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In this episode, Dutch Mendenhall updates listeners on RAD Diversified, a private real estate company with shareholders. Dutch also talks about the company’s new branch, RADD America, and its focus on farmland and raw land development. Dutch gives several business insights on financial education, making better investment decisions, and making investment opportunities more accessible to non-accredited investors. He is the author of Money Shackles: The Breakout Guide to Alternative Investing. Discussion topics include: * Expanding into Florida * The Growth at RAD Diversified * Buying properties when interest rates are high * Market controls and market cycles * Importance of buying raw land and farmland * Opening investment opportunities for non-accredited investors * American, grass-fed beef versus lab meat * Value-add proposition to properties and land * Differentiating from other farmland companies * Money Shackles, Dutch Mendenhall’s book * Investing in money outside of Wall Street * Having better, higher exchangesFollow Alts- Website & newsletter: https://alts.co- Spotify: - Discord: https://discord.gg/DEkHgzggwC- Twitter: https://twitter.com/altassetsclub- Insta: https://instagram.com/alts_co- Quora:https://www.quora.com/profile/Alts-7Time Stamp2:40 - Update on RAD Diversified7:55 - Impact of Interest Rates on Real Estate10:50 - Price of Commodities13:30 - RADD America17:00 - Foreign governments buying land20:40 - Opening investments for non-accredited26:00 - Buying farmland32:00 - Money Shackles book37:30 - Financial education39:40 - Open forum calls44:00 - Self-belief

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In this episode, Cormac Kinneydiscusses the products Diamond Standard developed to commoditize diamonds and the future of diamond investing. Diamond Standard has developed diamond bars and coins using statistical analysis to make trading decisions for diamonds easier, in the way markets currently trade gold. Cormac also talks about diamonds as an investment tool, the potential growth of the market, and the dynamic between natural and synthetic diamonds. Discussion topics include:

Commoditizing diamonds
Standardizing diamond bars and coins with statistical analysis
Becoming a market maker to force price discovery
Buying and selling diamond bars and coins
Taking advantage of the diamond market
How the synthetic diamond market is slipping
Differences between natural and synthetic diamonds
The value of a futures contract for investors
Market demand and supply of diamonds
Risks in the diamond market

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In this episode, Anthony Morena details how Mortar Group has invested in real estate in New York City for more than 20 years. Mortar Group is a boutique real estate firm specializing in ground-up builds and value-add renovations. Anthony talks about the Mortar Group’s unique approach to real estate and architecture, the New York City real estate market, and how being a small boutique firm translates to added value for investors. Discussion topics include: * 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

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In this episode, Rob Connolly speaks to Alts about Finlete, his startup allowing retail investors to invest in young professional athletes in return for a share of their future professional contracts. Rob talks about the company’s reason for focusing on minor league players, how Finlete’s player contracts work, and the company’s current pre-seed round of funding on finlete.co/invest.

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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In this episode, Horacio speaks with John Green, Nada's founder, and CEO. John discusses the advantages of accessing home equity through Nada's Homeshares program. John describes how the Homeshares program ties into Cityfunds, Nada's platform for investors looking to "own a piece of a city." John also talks about Nada's future plans for a secondary trading platform to allow investors to trade shares and reward Homeshares users with a Nada debit card.

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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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

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In this episode, Horacio speaks with Adam Littlefield from Investment.com. In this video, Adam talks about how Investment.com is focused on buying homes to turn into premium short-term rentals. Adam describes the characteristics of premium short-term rentals and how Investment.com plans to differentiate itself by offering experiences with its rentals. Adam also talks about future investment opportunities at Investment.com, including future fractional ownership in a major sports team.

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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In this episode, Horacio speak with EF Capital’s Kyle Kuderewski. In this video, Kyle gives a behind-the-scenes look at investing in online businesses through EF Capital. In this episode, listeners can learn about the operators that run the online businesses for EF Capital, how industry expertise is leveraged to make positive returns, and future opportunities for retail investors.

