• Renovations and ground-up construction
• Carving out a market as a boutique shop
• Identifying NYC neighborhoods to invest in
• Buying at a good entry point
• Condensing the timeline on returns for investors
• Investment cycles in major cities
• Diversifying investment returns
• The importance of communication for a small firm

Discussion topics include:

• Investing in Finlete’s pre-seed round at finlete.co/invest

• Poverty-level wages made by minor-league baseball players

• The benefits of selling a portion of their career earnings for aspiring players

• Fernando Tatis, Jr.’s payout from a $350 million contract

• Investing in Finlete’s pre-seed round through Wefunder

• How Finlete identifies the athletes to invest in

• Receiving a positive reception from players

• Setting a goal of 100 players on the platform

• Contract terms for investment returns

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Discussion topics include:

• Providing home equity to owners through Homeshares

• Exploring the Homeshares and Cityfunds programs at Nada

• Underwriting the risk of providing equity to home owners

• Creating a real estate fund in specific cities through Cityfunds

• The type of homes that make up the Cityfunds portfolios

• Determining the cities to invest in through Cityfunds

• How the 10-year options contract works through Homeshares

• How to invest in Nada’s Cityfunds

• Creating a rewards program for Nada users with a debit card

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Time Stamp:

2:30 Nada Overview

4:50 Homeshares Program

6:30 How Homeshares works

11:30 The Cityfunds Program

15:40 Real Estate as an asset class

18:50 Creating a secondary trading market of shares

22:20 Getting paid with dividends

27:00 Design of Cityfunds

31:00 The process of valuing homes

35:00 The Visa Nada Debit Card

Discussion topics include:

• The meaning behind Investment.com

• Adam’s background in real estate and property technology

• Focusing on high-performing short-term rentals

• Providing experiences with premium assets

• Standing out in a crowded market

• Accessing the site through a mobile app

• Providing cash flows for investors

• Becoming a global marketplace

• Prioritizing the mobile app for user experience

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  1:30 Importance of the company name

  3:10 Adam’s professional background

  5:10 Investing in premium short-term rentals

  7:00 Defining premium properties

  10:45 The pre-launch phase

  14:00 Getting a return on investments

  16:50 Investing in sports teams and other sectors

  22:00 Educating users about investing

  24:00 Accessing Investment.com through the App

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Further discussion topics include:

The differences between Empire Flippers and EF Capital

Providing passive investments through online businesses

Investing in Deals made available through the funding Rounds

Vetting the operators who run the online businesses

Accredited investors and retail investors

Minimum investments per deal and discounts for multiple investments

EF Capital’s relationships with the business operators

Upcoming rebrand for EF Capital to create greater purchasing opportunities

EF Capital Links:

• EFC Deals Overview Q3 2022 (Returns Summary)

• Moneyshow Webinar Recording (Great summary) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw3Wq2QnMaU

• Investor 1 page summary - EF Capital Investor Summary Round 4.pdfVetting Process Blog Post - https://empireflippers.com/efc-vetting-process/

• Presentation - https://empireflippers.com/efcdeck

Time Stamp:

2:30 Overview of Empire Flippers Capital

4:45 Why EF Capital was created

8:00 Investing in Deals in EF Capital Rounds

10:00 Operators running the online businesses

16:00 Crowdfunding options for retail investors

19:00 Cash flows and exit strategies

22:00 Operators as investors in each fund

26:00 Next steps for EF Capital

27:30 Trends in online businesses

30:00 Final thoughts

Horacio spoke with Litan Yahav, the co-founder and CEO at Vyzer. After selling his first startup with co-founder Tomer Salvi, the business partners needed help to keep up with their private investments. Vyzer organizes financial portfolios in one place: automating, monitoring and tracking, offering projections and insights to show net worth and cash flow in the future. Horacio talks to Litan about how Vyzer works, the insights it provides to its users, and how it can help organize the financial lives of private investors.

Discussion topics include:

• Mandatory savings in Israel leading to alternative investments

• Tactical investments to manage strategy

• Finding organizational solutions for accredited investors

• Accessing greater markets for high-net-worth individuals

• Showing users where people like them are investing money

• The challenges of finding good private markets

• Building integrations with private markets and Vyzer

• Focusing on Net Asset Value and Cash Flow

• Crowdsourcing investment decisions and results

• Benchmarking, projections, and taxes on Vyzer

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Discussion topics include:

• Creating an institutional organization for high net-worth investors

• Growing a business with a great product with digital marketing

• Doing things differently and managing a team to pivot in strategy

• Working within a dynamic real estate market

• Multifamily buildings with high absolute returns and low volatility

• Diversifying by building, buying, and lending to multifamily

• Housing shortage of 4 million units in the United States

• The tax advantages of investing in Qualified Opportunity Zone Funds

• Building in cities and neighborhoods in transition through the Qualified Opportunity Zones

• The Origin Investment Funds: Multifamily Credit Fund, Income Plus Fund, and Growth Fund 4

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Discussion topics include:

• Being the largest coffee producer in Colombia

• Creating a business for acquisition or IPO

• The fragmentation of coffee producers in Colombia

• The competitive advantage of investing at the middle level

• Lifestyle components involved with hands-on investments

• Working towards producing 1% of the global coffee supply

• Creating alcohol from coffee byproducts

• Transitioning from selling green coffee beans to roasted beans

• Keeping costs low in operations while acquiring more assets

2:00 Origins of Green Coffee Company

5:00 Investing in Colombian Coffee

8:00 Acquiring land

13:20 Investing in alternative assets

16:00 Coffee markets

18:10 Series C Funding Round

20:25 Creating alcohol from coffee byproducts

25:12 Using technology in coffee production

33:30 Monthly expenses

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Discussion topics include:

• Providing education to investors about the investing in farmland

• The sophistication of farmers running large farms

• Identifying investment opportunities with water, soil, and good communities

• Rotating crops from year to year

• Spreading allocations to different asset classes

• Adapting to drought with new watering techniques and resources

• Nuances of investing in organic farmland

• Flex leases to profit from greater crop yields

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Discussion topics include:

