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From working at the world's most notorious hedge fund to founding collectibles trading platform MySlabs.com w/ Emilio Masci

Episode Summary

Emilio Masci is the founder of collectibles trading platform MySlabs.com. In our chat, Emilio tells us how his experience at SAC Capital related to his pivot into collectibles. We talk about the power of nostalgia and how collectibles are becoming an alternative asset class that more and more people want access to.

Episode Notes

 Emilio Masci is the founder of collectibles trading platform MySlabs.com. 

In our chat, Emilio gives us an overview of his long tenure at legendary hedge-fund SAC Capital and shares its impact on him. 

He describes his love of collecting baseball cards and comic books and how he combined that passion with his experience in the investing world. 

The result was MySlabs—a collectibles marketplace on which $35 million was transacted in only its second year of existence. 

Lastly, we talk about the power of nostalgia and how collectibles are becoming an alternative asset class that more and more people want access to.