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

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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

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Litan Yahav, Co-founder and CEO at Vyzer

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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Horacio spoke with Michael Episcope, the co-CEO at Origin Investments. Michael has helped build Origin Investments from a small real estate investment company, to one of the best-performing companies with more than $1 billion of assets under management. Michael talks about how Origin is navigating the current real estate market, its venture in Qualified Opportunity Zones, and the funds it offers to investors.

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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Horacio spoke with Adam Jason, an Alternative Asset Manager at the Legacy Group. Legacy’s largest holding is the Green Coffee Company. Green Coffee is the largest coffee producer in Colombia. By 2026, Adam aims to have the company responsible for providing 1% of the global coffee supply. In this episode, we talk about Green Coffee’s growth strategy, distilling alcohol from coffee byproducts, and Green Coffee’s current fund round.

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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Horacio spoke with Michael Iseman from AcreTrader about the operations behind AcreTrader’s farmland investments. In this episode, Michael talks about how the agricultural business meets the finance world through its relationships with farmers and investors. This episode is a deep dive on farming techniques, investment opportunities, risks, and the future of farmland.

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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Horacio spoke with Trung Pham about his company, RYSE SmartShade. In a not-so-obvious market, Trung is looking to capitalize on the 95% of non-automated window shades by retrofitting them with a tiny frame-mounted motor. This motor can be used to retrofit nearly all shades that are moved by beaded chains. RYSE believes that it can be a leader in residential and commercial buildings. In addition, Trung talks about raising money through retail and accredited investors as RYSE expands its footprint.

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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Horacio spoke with Noble Drakoln and Barnaby Andersun, the co-founders at BAND Royalty. Noble and Barnaby have more than 60 years of business experience. Noble has been investing in music royalties for nearly 60 years, and Barnaby is a world-renowned expert in blockchain technology. BAND Royalty is a Web3 music label looking to change the way artists, music fans, and music investors interact. BAND Royalty is founded on creating an alternative to a music industry widely viewed as broken. The music platform is changing how music is produced and consumed by harnessing blockchain and NFTs.

Discussion topics include:

How the music industry is set up against the artist
Multi-platinum artists exploited by record labels
The corruption in the music industry
Finding solutions for industry problems
Music as a technology driver
Buying a catalog of music to profit from aggregation
Creating multi-track, music-specific NFTs
The immediacy of paying out royalties through blockchain

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Horacio spoke with Max Album, the Chief of Staff at Blockbar. In this episode, Max talks about how blockchain technology safeguards against fraudulent wine and spirit products. He also deep-dives into how brands use NFTs to leverage customer relationships. Max also talks about the relationships Blockbar has cultivated with luxury brands, limited-run offerings of tequila and cognac, and how the platform strives to serve its customers.

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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Horacio spoke with Dylan Marma, the Founder and CEO of The Requity Group. Dylan has created multiple funds focused on affordable housing in the southeastern United States. His funds include commercial multi-family apartments, mobile homes, and RV campgrounds. In this episode, Dylan talks about the advantages of investing in mobile homes and RV campgrounds and the implications of rising rental rates and home prices.

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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Horacio spoke with Eric Witschen, the CEO at Neustreet, where collecting wisely is their approach to alternative assets. Eric talks about his collecting journey leading up to his career as a financial analyst and creating a marketplace aggregator at Neustreet. This episode has a little bit of everything, including Eric’s passion for NFTs, having a collector thesis, and the future at Neustreet.

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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Horacio spoke with Paul Gambill, the CEO at Nori. In this episode, we discuss how Nori is selling carbon removal credits through its innovative NRT product on the blockchain. We talk about Nori’s mission to improve the environment, how it is using regenerative agriculture to remove carbon from the atmosphere, and the mechanics behind the Nori token and the NRT.

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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Horacio spoke with Antares Vargas and Narumi Inatsugu, co-founders of The Tokens Awards. The Tokens is a first of its kind event for the NFT community. Antares and Narumi are veteran award show producers, and are using their experience to highlight a diverse set of artists across several mediums. The Tokens Awards will take place on July 10th at 4 pm PST on Twitter Spaces.