• Expenses involved with automated shades

• Incorporating SmartShades into the smart home system

• Working with commercial properties

• Controlling different shades in the home with the SmartBridge

• Motorized shades traditionally tied to a remote control

• Building awareness for RYSE and developing new products

• Getting retail and accredited investors to invest in RYSE

• The potential market for retrofitting shades

• How to Invest in Ryse

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Discussion topics include:

• Advantages that using blockchain has for wines and spirits

• Using the Blockbar platform with cryptocurrency or traditional payments

• Collaborating with Monkey Shoulder Whisky and the Bored Ape Yacht Club

• Solving problems with blockchain technology

• Bottle traits looked at by Blockbar

• Utility and brand experiences for buyers

• The luxury tequila market

• Pricing at manufacturer’s suggested retail price

• Brands investing back into their customer experiences

• Future plans including a collaboration with Usher and Remy Martin

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Discussion topics include:

• Imbalance of supply and demand in the residential market

• Factors behind rental rates rising across the country

• Dylan’s approach to properties and commercial units

• Benefits of investing in mobile park homes and RV campgrounds

• Mobile-park home communities being a land-lease business

• The diversity of RV campground investments

• Advantages of long-term RV campground leases

• Adding value to RV campgrounds and hiring the right manager

• Mobility and future real estate prices affecting first-time buyers

• The Requity Group Operators and Allocators Podcast

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Discussion topics include:

• Neustreet as a marketplace aggregator

• NFTs as a technological innovation and digital renaissance

• Digital provenance and scarcity

• Problems with the Otherside mint from Yuga Labs

• Understanding the value of collectibles with transparency

• Building Neustreet into a media aggregator

• The Pokemon franchise

• Building with Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)

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Discussion topics include:

• Client demand for carbon offset credits

• Removing CO2 out of the atmosphere using regenerative agriculture

• Paying farmers for carbon who start regenerative farming

• The Nori Carbon Removal Tonne (NRT)

• Finding commodity prices for carbon

• Using the blockchain to keep track of carbon credits

• Ethical and consumer-based demands for reducing emissions

• Creating a marketplace for the NRT

• Farmers as sophisticated, savvy business people

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Discussion topics include:

• The work involved with producing The Tokens Awards

• The inspiration behind the award show

• Finding community through Twitter Spaces

• Getting artist involvement and giveaways

• Creating an interactive experience through participation

• Addressing critics about NFTs through the strength of community

• The diversity of people and artists participating in the show

• Getting support from actors, musicians, and Twitter

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- Link to Alan Goldsher playlist

Additional topics include:

• Pokémon Blue and Red

• Collector preferences between Japanese and English cards

• Watching Pokémon: The First Movie in 1999

• Limited Edition to 39 Pokémon Illustrators

• The increasing popularity of the Pokémon franchise

• EX Pokémon Cards as entry points

• The Pokémon Rad Dad Collection

• Logan Paul as a Pokémon influencer

• Emergence of Magic the Gathering cards

• The prevalence of counterfeit cards

• Items available at the Heritage TCG Signature Auction

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Additional topics include:

• Handbags as the #1 financial asset for women

• Hermes as the top luxury brand in investable handbags

• Grading handbags on a 1 – 4 scale

• Combining the auction and retail worlds

• Men as investors, collectors, and users

• Chanel getting out of the exotics market

• Buying the highest-grade, highest-quality bags

• Closing, opening, and working auctions

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Additional topics include:

• Interacting with NFTs through conversation

• Generative models used by artificial intelligence algorithms

• Emphasizing the value of NFTs through digital ownership

• Recording the evolution of NFTs on the blockchain

• Using a database of responses by training the data set for an algorithm

• Connecting different projects to the Mirror World ecosystem

• Creating a DAO to pick the right developers for the ecosystem

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Additional topics include:

• Collectibles as investments in diversified portfolios

• Receiving feedback from Koia users

• Fractional investment and collecting in Europe

• Passion assets as entry points to fractional investment

• Criteria for assets on the platform: demand, investment rationale, and sourcing

• Linking NFTs to physical assets

• Building community through Discord for two-way conversation

• Using USDC to buy on the platform

• Facilitating group bidding for large auctions

• Opening up a secondary market apart from trading NFTs

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Additional discussion topics include:

• Using savings to start acquiring online businesses

• Giving credit to the eBusiness Institute for providing support

• Setting up businesses to sell by thinking with an end in mind

• Reasons to use a broker for online businesses

• No reserve auctions on Flippa for online businesses

• Advantages of online businesses over brick-and-mortar businesses

• Seven-day inspection periods to make sure a deal checks out

• Building an online business starting with a domain name

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Additional discussion topics include:

• Learning business fundamentals with baseball cards

• Introduction to the toy industry through a vintage G.I. Joe

• Nostalgia and the display value of vintage toys

• Highlights from the LCG Spring Auction

• Scarcity of vintage toys in card files

• The value of long-standing franchises like Star Wars

• Steady growth of vintage-graded toys

• The hybrid buyer as an investor-collector

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Discussion topics include:

• Using sports cards as collateral for a loan

• Alt as a platform that allows investing and borrowing in alternative assets

• Using clean data to create valid comparable sales

• Lending against a portfolio of an asset class

• The Michael Jordan 1986 Fleer Rookie Card

• Rarity in the collectibles and sports card space

• Creating a pop-up museum of blue-chip Alt cards

• Nostalgia in the collectible space

• Investing during a downturn

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Discussion topics include:

• Tovera as a verification / provenance solution for Web3

• Kristian’s background as co-founder of Star2Star

• Solving a bug on Star2Star’s servers

• Dealing with millions of digital assets already in existence

• Tovera Match working from the front-end to existing catalogues

• Uncovering Disinformation and Deep Fakes

• The matching algorithm at FNFTF.io

• Understanding users that want to find fakes

• Implications of letting fraud go unchecked

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Additional discussion topics include:

• Starting MIT Angels to help leverage technology companies

• Due diligence and operating under best interest as a broker-dealer

• Curating investment opportunities

• The importance of asking startups detailed questions

• Inherent risk of investing in alternative assets

• The value of transactions in private markets

• Highlighted companies on the Propel(X) platform

• Ultra-reality as an immersive IMAX-like experience

• Thoughts on investing in a volatile market

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Discussion topics include:

