How Prankster Oobah Butler Convinced Venture Capitalists to Give Him Over $1 Million
CommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyNot long into his new documentary, Oobah Butler tells the cofounder of his newly minted company, Drops, that they should create a piece of luxury luggage that “looks like a bomb” and will sell for $200,000.Immediately, I’m thinking his quest to get £1 million in 90 days might have come to an early end.But I’m wrong.Butler is a British prankster documentarian who is known for his stunts, like managing to get Amazon to sell its drivers’ urine as energy drinks or creating a fake restaurant called the Shed and gaming TripAdvisor to make it the top-rated London restaurant on the platform. His latest documentary, made for the UK’s Channel 4, is called How I Made £1 Million in 90 Days. Set in London and New…