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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Horacio spoke with Jesus Garcia, a Pokémon expert and the Consignment Directorfor Trading Card Games at Heritage Auctions. Jesus talks about the origins of Pokémon and some reasons for its enduring popularity. We also touch upon some of the most valuable trading cards in the Pokémon franchise. Jesus also mentions the emergence of Magic the Gathering and its recent rise in value.

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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Horacio spoke with Diane D’Amato, the Director of Luxury Assets at Heritage Auctions. Diane is an expert in luxury handbags. She has a wealth of experience in the auction industry and in private markets. In this episode, Diane talks about Hermes as the leading luxury brand, what makes these bags so special, and other brands in the space.

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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Horacio spoke with Chris Zhu, the co-founder and CEO of Mirror World. There is some mind-blowing technology at play here. Mirror World looks to be at the intersection of NFTs, the metaverse, artificial intelligence, and interoperability. In this podcast, find out how Chris is building the ‘Nintendo of the Metaverse’ by creating digital native beings capable of learning and communicating with their owners.

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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Horacio spoke with Iris ten Teije, co-founder of Koia. Iris turned a career in fintech into an opportunity to start Koia with her expertise in retail investing. Koia is a fractional investment platform allowing investors to buy shares of rare collectibles and luxury items. Koia is also at the forefront of Web3 investment as buyers receive NFTs representing their share of ownership in the physical items. In this episode, we talk about the beginnings of Koia, growth, and future developments.

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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Horacio spoke with Joe Burrill, the founder of Just Website Brokerage. Joe is the highest-rated website broker on Flippa.com, an online marketplace for online businesses. In this episode, Joe shares how he got started with online businesses and how he transitioned into becoming a broker. This one is full of great advice in general and about getting started with an online business.

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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Horacio spoke with Mark Montero, the toy-focused LCG Auctions' founder, and CEO. In this episode, Mark talks about his experience in the memorabilia industry that led him to found LCG Auctions. The discussion highlights the historical appreciation of collectible toys, emerging asset classes like graded VHS tapes, and the future of the collectible toy industry.

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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Horacio spoke with Leore Avidar, the founder and CEO at Alt. When it comes to sports card marketplaces, Alt is one of the leading platforms in the space. Alt offers a number of features and services, including an exchange and weekly auctions. Leore, a sports card enthusiast, is looking to build beyond sports cards by moving into other collectibles and by embracing Web3.

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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Horacio spoke with Kristian Kielhofner, the founder of Tovera. Tovera is a platform built around a verification program to detect fraud in digital assets. Tover recently launched FNFTF.io, a database using proprietary algorithms to determine if NFTs are authentic. Kristian’s development of the company came from his thesis that as Web3 expands, so will the need to fight against fraud and scams.

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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Horacio spoke with Swati Chaturvedi, the co-founder and CEO of Propel(X). In a wide-ranging discussion, the podcast touches on due diligence, alternative investments in technology and science, democratizing investing, investing in a turbulent market, and the investment opportunities on Propel(X).

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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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Horacio spoke with Brian Harstine of Acquire and Andrew Hill. Andrew is a managing associate of the law firm Frost Brown Todd, and one of the leading experts in blockchain and cryptocurrency law in the country. Brian is the CEO of Acquire, a company that is tokenizing securities of private equity deals. Brian and Andrew talk about the advantages of blockchain, legal issues in the space, and the most recent developments at Acquire.

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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Horacio spoke with Cameron Hejazi, the co-founder and CEO of Cent. Cameron created Cent in 2017 with the purpose of creating a community where artists could share their work and build a fan base. Cent made headlines when Valuables, its NFT marketplace of Tweets, minted Jack Dorsey’s first tweet and sold it for $2.9 million. Cent also created a separate NFT marketplace that had to be shut down due to fraudulent activity. Cameron discusses all this and more on the podcast.