• Fitting technology with existing frameworks

• Using blockchain to power traditional assets at scale

• On-chain data already working across traditional platforms

• Differentiating the different uses for blockchain technology

• Becoming a shareholder of Acquire security token offerings

• The Acquire NFT Access Card

• Taking out the guesswork of the technology for users

• Lack of Regulatory clarity around DAOs

• Participating in a DAO without profits of the enterprise

• The government’s priority in regulating the crypto industry

• Acquire NFT Access Card Announcement on Medium

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More discussion topics include:

• Building Web3 communities

• Experimenting with incentivizing curation and participation

• Minting tweets as a way to reduce barriers

• Choosing the right venue to sell specific assets

• Shutting down the Cent NFT marketplace

• Acting in the best interest of the NFT community

• Assisting creators to make an income through ownership

• The app.bio as a way to bridge Web2 with Web3

• A prolonged downturn having a serious impact on creators

• Putting protocols in place against counterfeit NFTs

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Discussion topics include:

• Independent research to invest in alternative assets, focus on art

• The correlation factor between alts and traditional investments

• Acting on the market as retail investors

• Self-binding to help impulsivity on a portfolio

• Investment behavior during a down market

• Using free online resources to learn more about the markets

• Real estate and private lending as stable investments

• Advocates for institutional alternatives and private equity

• Creating a frictionless experience for alternative investors

• Creating a “Plaid-like” experience to track investments

• Sites that AltExchange is syncing with

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Discussion topics include:

• Features of the Rare Edition slabs

• Finding an opportunity in the collectible market

• Security and anti-fraud measures on Rare Edition slabs

• The Rare Edition grading process combining scanners and in-person inspection

• Getting feedback from customers at shows and from social media

• Tiered turnaround times

• The unboxing process of newly graded cards

• Card collecting as a hobby and finding joy

• Growing the customer base and building trust

• Starting a marketplace and vault service

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Discussion topics include:

• Defining edge, or making technology more accessible to people

• Having a better experience with technology because of edge

• Data centers as giant computers and the backbone of information technology

• The modernization and decreasing costs of technology

• A constant demand to build data centers

• The necessity that corporations adapt for the metaverse

• Definitions and examples of the metaverse

• The components of decentralization and blockchain

• Working with companies to find appropriate data centers

• Asking companies to focus on renewables and arriving at net zero

• Follow Mark on Twitter

• Link to the Edgevana Podcast with Mark Thiele

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More discussion topics include:

• Observations from the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show

• Making classic meteorites available

• Slicing meteorites as standard practice among scientists and collectors

• Museums trading their meteorites to expand their collections

• The difference in value of meteorites depending on geographic landfall

• Using weather radar to see a possible strewn field

• The dangers of chasing meteorites

• Possible preservation of the asteroid impactor that wiped out the dinosaurs

• The specifics of the Lunar Meteorite on Rally Road

• Lunar meteorites as collectibles and investments

• The Global Meteorite Association and growing the hobby

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More discussion topics include:

• ​​Making the greatest wines accessible

• Getting into wine as a hobby

• The appeal of high-quality wines

• Getting frustrated with buying expensive bottles with “dead” wine

• Using blockchain technology only if it can add value to the product

• Building relationships with the top wine producers in France and Italy

• Producers unhappy with inflated prices of their products

• Creating a new generation of wine collectors

• The importance of knowing where a wine bottle has been

• Focusing on wine to nurture passionate wine drinkers

• Link to Crurated on Instagram

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Discussion topics include:

• Anthony’s latest movie release, Gold, and the inspiration behind it

• Hurdles in securing financing for movies

• Economics of film budgeting to secure financing

• Netflix paying upfront but owning intellectual property rights

• Retrogression ecosystem as a film, play to earn game, and streaming service

• Integrating elements of crypto and NFTs into the entire ecosystem

• Rewarding creators with the RTGN token

• Meeting the demands of project supporters

• Tokenomics of RTGN

• Retrogression as a Role-Playing Game with the Ben Hammond protagonist

• Being an enemy of the traditional studios

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Discussion topics include:

• The Jackie Robinson 75th Anniversary Auction

• Game-worn memorabilia as undervalued collectibles

• The rise of Formula 1 and tickets as an asset class

• Working in the NBA overseeing digital content

• Growing the infrastructure for content at Goldin Auctions

• Creating content to engage all of social media

• Balancing business practices with social media relevance

• Selling to a more educated audience

• Breaking hobby boxes with Drake and Ken Goldin

• The historical value of the sports card market

• Creating a reality show on Netflix

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Discussion topics include:

• Urban Art as a subcategory of Contemporary Art

• Graffiti and street art as emerging forms of art

• Working at Heritage Auctions and specializing in Urban Art

• The rise of the Urban Art department at Heritage

• The influences of pop culture and collaborations

• The appeal of NFTs and the ease of curation

• Taking art from a public space

• Artists adapting to change and trends

• The process of acquiring and consigning works of art

• Growing the Urban Art category at Heritage

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Discussion topics include:

• The benefits of investing in farmland

• Advantages of tapping into retail investors as a startup

• Finding a market opportunity in Europe

• The differences among European countries in attaining land

• Balancing farmland investing with being a fintech company

• Fractional investment market in Europe

• The impact of climate change and disasters on farmland

• Rising food prices and the effect on farmland

• The impact of the war in Ukraine on land prices and food supply

• Acquiring more farmland and entering a CO2 recapture program

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Discussion topics include:

• Domain names as real estate on the internet

• Prior business experience and building community on social media

• The rise of alternative extensions as viable options

• Trending domain extensions for specific industries

• Channels for selling domain names

• Building a domain portfolio by doing research

• The value of words for domains and usernames

• Nf.td as a Web3 Link in Bio to build community

• Being an OG on Nf.td by being an early supporter

• People moving online and the importance of finding a community

• Your Link in Bio as a signal of belonging to a community

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- Link to Alan Goldsher playlist

Discussion topics include:

