Athletes & Assets with Noah Lack

Labib Yasir is a former YouTube star and MMA Fighter who is now building special fitness technology for not only his peers in the MMA game, but for the rest of the world. Labib has been all in on fight motion as a form of exercise and co-founded Kayyo.xyz, the AI MMA Trainer in your pocket. With Kayyo you can track workouts and get real time feedback from the AI fighting trainers, one of the first...

New Orleans Pelicans shooting guard Matt Ryan is having a breakout season as one of the best 3pt shooters in the NBA. While Matt is fully focused on making a deep run in the playoffs, it doesn’t stop him from thinking about his other love-- Hedgefunds?! Matt would like to start his own hedgefund one day and we chat about what is going to take for him to be the next big fund manager. Disclaimer: Ne...

Chicago Sky Guard Marina Mabrey is well known for her skill set and fiery personality on the court. But what you may not know is that Marina has lived a real Wolf of Wall Street scene. Marina’s father used to take her to Wall Street as a kid, where she would observe the chaotic beauty of stocktrading. Today, when she’s not on the court, she buried in one of her phones tracking the stock market and...

Professional basketball player Matt Mooney (Cavaliers, Knicks, Overseas) is in Turkey playing in one of the best leagues in Europe. When he is not on the court, he building the next generation of technology for the game with  AthletIQ . Matt and team have leveraged AI to accurate contest shots and collect accurate data on areas such as shooting form, statistics, and more. We chat about AI in hoops...

As MLB All-Star Pitcher Trevor Rosenthal rehabs his elbow, he’s beginning to explore what awaits him off the mound. While attending the crossover into business program at Harvard, curriculum around Entrepreneurship through Acquisition caught Trevor’s attention.  We chat about acquiring small businesses, and what Trevor is looking to potentially purchase next…If you are building something profitabl...

Darryl “Truck” Bryant is a former professional basketball and one of the best guards in West Virginia history. While he was playing in Italy one of his teammates showed him how surprisingly lucrative the cleaning business is. Fast forward a couple of years later and Truck is the Founder/CEO of Truck Bryant Cleaning Crew. We chat about Truck’s unlikely entrepreneurial path in an instant classic for...

Nat Young has been one of the best surfers in California for over a decade. The WSL contender and Santa Cruz, CA native has seen the monetary highs and lows of the sport including cash prizes drop in some famed tournaments. We chat about the economics of surfing and how making money around the sport has changed. Let us know what you think in the comments: If surfing is more popular now than ever,...

Russ Smith had no idea he was going to play professional basketball after not playing his freshman year at Louisville. After winning a national champion, becoming an all American, setting the record for the most points scored in a single game in G-League history, playing professionally all over the world including the NBA, there should be no surprises at this point. It also shouldn’t be a surprise...

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Nik Stauskas thought the NBA was only way he was going to make a living; until he found his love for the stock market. Nik checks his CNBC app every 40 minutes and at one point had $2-3 million (unrealized gains sitting in his portfolio. Hear Nik share his favorite stocks and what’s made him so successful watching wall street the past couple of years. Disclaimer: Neither Nik or Noah are registered...

Chris Eubanks is the "Draymond Green" of tennis. What we mean by that is he is one of the top players in the game, yet he is also broadcaster for the tennis channel when he has time. We chat with the former 2x All-American and current #34 ranked player on the ATP about what is takes to be a good broadcaster and how it's actually fueled his partnership deals off the court. Episode Bre...

In the latest Athletes & Assets conversation Rex Pflueger rejoins the podcast as a guest co-host to chat about topic we’re surprised didn’t get covered as much as we thought it would. The NBA/SKIMS partnership makes total sense when we look at the $$ behind it, however from a branding perspective, it leaves us a little puzzled. The bottom line is brand and reputation matter. Episode Breakdown...

Chase Hansen has recently hung up the cleats for the New Orleans Saints and is now an investor relations manager at Thrive Development, a real estate fund based out of Cottonwood, Utah. Chase's Utah roots are well placed as the area is one of the hottest real estate markets in the country. In one of his first media appearances since the NFL Linebacker retired, we chat about the best Jameis Win...