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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Horacio spoke with actor and director Anthony Hayes, whose latest release, Gold, is now available on major streaming platforms. Anthony is also the creator of Retrogression; the first movie franchise started from the blockchain. With Retrogression, Anthony is looking to disrupt the traditional financial mechanism in the film industry. The RTGN token is central to creating a new source of finance to put the power back in the hands of creatives and allow movie fans to have a say in a film’s development.

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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Horacio spoke with Sam Farber, the Head of Business Development and Content at Goldin Auctions. Sam oversees content development at Goldin, helping to bring a creative and engaging voice to the leading sports collectibles auction house. In this episode, Sam talks about the latest auction at Goldin, the merits of the sports collectibles industry, and future projects that Goldin is involved with - including a Netflix show!

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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Horacio spoke with Walter Ramirez, the Contemporary and Urban Art Consignment Director at Heritage Auctions. Walter oversees Heritage’s curation of the growing Urban Art scene. Since its creation in 2018, Walter has seen Urban Art auctions increase exponentially. Graffiti and pop culture are prominent in this form of art. In this episode, Walter talks about the rising popularity in Urban Art, some of the growth and acquisition strategies at Heritage Auctions, and his view on the future of contemporary art.

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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Horacio spoke with Kamel Belkadhi, Co-founder and CEO at LandEx. LandEx is a fractional investment platform for farmland in Europe. Currently, LandEx has invested in farmland in Estonia, where the company is based. Its investment platform is open to retail investors in Europe with minimum investments as low as 10 Euros. In this episode, Kamel talks about the unique aspects of buying land in Europe, the merits of farmland as an investment, and why farmland is as important as ever.

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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Horacio spoke with Victor Ma, Co-founder of Nf.td. Nf.td is Your Link in Bio for Web3. By minting your online username through Nf.td, you can claim your username before others get a chance for Web3 and broadcast it on various social media platforms. Victor talks about his road toward developing Nf.td, including working in a family restaurant, becoming a domain name investor, and a social media content creator. Victor also talks about Nf.td, the future he envisions for the company, and the online community he hopes to build on the platform.

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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Horacio spoke with Brian Harstine, Co-founder and CEO at AcquireInvest. Acquire is an investment platform tokenizing securities on the Ethereum blockchain for retail investors. Acquire, currently in beta, will also look to offer investment opportunities usually found in private deals, including commercial real estate, movie and entertainment funds, and biotechnology. In this episode Brian talks about the advantages of tokenizing securities, the importance of the user experience, and the steps Acquire is taking as its platform goes live in late 2022.

Discussion topics include:

The growth of retail investors
Advantages of tokenizing assets and using blockchain technology
Giving retail investors access to private deals
Offering a mix of traditional and alternative investments
Accessibility through the appeal of the product for retail investors
Offering investments in the media and entertainment space
Buying an Acquire NFT to gain access to the investment platform in beta
Utilities of the NFT for use in the Acquire platform
Link to articles by Brian Harstine on Medium

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Horacio spoke with Jonah Reynolds, CEO at Pangea Builders. Pangea Builders is a design and build firm for sustainable and off-grid buildings. Pangea focuses on the home's water, power, wastewater, and heating/cooling systems. In this episode, Jonah discusses the benefits of sustainable off-grid systems, their advantages to traditional buildings, and the company’s mission to educate future sustainable builders.

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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Horacio spoke with Corey Ashton Walters, the Founder and CEO at Here. Here is an investment platform fractionalizing shares of vacation rental properties. Here is focused on bringing quality homes as vacation rentals to market in popular travel destinations. In this podcast Corey discusses the unique return profiles of vacation rentals, his journey toward creating Here, and the future of the platform.

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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Horacio spoke with Howard Epstein, a financial advisor and life-long sports memorabilia collector. Howard wrote a whitepaper advocating for dedicated partnerships between wealth management firms and sports memorabilia experts. Howard argues that such business connections would benefit wealth management clients, advisors, and firms.