• Building off-grid custom homes and Earthships

• Conventional backups to help sustainable systems

• Using thermal mass, or earth-type material, for frame walls

• Adding value to homes by making them self-sufficient

• Working with municipal governments for green building

• Using thermal mass to complement solar power

• Inviting designers and architects to Pangea builds

• Frame buildings designed to be as cheap as possible

• California laws requiring new homes have solar power systems

• Building in Haiti after the 2010 Earthquake

• Jumping through bureaucratic red tape to build after disasters

• Getting sustainable buildings into the mainstream

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Discussion topics include:

• Market opportunities for vacation rental properties

• Changing tastes and preferences in vacation properties among Millenials

• Fractionalization enabling access to investors

• Learning from his experience at Homeworthy, his previous company

• The work that went into Sunburst as Here’s first initial public offering

• Choosing a vacation property in Largo, FL

• Future offerings and regions on Here

• Value-add for vacation properties to increase booking revenue

• Competing on product to stand out as an investment platform

• Unique return profile of vacation properties

• Expanding into an international company with worldwide offerings

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Discussion topics include:

• The genesis for writing the whitepaper for financial advisors

• Wealth management firms having the potential to help collectors

• Sports collections not being a part of conversations with financial advisors

• Cyclical nature of the sports memorabilia market

• Vintage Hall of Famers as investable assets

• The nuances of becoming an appraiser through experience

• The missed opportunity by firms on sports memorabilia

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Discussion topics include:

• Building the world’s largest community of space investors

• Opportunities with alternative investments and early-stage space companies

• Describing the sonic wave that goes through you during launch

• The importance of the SpaceX Starship orbital rocket launch and flight

• The Karman line as the delineation of space and Earth's atmosphere

• Space as a place and not an industry

• The first gas station floating above space by Orbit Fab

• Government funding going to a handful of companies

• Diversifying investments because of expected losses among startups

• Space investments as long-term holds

• Being super-focused on space companies to provide value

• The pros and cons of getting government contracts

• Aaron going to Mars within his lifetime and space tourism

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Discussion topics include:

• Map dealers fractionalizing or creating a ring for rare maps

• Working at the Argosy Book Store as the 2nd Floor Gallery Director

• Gaining experience through an apprenticeship at Argosy

• Maps used for persuasive reasons and propaganda

• Map dealers pushed aside with the prevalence of online platforms

• Finding other categories of maps to find value

• Changing tastes and preferences among map collectors

• Auctions houses moving away from map specialists and departments

• The rise of the contemporary art collector negatively impacting maps

• A community physically caring for an item and guarding it financially

• Looking at Classic maps as alternative investments, think big and beautiful

• Famous geographical maps across the world

• Methods for appraising maps and determining value

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Discussion topics include:

• The growth and changes in acquiring online businesses

• Adapting to the online business industry

• Combining business metrics with a gut feeling for what will work

• Starting with small websites to understand how online businesses work

• Monetizing websites through research and researching competitor websites

• Financial courses and programs that can help emerging entrepreneurs

• Three different Domain Magnate Funds and their investment requirements

• The benefits of having previous business owners as investors

• Risks involved with buying online businesses including being delisted by Amazon

• Selling and buying domain names

• More businesses and people going online

• Domain Magnate Podcast: https://www.domainmagnate.com/podcast/

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Discussion topics include:

• Playing gigs around Chicago as a teenager

• Gigging and working at a record label in New York

• Playing with iconic musicians at Giant Step Club in Chicago

• Playing onstage with legendary trumpeter Clark Terry at the Grammys

• Starting his own record label, Gold Note Records

• Advice for aspiring sports journalists and writers

• Starting a writing career with a focus on romantic comedies, horror, and as a ghostwriter

• Developing the Collectable Daily podcast and keeping a rotation of guests

• Alan’s Hobby Mt. Rushmore, a Collectable Daily mainstay

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Discussion topics include

• Getting to know the industry through a Canadian pension fund

• Realizing the farm industry had such few investment opportunities

• The current state and demographics of farmland in the United States

• Creating scalable capital to farmers to meet the challenges of the future

• Developing a farmland fund for financial institutions and retail investors

• Generations of farming families working the land

• California as a powerhouse of agriculture and SIGMA Regulations

• Farmland performing well as an investment and inflation hedge

• Historical barriers to investing in farmland for institutions and retail investors

• Finding favorable long-term trends for crops

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Discussion topics include:

• Guernsey’s history of high-profile collections

• The scope and depth of Elizabeth Meaders’s collection

• A collection full of the good, the bad, and the ugly

• The lack of a comprehensive African-American Museum in New York City

• The impossibility of knowing who will buy the collection and for how much

• Valuing a collection with 20,000 items and comparing it to other historic auctions

• Using the collection to complement existing museum collections

• Guernsey’s work with pre-auction events to market collections for sale

• Auctions having unique characteristics and results

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Discussion topics include:

• The beginnings of her collection

• Finding new items to collect through sports shows and catalogues

• Filling knowledge gaps through the artifacts in her collection

• The possibility of using the collection to open a new museum

• Her desire to see her collection at The Obama Presidential Library

• Medals dedicated to Crispus Attucks and the Benjamin Butler Medal

• Her responsibility to see that her collection gets a new life and a new embrace

• Stewarding a potential windfall according to her life philosophy

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Discussion topics include:

· Working with small business owners while at Uber

· Disparity in access to private equity between tech startups and small businesses

· Internal vetting of small businesses beginning with community evangelism

· Small businesses priced with their own returns with a minimum $100 investment

· Mainvest’s additional utility as a marketing tool and engagement campaign

· Helping small businesses beyond the debt instrument

· Small businesses creating long-term career paths for employees

· Filling gaps for bias in institutional lending and capital distribution

· Innovation in the small business space

· Working with city councils across the country

· Communicating the effectiveness of the asset class and quality of the returns

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Discussion topics include:

• The effects of the T206 Honus Wagner on the SCPs most recent auction

• Using a database of buyers and sellers to source auction items

• Advantages and disadvantages of being a sports memorabilia auction house on the West Coast

• Mike’s journey toward becoming COO at SCP Auctions

• Switching from a non-sport industry to working at SCP

• Authenticating items on the front-end to avoid questions about their provenance

• Meeting demand for shifts in preferences among sports memorabilia

• Memorabilia with the potential to see the same gains as sports cards

• The upcoming SCP Spring auction preview / highlights

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Discussion topics include:

• Creating the Vinik Sports Management Program at the University of South Florida

• Transitioning from academia to the sports marketing industry

• Bringing the industry into the classroom and creating experiential learning

• Working at the NBA as VP of Marketing under Commissioner David Stern

• David Stern’s influence

• Improving work conditions and benefits in the sports industry

• Innovating the sports industry through employee benefits and technology

• Selling season tickets for dogs at Petco Park in San Diego

• Selling virtual reality and the metaverse to the sports industry

• Staying connected to build relationships and networks

• Thoughts on the NIL in college athletics

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Ali previously co-founded StreamLabs which was a free software tool allowing livestreamers to overlay features on their content and procure donations and payments. StreamLabs was acquired by Logitech for a reported $120 million.

