What 8,000 Millionaires Taught Me About Money | Tad Fallows

What do 8,000 millionaires actually do with their money, and what can you learn from the patterns?Sam sits down with Tad Fallows, co-founder of Long Angle, a community of over 8,000 high- and ultra-high-net-worth members focused on managing wealth without anyone trying to sell them something. Tad bootstrapped a SaaS company to ~100 employees and a successful exit, then built Long Angle from a few dozen friends into one of the largest private wealth communities around, and he's been benchmarking how its members invest, spend, and think for years.In this conversation:Why most companies shouldn't raise venture capital — and the quiet power of bootstrappingThe net-worth tiers where life actually changes, and where it surprisingly doesn'tHow the wealthy really spend: buying back time vs. flexing, travel, and quiet wealthRent vs. buy, 2.5% mortgages, and why the housing market is frozenHow members allocate: roughly half public equities, a third in PE and alternatives, the rest in home equity, bonds, and cashWhat makes a great fund manager — investing alongside institutions, GP skin in the game, fees, and specializationThe ladder for emerging managers, from friends-and-family capital to institutional checksWhere Tad sees opportunity now: co-investments, secondaries, and upstream oil & gasWhy being a smart, educated client beats handing it all to a managerTopics covered: high net worth, wealth management, bootstrapping, SaaS exit, venture capital, private equity, asset allocation, alternative investments, secondaries, oil and gas, real estate, rent vs buy, estate planning, family offices, emerging fund managers, fundraising, roll-ups, financial independenceGuest: Tad Fallows, Founder, Long Angle | https://www.longangle.comNewsletter: https://www.mechanicsofmoney.co Website: https://silvermancapital.comSubscribe for weekly conversations on private markets, alternative investments, and the mechanics behind building real wealth.#highnetworth #wealthmanagement #investing #privateequity #alternativeinvestments #privatemarkets #mechanicsofmoney #financialindependence