Rob Connolly: Human Capital and Investing in Athletes with Finlete
Episode notes
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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