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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 wi...

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....

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 t...

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 sport...

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 fea...

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, an...

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...

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 in...

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 Engl...

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. Discuss...

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: Establ...

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 o...

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...

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...

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 contr...

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 th...

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...

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 d...

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 n...

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 pro...

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...

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 accessi...

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 R...

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 webs...

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 o...