WELCOME TO THE BACKROOMS

TIME TO POP THE HOOD AND SHOW YOU WHAT I’VE BEEN BUILDING…

HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START, BUT HERE'S THE HEADLINE: I MIGHT HAVE FOUND A WAY TO CHANGE THE WAY MODERN NETWORKING AND DEALMAKING IS DONE… FOR THE GOOD PEOPLE OF THIS WORLD.

FOR SOME CONTEXT: I LEFT MY JOB OVER A YEAR AGO, STARTED TRAVELING, AND LAUNCHED A GLOBAL ADVISORY FIRM. GROWING UP SAN DIEGO-BORN, FIRST-GENERATION, WITH PARENTS FROM MEXICO — GRADUATING COLLEGE WAS THE BAR. THAT WAS WHAT "SUCCESS" LOOKED LIKE IN MY HOUSEHOLD. AND FOR A LONG TIME, I OPERATED WITHIN THAT FRAME.

BUT AS I TRAVELED, EVOLVED, AND REALLY DISSECTED MYSELF — MY STRENGTHS, MY WEAKNESSES — I MADE A SHIFT. INSTEAD OF BEING FRUSTRATED THAT I WAS "ONLY" GOOD AT CERTAIN THINGS — SALES, PERSUASION, POLITICAL DYNAMICS, RELATIONSHIP BUILDING — I STOPPED SEEING THAT AS A CEILING AND STARTED TREATING IT AS A FOUNDATION. I TRADED A FIXED MINDSET FOR A GROWTH MINDSET. AND THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING.

HERE'S WHAT I FOUND ALONG THE WAY.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN GOOD AT SEEING PROBLEMS AND SOLVING THEM. PUT SOMETHING IN FRONT OF ME AND MY MIND IMMEDIATELY STARTS WORKING ANGLES — PEOPLE, LEVERAGE, IDEAS, PATHS FORWARD. THAT SKILL SERVED ME WELL RUNNING THE MOST POWERFUL BUSINESS/POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS IN SAN DIEGO, WHERE I WAS CONSTANTLY SURROUNDED BY THE WEALTHIEST AND MOST CONNECTED PEOPLE IN THE REGION.

BUT WHEN I WENT OUT ON MY OWN, I HIT A PROBLEM I COULDN'T IGNORE: DEAL FLOW WAS EVERYWHERE, BUT THE PROCESS WAS BROKEN.

I HAD PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO ME NEEDING HELP WITH THE WHITE HOUSE. OTHERS WERE RAISING CAPITAL, DEPLOYING CAPITAL, LOOKING FOR SUBCONTRACTORS, CHASING COMMODITY DEALS. I WAS BEING PULLED INTO CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CRYPTO, AI, FEDERAL CONTRACTING, ETC. — ALL AT ONCE. AND EVERYTHING WAS SCATTERED. BROKEN WHATSAPP CHAINS, EMAIL THREADS, IMESSAGE CONVOS — NO STRUCTURE, NO EFFICIENCY.

MEANWHILE, I WAS BURNING TIME GOING TO CONFERENCES, MIXERS, AND EVENTS. SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, SHAKING HANDS, EXCHANGING BUSINESS CARDS — AND IF I CLOSED TWO OR THREE REAL DEALS FROM A HUNDRED CONVERSATIONS, THAT WAS A GOOD RUN. THE PROBLEM WASN'T THE PEOPLE. THE PROBLEM WAS THE MODEL. 98% OF IT WAS THEATER.

AND I GOT SICK OF THE CLOWNS. PEOPLE REPRESENTING MONEY THAT WASN'T THEIRS. PEOPLE PUTTING ON A SHOW BUT FOLDING WHEN IT CAME TIME TO ACTUALLY DO BUSINESS. IT WAS ALL NOISE.

SO I ASKED MYSELF: WHAT IF I BUILT SOMETHING?

NOT ANOTHER NETWORKING PLATFORM. NOT ANOTHER EVENT. SOMETHING DIFFERENT — A PLACE WHERE THE REAL DEAL FLOW LIVES. WHERE VETTED PEOPLE CAN CONNECT WITH OTHER VETTED PEOPLE, PUT THEIR DEAL ON THE TABLE, AND ACTUALLY GET MATCHED TO WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR — WITHOUT THE SMALL TALK, WITHOUT THE BULLSHIT, WITHOUT WASTING EACH OTHER'S TIME.

BECAUSE HERE'S THE TRUTH: THE REAL DEALS DON'T HAPPEN AT THE CONFERENCES. THEY DON'T HAPPEN IN THE MIDDLE OF BOARD MEETINGS. THEY HAPPEN IN THE BACKROOM. THE DRINKS AFTER. THE CALL YOU GET AT 10PM THAT SAYS, "HEY, COME THROUGH — SO-AND-SO WANTS TO TALK." THE MEETING AFTER THE MEETING. THE ACCESS MOST PEOPLE NEVER GET.

I WAS FRUSTRATED AND WANTED TO FIND A FIX TO THIS ISSUE FOR MY BUSINESS BUT ALSO ALL MY FRIENDS THAT NEEDED IT TOO. SO INSTEAD OF SEARCHING FOR A SOLUTION, I DECIDED TO BUILD A PLATFORM MYSELF.

WELCOME TO BACKROOMS.

BACKROOMS IS A VETTED, DEAL-MATCHING PLATFORM WHERE REAL PLAYERS CONNECT TO DO REAL BUSINESS. YOU UPLOAD YOUR DEAL — WHETHER YOU'RE RAISING CAPITAL, DEPLOYING CAPITAL, LOOKING FOR SUBCONTRACTORS, OR ANYTHING IN BETWEEN — AND THE ALGORITHM MATCHES YOU WITH EXACTLY WHO YOU NEED. NO BROWSING. NO COLD OUTREACH. NO CLOWNS.

NOT EVERYONE GETS IN. THAT'S THE POINT.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN SOFT LAUNCH. THE PLATFORM ISN'T PERFECT, AND I NEED MY TRUSTED NETWORK — YOU — TO GET IN, UPLOAD YOUR DEALS, AND HELP US HIT OUR FIRST 1,000 USERS. NOTHING WILL MOVE OVERNIGHT, BUT THE PROOF OF CONCEPT STARTS WITH YOU. THE BEST LEADS OF YOUR LIFE ALWAYS CAME FROM REFERRALS. FROM SOMEONE SAYING, "I KNOW A GUY/GAL." THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS — SCALED, STRUCTURED, AND VETTED.

GIVE THE SMALL PLAYERS A SEAT AT THE TABLE. GIVE THE BIG PLAYERS AN EFFICIENT PATH TO THE RIGHT PARTNERS. AND GET RID OF EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN THAT WASTES EVERYONE'S TIME.

THIS IS WHAT I'VE BUILT. I'M PROUD OF IT. AND I CAN'T WAIT TO CHANGE THE WAY BUSINESS AND MODERN NETWORKING IS DONE.

SO PULL UP A CHAIR BECAUSE I AM FINALLY GIVING GOOD PROFESSIONALS A SEAT AT THE TABLE.

WELCOME TO THE BACKROOMS OF REAL DEALMAKING.

-Victor