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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Horacio spoke with Alts Co-founder and CIO Wyatt Cavalier and Investment Analyst Tully Ross about the unveiling of the ALTS 1 Fund. Wyatt and Tully talk about building the fund, finding new insights on overlooked asset classes, and using data to drive the Alts investment strategy. Wyatt also talks about the next steps at Alts and the reciprocal relationship between content and investment. Tully talks about the opportunities that alternative assets offer compared to traditional equities.

Discussion topics include:

The Alts fund as a broad spectrum, actively-managed alternative asset fund
Providing “swag” for investors
The potential of concert posters and vinyl records to provide returns
Doing the “in the weeds” hard work to discover emerging asset classes
Unveiling a Reg A fund in the future with the current fund being a Reg D fund
Alts creating the first indices for vinyl records and concert posters
Fund activities reflecting company recommendations
Performance reflecting the content from Alts
Passion for the alternative asset class and the importance of transparency
Differentiating the Alts 1 Fund through hard data
Adding value to the fund through passive streams of income
Finding opportunities due to lack of liquidity in alternatives
Creating a broad fund to diversify risk and capitalize on opportunities

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Horacio spoke with Aaron Burnett, Founder, and CEO of Spaced Ventures, an investment platform for startup space companies. Think of companies in satellite imaging, space insulation, rocket fuel tanks, and radiation barriers. Spaced Ventures democratizes investment into the next frontier, with minimum investments as low as $100. Aaron talks about the moment he decided to be a part of the space industry and the purpose of his work that he sees as his life’s mission.

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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Horacio spoke with Laura Ten Eyck, the 2nd Floor Gallery Director at the Argosy Bookstore. Laura is an antiquarian map dealer, vice president of the New York Map Society, and a regular guest on the PBS Antiques Roadshow. In this episode, Laura talks about what makes maps valuable collector’s items, how map collecting has changed in the last 20 years, and the current trends in the industry. Laura also gives an analysis of the 1796 Plan for New York City that will be fractionalized on Rally Road in the near future.

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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Horacio spoke with Michael Bereslavsky, Founder and CEO of Domain Magnate. Domain Magnate is an online business brokerage specializing in the buying and selling of viable business websites. Domain Magnate also has an online business fund open to accredited investors. In this episode, Michael and Horacio talk about the nuances of buying online businesses – including the skills needed to start a business and keep it running and what he looks for when acquiring an online business.

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/
Domain Magnate Newsletter: https://www.domainmagnate.com/newsletter/
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Horacio spoke with Alan Goldsher, Head of Content at Collectable. Alan is the host of Collectable Daily, interviewing some of the biggest names in the sports industry. His guests regularly provide insights and commentary on the sports memorabilia industry. In this podcast, Alan also talks about being a professional musician, a published author, and his path toward being a podcast host.

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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Horacio spoke with Artem Milinchuk, the Founder and CEO of FarmTogether. FarmTogether is a fractional investment platform for farmland. Since its inception, FarmTogether has offered fractional ownership across six different states with 12 different crops. Its mission is to continue democratizing investment opportunities in farmland while being an industry leader in sustainable farming.

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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Horacio spoke with Arlan Ettinger, the President and Founder of Guernsey’s auction house in Manhattan. Guernsey’s will be auctioning off the Elizabeth Meaders Collection on March 15th at 2 PM ET. Arlan’s previous work with high-profile auctions has garnered worldwide attention and the Elizabeth Meaders Collection is no different. Ms. Meaders’s collection offers a comprehensive look at African-American history through one-of-a-kind artifacts acquired because of her life’s work to collect. Arlan provides unique insight into the collection and the buzz leading up to the auction.

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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Horacio spoke with Elizabeth Meaders, owner of the world's largest private collection of African-American artifacts. Ms. Meaders’s collection includes 20,000 items spanning from the pre-Revolution slave era through the Civil Rights Movement. Through her collection, Ms. Meaders tells an American story she feels has all too often been ignored and forgotten. In its entirety and one single lot, it will be up for auction through Guernsey’s auction house in Manhattan on March 15th at 2 PM ET. Appraisers have put the collection's worth at between $7.5 - 10 million.