Discussion topics include:

• Defining venture capital and angel investors

• Going against your instincts as an investor to stay patient

• Being forced to hold onto an investment for 7 - 10 years as a venture capitalist

• His journey as a young entrepreneur to selling StreamLabs to Logitech

• Hitting roadblocks for several years at StreamLabs before finding success

• The corporate culture of Stonks to connect founders with investors

• High signal investors and thought leaders that garner followers

• Democratizing access to venture capital through Stonks

• Using the StreamLabs model as a vertical for venture capital

• DemoDays at Stonks with hundreds of investors watching a handful of founders pitch their companies

• Getting feedback to founders through the livestream process

• Examples of founders that have found success on the Stonks platform

• Startup investing as an under-allocated asset class

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Discussion topics include:

• The concept of generational wealth

• Creating a digital banking system to put value back in a community

• Structuring The Players Company as a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)

• Playing big-time college football and the sacrifices that come with it

• The Learn-to-Earn Protocol to fund money back into the DAO treasury

• Using the social capital of athletes to give back to a broader community

• The NFT release and its role as as a governance token

• Hosting meet-ups with NFT holders and business executives and athletes to create networks

• Creating a $TPC crypto token that is backed by a traditional banking assets

• Joining The Players Company Discord channel to contribute or to learn more about TPC

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The portfolios currently have more than 60 million Euros under management. This is a great conversation on how a founder built his investment platform and the logic behind its structure.

For our listeners in Europe! Coinpanion is offering a credit of 20 Euros when you fund a portfolio with a minimum 50 Euros on the platform. Make sure to use the Coupon Code: ALTS20.

Discussion topics include:

• Trading game keys on Steam and getting paid in bitcoin in high school

• Shifting crypto earnings from gaming into ETFs

• Overview of Coinpanion as a passive asset portfolio

• Bitcoin as a scarce digital asset and digital gold

• Copy trading as a riskier form of investing in assets

• Investing with long-term potential in mind

• The portfolios and risk tolerances offered by Coinpanion

• Using data-driven systems to analyze cryptocurrencies

• The fundamentals behind the Coinpanion Crypto Score

• Rebalancing portfolios based on risk parameters

• The NFT and Metaverse Portfolio

• Describing cryptocurrencies as a risky asset class with potential for big rewards

• Defining risk with different metrics

• Creating CO2-neutral portfolios

• Using an increased amount of energy in the short-term to build a better long-term financial system

• Comparing the European cryptocurrency market to the American and Asian markets

• The future of the NFT economy

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Franshares is the only platform making franchise investing accessible for anyone with as little as $500.

Kenny’s views on franchising have been featured in Business Insider, Forbes, ABC, The Hustle, American Express, the Amazon feature book “More Than Just French Fries,” and other publications around the world.

Discussion topics include:

• Overview of Franshares and the advantages of investing in franchises

• Franchises covering more than 100 industries

• The growing pains of starting a franchise in the first five years

• Finding the right franchise for people with specific skills

• The case for diversifying your portfolio into alternative assets

• Giving access to a greater audience to invest in alternatives

• Incentives for investors currently on the waitlist

• Franshares looking to make a social impact

• The effects of the COVID pandemic on franchises in the investment fund

• One diversified fund available for all investors

• The genesis for Franshares from the pandemic

• Passive income for investors into the franchise fund

• Franchises as members of the local business community

• Awaiting SEC approval and platform launch

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Discussion topics include:

• The History of the Brattle Book Shop in Boston

• A trend of younger customers going to the shop

• Growing up in the bookstore and treating it like a business

• Learning the business from his father, George Gloss

• Working with the PBS Antiques Roadshow

• How the tastes of book collectors have changed over time

• Buying large private collections

• How the internet has changed the book buying and collecting business

• Thoughts on the fractionalization of first edition books

• One day finding Tamerlane by Edgar Allen Poe

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• The beginnings of Arrived Homes in Arkansas

• Choosing housing markets and key home characteristics

• Decisions that go into buying specific homes

• Texas and Las Vegas as examples of states experiencing population growth

• Partnering with property management companies to run local operations

• Opportunities for investors, returns on investment, fee structure, and holding periods

• The difficulties of operating a real estate firm across different states

• Home buying program and giving sellers 10% retained equity

• Giving tenants a positive experience in Arrived homes

• Accomplishments throughout the business and platform-building experience

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Discussion topics include:

• Establishing the Beckley Foundation for pediatric cancer research

• Raising money by climbing mountains, rowing across Lake Michigan, and hosting fundraising events

• Creating CURE Token in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic

• Other charitable crypto projects that turned out to be scams

• Developing CURE Pay to make the introduction to cryptocurrencies much easier

• The tokenomics of CURE Token to make it as efficient as possible

• The flaw with other foundations only giving a small percentage of donations to the areas of need

• Partnering with grassroots foundations to keep them in operation through CURE Token

• Supporting children and families all over the world

• Using blockchain technology through CURE Chain as a way to speed up pediatric cancer research by connecting researchers across the world through crypto

• Sponsoring the NASCAR race team Kaulig Racing and driver Noah Gragson for one race

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Discussion topics include:

• Starting a sports and sports card podcast

• The benefits of having a background in sales and marketing for a podcast

• Finding an identity after finishing an athletic career

• Taking time off from climbing the career ladder to get back to the fundamentals

