Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

Andre Iguodala (Miami Heat) and Rudy Cline-Thomas (Mastry) - Bridging the Gap Between Sports and Tech

May 19, 2021

49:58

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What Do You Look for in Leaders?

02:18

What Do You Want Your Value to Be at the Cap Table?

02:35

The Next Generation of Leaders

02:56

Introduction

2min

The Sixth Man - How Did You Meet?

3min

How Did You Get Started Investing in Early Stage Technology?

3min

The Number One Gold Standard Principle for Investing

2min

Early Stage Investing - Do You Have a Different Point of View?

2min

Do You Know When You Meet a Founder?

3min

Mastery - Isit Sore? Sure? Sure.

3min

The Player's Technology Summit

4min

How Do You Think Professional Sports Careers Are Changing?

2min

10.

What's So Important About the Free Agent Market?

3min

11.

What Do You Look for in Leaders?

2min

12.

The Next Generation of Leaders

3min

13.

Are You Seeing Opportunities to Invest in New Solutions to Improve Financial Literacy?

3min

14.

Are You Seeing Any Cool Opportunities at the Intersection of Sports and Technology?

2min

15.

Is There a Future for Nft?

3min

16.

The Future of the Market Is Based on Scarcity.

1min

17.

What Do You Want Your Value to Be at the Cap Table?

3min

18.

How Do You Manage Your Time?

2min

19.

The Convergence of Sports and Technology?

3min

20.

The Stanford Ecorner Original Production

1min

Rudy Cline-Thomas is the managing director of Mastry, Inc., which brings together athletes and technology companies to create platform-building opportunities. A three-time NBA Champion, Andre Iguodala has played for the Miami Heat, the Golden State Warriors, the Denver Nuggets, and the Philadelphia 76ers. Off the court, Iguodala has invested in more than 50 companies through his firm F9 Strategies, including Zoom, Robinhood, Datadog, and Allbirds. In this conversation with Stanford lecturer Toby Corey, Iguodala and Cline-Thomas discuss the evolving career paths for athletes, the unique value athletes bring as tech investors, and their shared passion for closing America’s racial wealth gap.