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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Horacio sat down with Nick Mathews, Co-founder, and CEO of Mainvest. Mainvest is an investment platform fractionalizing startup equity into small businesses. Mainvest has grown out of the pandemic, supporting small businesses in communities across the country. A former Uber executive, Nick saw a market opportunity to crowdfund for small companies when traditional lending institutions would not. To date, Mainvest has helped raise capital for nearly 200 small businesses through its investment platform.

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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Horacio sat down with Mike Keys, COO at SCP Auctions. SCP Auctions, based in Southern California, was established in 1979 and is one of the country's leading sports memorabilia auction houses. Mike joined the company in 2019 and has seen firsthand the rise in sports memorabilia and the rise of new asset classes like Type 1 Photographs and Ticket Stubs.

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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Horacio sat down with Dr. Bill Sutton, Principal at Bill Sutton and Associates and the Director Emeritus of the Vinik Sports Management Program at USF. He also served as Vice President of Team Marketing and Business Operations at the National Basketball Association working directly with Commissioner David Stern. Dr. Sutton's monthly column for the Sports Business Journal regularly challenges sports leaders and executives. He is regarded as one of the world’s leading voices in the sports marketing industry, having decades of experience in academia and the private industry.

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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Horacio sat down with Ali Moiz, Co-founder and CEO of Stonks. Stonks is an online platform that allows founders to pitch their companies to hundreds of accredited investors and venture capital funds at the same time. Or as they put it: Imagine if Twitch, AngelList, and Shark Tank had a baby.

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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Horacio sat down with Amir Carlisle, Co-founder and CEO of The Players Company. The Players Company is a modern financial collective for athletes, by athletes. The Players Company mission is to help athletes build wealth and cement their legacies through access, education, and community. Amir talks about the vision of The Players Company, his football career, the perils of athletes and money, and a desire to help bridge the racial wealth gap.

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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Horacio sat down with Alexander Valtingojer, Co-founder and CEO of Coinpanion. Coinpanion is an investment platform based in Austria offering different cryptocurrency portfolios curated for a range of risk tolerances. Coinpanion uses a dynamic asset allocation framework to build their CO2-neutral portfolios with weekly rebalancing.

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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Horacio sat down with Kenny Rose, Founder and CEO of Franshares.

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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Horacio sat down with Ken Gloss from the Brattle Book Shop. The Brattle Book Shop has been in the family business since 1949 and has become a Boston landmark ever since. Ken is internationally recognized as one of the leading book appraisers in the world, regularly appearing on the PBS Antiques Roadshow. Ken is also a past president of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America’s New England Chapter. He also sits on the Associate Board of the Boston Public Library.

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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Horacio sat down with Co-founder and CEO Ryan Frazier and VP of Investments Cameron Wu from Arrived Homes. Arrived allows you to easily invest in rental properties by buying shares of fractionalized homes to earn rental income and appreciation. For as little as $100, you can invest in a rental property without purchasing a whole house or dealing with operational and maintenance headaches.

Discussion topics include:

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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Horacio sat down with Jacob Beckley, founder of CURE Token and the Beckley Foundation. Jacob created CURE Token, a cryptocurrency, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic amid a steep decline in charitable donations. Since then, Jacob has found greater utility for the coin and hopes to integrate into a new blockchain that can potentially revolutionize healthcare.

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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Horacio sat down with Andrew Goldberg, co-host of the Lukas Tigers and Brons OH MY! Podcast. Andrew and his co-host, Cage, have created one of the top sports card podcasts in the United States. From interviews with industry leaders to hobby influencers, the podcast has become synonymous with content and community.

