Originally Posted by
kokonutz
This is a good point. It's not that he can't afford the ticket himself. It's just that he doesn't prioritize it enough to buy it with his own money. So he wants others to buy it for him.
My guess is that he considered paying for the Residences ticket himself. He could write it off as a business expense. And it would definitely generate a lot of attention for his brand. But then it would appear that if he could just blow $20k, it would lead to the inevitable discussion and criticism of just how much he makes. (Or the accusations that his parents self-fund.... a claim I find absurd.)
And if he didn't pull the trigger quickly, somebody else would. And in this game, there's no value in being #2.
So he was between a rock (fund it himself), a hard place (Kickstart it), and a gaping hole on his A380 checklist!