• Working with Gary Vaynerchuk and getting over a firing

• The importance of having family support during times of failure

• Buying Zion Williamson Panini Base Prism as an entry back into sports cards

• The beginning of the Lukas Tigers and Brons Podcast

• Dynamics of the podcast between Andrew and Cage

• Maintaining and growing the podcast as a business

• Using sponsorship activations to interact with podcast supporters

• Transitioning from the HGA to SGC card grading sponsorships

• Kobe Bryant’s death and the impact it had

• Increasing positivity in the sports card hobby by operating from an abundance mentality

• Andrew’s personal podcast, “No Overnight Success”

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Discussion topics include:

• Pursuing a traditional and digital art practice

• Creating pixel art pieces as NFTs

• His trading card collection and designing art cards

• Working for ESPN, Nike, the NBA, and Major League Soccer

• Intellectual property rights to the artwork

• Working with Rally Road on a collaboration with a trading card set

• Becoming a full-time artist and hustling

• NFTs as a way to support oneself by doing what one loves to do

• Future projects and creating the Wedgies NFTs when the basketball sticks between the rim and backboard

• The advantages and disadvantages of beginning a PFP NFT project

• Working on projects that interest the artists

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Discussion topics include:

• Engaging Twitter followers

• Working at Lightning Labs and with the Lightning Network

• Mass adoption of bitcoin through mobile games

• Using satoshis to reward and expose gamers to bitcoin

• Transitioning from a science background into the crypto community

• Working as a management consultant with government contracts

• The value proposition of bitcoin

• Working as a Fellow with Women for Women International

• The rush of venture capital into the bitcoin space

• The utility of the Lightning Network for microtransactions and ultrafast remittances

• Advantages of the Lightning Network for content creators

• Visiting El Salvador as a speaker for the Adopting Bitcoin Conference

• THNDR GAMES mobile applications (Bitcoin Bounce, THNDR Bay, Turbo 84)

• Gaming as the next social network

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Discussion topics include:

• Kalshi is an exchange that trades on events in the form of event contracts

• Being the first event contract platform federally regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

• The “Kalshi behavior” of thesis-driven investments on specific events

• Roles as founding partners and their working dynamic

• Determining the questions for the event contracts, including relevancy, volume, structure, expiration, and settlement sources

• The yes and no proposition of the questions as the heart of the event contracts

• Turnaround from the idea of a contract to putting it on the platform

• People with greater interest in real events than traditional financial assets

• Expanding Kalshi predictive markets into other events

• The trading mechanics of each event contract

• Surprising predictions from the Kalshi market

• The importance of having clear rules for contract settlement

• Kalshi’s future and fulfilling its mission

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Discussion topics include:

• Journey toward working with Wave Financial as the NFT Principal at Wave Financial

• Living in the CryptoPunk server with others as a “hivemind” for seeking alpha

• Similarities between NFT communities and World of Warcraft guilds

• What it means to be immersed in a space when finding arbitrage opportunities

• $AGOLD airdrop from the Loot Project

• Working with traditional financial analysts who don’t fully understand NFTs

• The importance of open communities when gauging an NFT project

• VegSurfer, as he is also known, as a quick way to describe himself

• Taking a chance on potentially life-changing opportunities

• Educating oneself in order to make the best possible decisions

• NFTs in its proper context within art history

• Strategies for conducting research on NFT projects and the pros and cons of Twitter

• The PFP as a status symbol

• Defining the metaverse, its future, and our present state

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Discussion topics include:

• Meteorites as a wholly unique collectable

• His journey as a meteorite collector and the sense of introspection that it gives him

• Meteorites that carried prebiotics to Earth from outer space

• Pallasites as a meteorite class that has seen a rise in value in recent years

• Esquel and Imilac meteorites as highly coveted collector’s items

• Connecting with a meteorite association for amateur collectors, such as the Global Meteorite Association

• Spreading awareness about the hobby through his volunteer work

• The general scarcity of meteorites and the potential for a limited supply as demand grows

• Nomadic tribes that collect meteorites across the Saharan Desert can connect with dealers directly through the internet

• Meteorites as national relics and important scientific research items

• The economics of running his business with a buy low, sell high strategy

• Going on meteorite hunts and the work involved in it

• Potential damage to meteorites depending on its surrounding environment and the importance of proper storage

• Retail and consultation services provided by SkyFall Meteorites for customers, researchers, and museums

• The rise in value of iron meteorites because of increased demand from China

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Slade talks about the intricacies of brokering deals for domain names. He also gives updates on the latest trends in the industry, including emerging domains and using equity for acquisitions.

Stefan provides insight into the role Lumis played in helping us here at Alts acquire the alts.co domain

Discussion topics include:

• The dynamics of acquiring domain names for businesses and individuals

• The challenges and processes of contacting owners of domain names

• Methods used to find domain names, including WHOIS records, proprietary tools, experience, and connections within the industry.

• Determining price points for domain names, including premium names, comparable sales, and integration into the owner’s processes and systems

• Using solid research during a meeting of the minds to help broker a deal

• Special payment plans as domain names have appreciated since the beginning of the COVID pandemic.

• Determining value for domain names and their potential subjectivity

• A rise in transactions involving equity or stake in a company

• The rise in .xyz domain extensions

• The .com domain still standing as the premier top-level domain, and its appreciation in value with increased scarcity

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Discussion topics include:

• Bringing transparency to the card grading space

• Realizing the premium in value for a Gem Mint PSA 10

• Difficulty with navigating the population reports on the PSA website

• Market inefficiencies with the rise of grading base cards

• Using social media as a way to deliver content through data

• Monetizing Gemrate and balancing its growth and staying true to his vision

• Creating a more accurate population report to provide a holistic view of grades across grading companies

• Potential impact of new graders “playing it safe” with the grades they gave

• Keeping lines of communication open with PSA while managing the site independently

• The staggering numbers for certain cards that have been graded and its effect on prices

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Les is a former music executive who started the Wave Financial NFT Fund after noticing parallels between young musicians and NFT artists.