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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Horacio sat down with Keenan Wells, a digital artist, and creator of the Pixel Hall of Fame. Keenan has garnered a following for his pixelated art, trading cards, and NFTs. As a formally trained artist, Keenan brings a unique perspective blending his classical training with digital art with the emergence of NFTs.

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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Horacio sat down with Desiree Dickerson, Co-founder, and CEO of THNDR GAMES. THNDR GAMES is a free mobile gaming app rewarding users with satoshis, the smallest possible denomination of bitcoin. THNDR's mission is to “accelerate the mainstream adoption of bitcoin, orange pilling one mobile gamer at a time.”

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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Horacio sat down with Tarek and Luana, co-founders of Kalshi. Kalshi is the only CFTC-approved event contract platform allowing users to make bets on real-world outcomes. Tarek and Luana are driving Kalshi to be a paradigm-shifting exchange for events on par with exchanges for stocks and commodities.

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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Horacio sat down with John Caldwell, also known as VegSurfer, the NFT Principal at Wave Financial. Before his current role, John was a successful NFT collector and Layer 1 business developer. His expertise in the space has made him a critical member of the Wave Financial NFT Fund and a big reason for its current success.

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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This week, Horacio sat down with Mendy Ouzillou, founder of SkyFall Meteorites. Skyfall offers meteorites for sale and other consultations and scientific analysis services. SkyFall is also Mendy’s platform to express his love for meteorites and a way to connect with other meteorite enthusiasts. Mendy has created a full-time business out of his hobby. Still, he approaches it with the analysis and consideration of a scientist.

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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This week, Horacio and Stefan sat down with Slade Michalec, Co-founder of Lumis, a domain brokerage firm.

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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This week, Horacio sat down with Ryan Stuczynski, founder of Gemrate.com Gemrate is a population report primarily focused on tracking PSA data. His site gives insight into the pace with which PSA is grading cards, as well as the cards that are trending.

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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This week, Horacio sat down with Les Borsai, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Wave Financial, an actively-managed liquid VC fund investing in crypto-assets since 2018.

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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This week, Horacio sat down with Evan Vandenberg Co-founder & CEO of Dibbs, the world's only 24-7 fractional trading card marketplace.

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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This week, Horacio sat down with Justin Truong, Co-founder & CEO of PUSHAS, a sneaker marketplace (and sneaker fund!) based in Australia which is on the heels of global expansion.

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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This week, Horacio sat down with Anthony Zhang, Founder & CEO of Vinovest.

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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Horacio sat down with Bruce Pascal, the world's largest collector of Hot Wheels.

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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Stefan sat down with Jason Prado from The Drivers Cooperative: a driver-owned ridehailing alternative to Uber & Lyft that is 100% worker-owned.

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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This week Horacio sat down with Billy Galanko from Vint, the popular & growing fractional wine investment platform. He is a professional sommelier who now has an (awesome) role as Vint's Head of Wine.

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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This week Horacio and Stefan sat down with Chase Chamberlin and Brian Doxtator, CMO and CEO at Commonwealth, which allows anyone to buy shares in world-class racehorses.

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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This week Stefan sat down with Michael Wenner, VP of Marketing at Masterworks; the world's largest (and arguably only) platform dedicated to buying fractional shares of high-quality contemporary artwork.

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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This week Stefan sat down with Alex Drew, co-founder of ODYS, a platform for buying high-quality aged domain names.

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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This week Stefan sat down with Travis Winn from ZED RUN, the blockchain game where you buy, sell, breed, raise, and race digital racehorses.

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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This week Stefan sat down with Charlie Swatkins, whose passion & expertise in investing in Legos has dubbed him "The LEGO Man."

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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This week Stefan sat down with Kenny Rose, founder and CEO of FranShares — a unique platform for making fractional investments in franchise businesses.

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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This week Stefan sat down with Dovi Spigelman, a dealer of fine watches in Melbourne, Australia.

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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This week Stefan sat down with Ezra Levine, the CEO of Collectable. Collectable is a new app that lets you own shares of iconic sports cards & memorabilia.

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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