The McLaurin Venture
Designs, develops and grows business ventures — and builds the rooms where the builders meet.
The McLaurin Venture designs, develops and grows business ventures out of Knightdale, North Carolina. Darius is building two things at once. There are the ventures themselves — and then there are the rooms where the people building them actually find each other. TMV's events are the second half of that work: After Five, Brunch & Mimosas, the Love & Lace Extravaganza. Raleigh-Durham has never been short on ambition. What it needs is somewhere for that ambition to collide. That is the same bet CuppyTv is making, one town over. Nobody gets anywhere alone, and the room matters as much as the idea. This page is early on purpose. More on TMV's work, and how to plug into it, is on the way.
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Every tier below is the same subscription — the number is the only thing that changes. Whichever you choose, half of your first month and 20% of every month after goes to the advocate who brought you here — out of CuppyTv's share, never on top of yours.
Advocate
Where standing starts. Your name behind the mission, every month.
- Full access to the Member Room
- The ledger a day before it goes public
- Every subscription and advocate you back, in one place
- Cancel or change your amount in two clicks
- Your name on the supporters wall
- Top of the wall, and first look at what's next
Builder
Three times the weight behind the same name. This is the one most people pick.
- Everything in Advocate
- Your name on the supporters wall
- The ledger a day before it goes public
- Every subscription and advocate you back, in one place
- Top of the wall, and first look at what's next
Champion
For people who'd rather this move at scale than at a trickle.
- Everything in Builder
- Top billing on the supporters wall
- First look at what CuppyTv takes on next, before it's announced
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There is no last campaign. When one person is made whole the next one starts, and your subscription carries straight over.
Subscribing is advocacy. It is not a purchase of influence, it does not enter anyone into anything, and nothing anyone pays affects who gets helped. CuppyTv is a company, not a registered charity, so nothing here is a tax-deductible donation.
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Any amount from $5 up, in $5 steps. Same subscription, same everything — you just pick the number.