Discussion topics include:

• His roots in the music industry as a rave and concert promoter

• Common attributes between artists in the music industry and in the NFT space

• The ability to be someone else in cyberspace while taking risks to make money

• The advantages of being an outcast

• Wave Financial’s global vision and the genesis of the NFT Fund

• NFTs are art and collectibles, but ultimately about the creation of a gig economy in the metaverse

• The strategy in buying certain NFTs as opposed to others, including infrastructure plays

• The importance of building and supporting a community as an NFT artist

• Veg Surfer, an NFT analyst hired by Wave Financial, who is immersed in NFTs and spotting trends

• The importance of collaboration and learning to let go of ego

• Investing in the Wave Financial NFT Fund

• The NFT Fund adherence to regulations and potential tokenization

• Following the DAO blueprint for creating a community through the NFT Fund

• Thoughts on the adoption of NFTs by corporations including Nike’s acquisition of RTFKT Studios

• The future of intellectual property rights for NFTs

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Discussion topics include:

• The model behind fractional ownership and blockchain-based tokenization with sports cards

• Using tokenized ownership from Dibbs for future utility in different ecosystems and platforms that already exist

• Amazon as an investor in Dibbs and the opportunities it provides for future business opportunities, particularly in the multimedia space

• Expanding Dibbs offerings to include non-sport cards, other collectibles, international markets, NHL and Formula One offerings

• The ‘Sell with Dibbs’ initiative that allows collectors to fractionalize their own cards

• Using the Dibbs 24/7 platform as a de facto stock market for sports cards

• The feature of buying parts of every card of any athlete on the Dibbs platform and the potential for buying into broader categories

• The emergence of Formula 1 in the trading card industry and in the sports scene

• The differences between Formula One and NASCAR and NASCAR’s failure to catch on in the card industry

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Discussion topics include:

• Building PUSHAS from the ground up by trading on sneaker groups on Facebook

• The Ultra Boost Yeezy as his first true immersion into sneaker culture

• How the sneaker industry is more accessible for women than typical asset classes

• Using consignment to build the business and making a decision to go into the sneaker business full-time in 2019

• Finding a niche by dealing with high-end, high-volume resellers by managing the entire sales process

• Managing a limited supply problem by starting a sneaker fund overnight to provide more liquidity

• How the PUSHAS sneaker fund encompasses 6,000 pairs of sneakers and produced a 60% return

• The advantages of working full-time in the sneaker industry to spot trends

• Australia as a smaller sneaker market compared to other countries and the importance of a secondary market

• The advantages of the PUSHAS model of authenticating bulk sellers

• The prevalence of counterfeit sneakers and the importance of having a great eye and a system for spotting fakes

• PUSHAS expanding into the US with headquarters in Los Angeles

• Building the PUSHAS brand around community

• PUSHAS strategy to work with Stock X and GOAT rather than competing against them

• Sneakers as a stable alternative asset class

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It was a short chat but a good one. Discussion topics include:

• What it took to build his first business as a 19-year old, a food delivery service called EnvoyNow

• His decision to drop out of college to build his business

• The advice he gives to young, aspiring entrepreneurs

• The spinal cord injury that changed his life

• Recovering and having the motivation to return to being a CEO to resurrect his EnvoyNow

• After selling EnvoyNow, Anthony creates his second company; Know Your VC

• The genesis of Vinovest and the importance of gifting high quality wines in Asian culture

• VinoVest as a platform to help give more accessibility to retail investors

• His process in building Vinovest from scratch with his co-founder

• Vinovest’s strategy in tweaking its investing algorithm, offering investment tiers, risk-weighted options, and owning the physical bottle

• How investors can profit from their investments on VinoVest

• Why Vinovest is expanding into whiskey

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They discuss:

• How he acquires collections, including his most recent acquisition of 6,000 cars from California

• The advantages of acquiring new cars and having distribution channels through other collectors on eBay

• The best way to get involved in the hobby (conducting research through Facebook groups, books, and websites)

• The most valuable cars (Sweet 16 cars based on real cars, or cars shown at car shows)

• His other collections (including Preston Tucker memorabilia) and how that led him to start collecting Hot Wheels.

• How he purchased the rarest Hot Wheels car in the world

• How one noted collector called Bruce’s purchase a fake, and what he did to prove it was real

• How he tracked down 400 former Hot Wheels employees and associated partners

• How his collection has gained increased acceptance among collectors and hobbyists

• The history of the famous Pink Rear Loading Beach Bomb

• Strategies and potential inefficiencies in the current market

• His personal museum

• The future of his collection and his thoughts on Hot Wheels NFTs

This podcast was originally featured as part of the Alts newsletter issue: Hot Wheels Collecting with Bruce Pascal

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In the chat, we discuss:

• The history of ridesharing in the US

• The problem with Uber & Lyft

• What a worker-owned cooperative is, exactly

• How The Drivers Cooperative formed

• How owner voting works in the cooperative

• How profits are distributed among owners

• Marketplace dynamics: How they manage supply & demand

• The challenges of going up against Uber & Lyft

• The mechanics of investing in their crowdfunding campaign

This episode was originally featured in the Alts newsletter issue: The Drivers Co-Op Ridehailing App

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In the chat, we discuss:

• How Billy parlayed an Upwork ad into an investment into Vint, and later Vint's first full-time role

• The ins & outs of high quality wine acquisition from merchant partners,

• Why whiskey is more difficult to source than wine, but more impervious to damage

• The possibility of professional grading of bottles

• How Vint is exploring NFTs with utility — including potential ownership of not just wine but other cool benefits

• Thoughts on opening up a liquid secondary market

• What Billy is personally investing in

• Upcoming offerings, including the Napa Collection w/ Screaming Eagle, some Northern Rhone varieties, and a unique whiskey collection with 36 bottles of Japanese whiskey, all with with beautiful, unique artwork.

• What Vint's roadmap looks like, including potentially investing in pieces of vineyards themselves.