While Rick Vargas traveled all over the world competing in professional tennis matches, he realized his love of art and design. Fast forward a couple of years later, his love for design would be put to the test going back and forth with then Apple CEO Steve Jobs on the iPod, Apple Store, Genius Bar, and more! We chat about the early days of Apple, Steve Jobs vs. Tim Cook, and how athletes can get...

Chris Bernard represented Team USA 9-times at 2 Summer Olympics, 4 World Athletics Championships, & 3 NACAC Championships as an elite triple jumper. While he's incredibly accomplished the lack of funding for USATFXC leave athletes like Chris figuring out ways to increase support for the sport. Additionally, mindfulness and coaching are important to Chris, so when his jumping career is over...

Will Collier was a stand out member of the Brown University Men's Water Polo team. When he was not putting goals in the net he was thinking of the next hit in Cyrptocurrency. Will is the co-founder of Decent (YC W22), building the next Stripe for Web3. We chat about what makes Water Polo players special as well as demystify a Web3 terminology to make it easier for folks to understand why this...

Jack Soslow did not play football until his senior year in high school. However his gifted leg strength earned him a spot on the UPENN's men's football team. The 2017 Ivy League place kicker went on to become a high scorer for Penn, and transition into something else he had a passion for... gaming. After a stint with Oculus Jack is now an investor at legendary venture capital firm Andreess...

Nathan Knight had a job lined up with Goldman Sachs investment banking division after his 4 year at career at William and Mary.... That was until the the 6'8 power forward realized he was going to get drafted to the NBA. Nathan is heading into year four with the New York Knicks and has an bright career ahead of him on the court. However his financial and mathematical expertise will certainly s...

Annie Case was a 2011 National Champion for the Stanford University Women’s Soccer Team. Little did the former outside back know at the time that she would be investing in the frontier of digital health technology. After a successful couple of years at Uber , Annie is now a partner at Kleiner Perkins , one of the most established Venture Capital firms of all time with early investments in Google,...

We hear this question a lot… how do you start a podcast? What are the first steps? So we called in backup to chat about it. Samantha Peszek was one of the most accomplished competitive gymnasts in US history with an Olympic Medal, an NCAA balance beam championship, and 17 all american titles to her name. As you can imagine her career she had a lot of interviews and media attention, which naturally...

Josh Childress’ scholarship at Stanford University was endowed by the Arillaga family, know for their real estate developments. This first prompted Josh’s interest in a space that was relatively unfamiliar. After having an NBA career dunking on opponents as well a couple of high profile overseas stints, Josh proceeded to enter the world of real estate investing. Josh is now the CEO of LandSpire Gr...

Marcellus Wiley had a fascinating journey before coming one of the most iconic voices in sports media. After high school the Compton, California native had power 5 offers but chose to the attend Columbia University in New York. Higher education came first, Marcellus ended up playing ten years in the NFL with the Buffalo Bills, Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, and made a 2001 Pro Bowl appearan...

CJ Watson was a 10 year NBA vet, who made an impact with the Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls, Brooklyn Nets, and more. The Las Vegas native leveraged his on court-success to be a jack of all trades off the court. Since retiring,  CJ has become a very successful Angel Investor (Instacart in 2021), an author, as well as a Vending Machine business owner. We chat about the business of children’s...

Jeremy Jones made a national championship appearance and was Academic All-Conference Honorable Mention for the Gonzaga University Men's basketball team. Jeremy is now in Japan playing professionally for the Toyotsu Fighting Eagles. While Jeremy has played with a plethora of NBA players such Rui Hachimura, and Brandon Clarke, his most important teammate overall may be his co-founder JT Trauber,...

The story just begins just after Jake Wood's time with the Wisconsin Badger Football team. Wood served four years in a Marine Corps scout-sniper unit, leading Marines in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. He graduated at the top of his class at boot camp, the School of Infantry, and the Marine Scout-Sniper Course. This Jake to be the recipient of the Pat Tillman Award for Courage  at the 26th ann...