sites, including this one: https://planetaseminarov.ru/people/konstantin-baksht.htmlHere's a photo of him from this page:This page is written in Russian, but if you translate it, it says his name is Konstantin Baksht, he lives in Moscow Russia, and he is the owner and CEO of the international consulting company Baksht Consulting Group. 

@Christian Pichardo not a fan of Tom Cruz as he exaggerates everyting about his success to sucker people in:(Let's address several issues:1) Buying on recommendation of "Guru": what guarantees did they give you about performance?

It’s about surrounding yourself with people who think big and act fast.

I know some good people that have went to dinner, had a couple of drinks, drove home, and got pulled over.

One of which is to get a better sense of where other people are investing in and why. 

PG's are worthless those that have PGs that are worth anything dont need gap funding they have the cash.this is a play for folks you know well .. not for internet facebook BP etc.. people that do this do it because they know you like you trust you and think your a good operator.Public has to many other choices that are much safer bet.. its not always about ROI with those with money..

I am always looking to talk to like minded people. 

Now most people in CA do not feel $100K is a lot but to the rest of the US its a big chink of change. 

I would look at people that are handyman over anything else, contractors will be used to getting more money and the amount you would pay them would either be too low, or the they would not conform to your work/company.