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In the chat, we discuss:

• How Rally inspired Brian to think about fractionalized horses

• What each founder brings to the table (Chase = horses, Brian = business & finance)

• How horse racing can be intimidating, and how they've worked hard to make everything so easy to understand

• How they spend their day-to-day (visiting their horses, talking to lawyers, keeping up with SEC regulations)

• Their bloodstock team, and the difficulty of selecting quality colts

• How they drive community and make everything feel personal (they have customers from 49 states and 16 countries)

• How they have aligned incentives by tying their business model to customer success

• How they think about racehorse valuations (there is tons of public auction data available)

• What goes into racehorse acquisition costs (horse itself, and 2 years worth of training costs, expenses & legal fees)

• Unicorn returns aside, what a good return actually looks like in this industry

• The excitement of watching their horse, Country Grammer, win a close race

• Where Commonwealth sits in the "investing vs gambling" spectrum

• What's next for Commonwealth (trading, secondary markets, gamification, and education)

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In the chat, Stefan and Michael discuss:

• Artwork as the oldest "newest" asset class

• How Masterworks digitized decades of sales data; including activity, research, and other data points

• How Masterworks has published their database for anyone to see, and parallels with what Case-Schiller did for real estate

• Why effectively 0% of institutional capital is directed toward art — and why that will change

• What attributes Masterworks looks for when buying artwork (cultural significance + momentum)

• Living artists vs dead artists: Why living artists have a greater appreciation rate, but also a higher risk/loss rate

• Why selling artwork to a museum is the ultimate exit.

• The future of fractionalized artwork investing; including thoughts on the NFT artwork (spoiler: he thinks it's a fad)

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The first half of the chat covers the world of domain investing in general, and the second half dives aged domains, which is Alex's specialty.

In the chat, Stefan and Alex discuss:

• How Alex got started in domain investing

• What makes domain names such a great digital asset?

• Why .com's have stood the test of time, and remain the bitcoin of domains

• Why emotion and scarcity makes valuing domains so tricky

• What are the biggest marketplaces for buying & selling domain names

• What is a "domain drop", and how does it work? (Including redemption periods, grace periods, and expiry)

• How Dropcatch and similar companies are hired to help catch prized domains from hundreds of thousands of drops each day.

• How companies like Sedo, Afternic, and Dan.com obtain domains for their own marketplaces

• Why domain investing is like venture capital: you need a large portfolio with a few big winners to survive

• How domain investing has changed over the years

• What aged domains are, exactly, and what makes them so valuable?

• The value of a good backlink profile, and how aged domains fast-forward the painstaking process of building backlinks

• The risks of buying a domain with a poor backlink profile

• ODYS's plans for opening their own marketplace

• How their typical customer has changed over time

• How domain names are the original NFTs

• What factors help determine the "ODYS value", including traffic, backlink profile, and other trust signals

• How 301 redirects are an amazing way to harness a domain's power

• How ODYS is using logos to add even more value to their pre-owned domains

• What the future holds for the world of domain investing

This episode is coupled with a newsletter issue: Investing in Domain Names

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In the chat, Stefan and Travis discuss:

• How the lack of accessibility in Australian horse race culture led to the idea of digital horse ownership

• The otherwordly design of the game & creating the digital sport of the future

• Navigating the financial and legal considerations in getting ZED RUN off the ground

• Why ZED RUN is a fundamentally a skill & strategy game, not gambling

• How they maintain team synergy while having a remote, global team

• How integral ZED RUN's community is to the entire operation

• The disconnect between how active the community is and how the company has been relatively ignored by the mainstream media

• How NBA Top Shot kicked the NFT movement into high gear

• How ZED RUN treats the blockchain like an empowering mechanism to avoid becoming a game for "Crytpo Gods," and makes this confusing world easily accessible to the public

• The game mechanics, including horse rarity, and the simulation algorithm that determines the winner of each race

• How to buy "Genesis" horses during the drops, and the secondary markets

• How ZED RUN thinks about supply & demand in terms of ecosystem longevity

• Recent changes to breeding rules, and why they introduced the concept of "puberty" into the ecosystem to stop market flooding

• How ZED RUN fosters serendipity, compared to social media

• Why owning a ZED RUN racehorse is an active investment, and is sort of the ultimate digital asset

• The tightrope balancing act between treating ZED RUN as a game, vs treating it as a valuable, yield-producing digital asset

• The future of ZED RUN, including sub-economy opportunities, and, most excitingly, metaverse land ownership

This episode was originally featured in the Alternative Assets newsletter issue: Investing in Digital Racehorses with Zed Run

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In the chat, Stefan and Charlie discuss:

• How & why Charlie started investing in LEGOs

• Why LEGOs are a worthy alternative asset

• What makes a LEGO set valuable

• What LEGO collectors look for in a purchase

• How a set's shelf life, design, and theme factor into price

• How to source LEGO sets

• How to find data-driven arbitrage opportunities

• The difference between buy & hold and quick flip strategies

• The risks of investing in LEGOs

• How investing in LEGOs led to his new project, All Things Arbitrage

• Why Amazon FBA is an important element in LEGO resale

This episode was originally featured in the Alternative Assets newsletter issue: Investing in LEGOs

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In the chat, Stefan and Kenny discuss:

• Kenny's background in finance, franchise brokering and being on a game show

• How the company navigated financial and legal hurdles

• Why investing in franchises is gaining steam

• How FranShares' business model is similar to a REIT

• How FranShares is able to have no fees

• How has the pandemic has affected fractional franchise investing

• How FranShares sources franchises

• What’s next for FranShares

This episode was originally featured in the Alternative Assets newsletter issue: Fractional Investing in Franchise Businesses

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In the chat, Stefan and Dovi discuss:

• The history of watch collecting

• What makes watches a good investment

• The most expensive watch ever purchased

• How Paul Newman (unwillingly) kicked off a revolution

• Why it's nearly impossible to buy watches at retail

• How and when watches got so expensive

• The top watch brands you should know about

• The top watch blogs and marketplaces to pay attention to

• Differences between the vintage market and modern market

• Newbie tips for buying your first luxury watch

This episode was originally featured in the Alternative Assets newsletter issue: Collecting and Investing in Luxury Watches

This episode is sponsored by The Watch Newsletter.

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In the chat, Stefan and Ezra discuss:

• Collectable’s history as a sports auction data aggregator

• Navigating the legal issues in order to get where they are today

• Emmitt Smith as the first investor

• How Collectable introduced the concept of retained ownership

• Collectable's new secondary market

• The advisory committee and shareholder protection

• How they source their items through existing relationships

• New partnership with Sports Immortals

• Creating a sports investor community

• Collectable's short & long term plans

This episode was originally featured in the Alternative Assets newsletter issue: Investing in Sports Memorabilia with Collectable

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