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Art-Secured Loans: A Unique Gateway to Private Credit with Alan Snyder (Ep. 19)

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Have you ever considered fine art as collateral for private credit investments?

The high-end art market attracts ultra-high-net-worth clients from around the world with art-secured lending becoming a globally valued asset class.  For private credit investors, it can be a great diversifier for their portfolios.

In this episode, Kevin Kaylakie speaks with Alan Snyder, the Founder and Managing Partner at Shinnecock Partners, and the Founder of artLending.com. Together, they walk you through the process of securing private credit using art as a collateral — from the viewpoint of both buyers and lenders.

Alan discusses: 

  • The benefits of art-secured financing
  • The comprehensive due diligence process involved in art-secured private lending
  • How investors can mitigate risks involved in using art as collateral
  • The applications of blockchain and NFTs in the world of fine art
  • And more

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Alan Snyder is the founder and managing partner of Shinnecock Partners. Alan was the founder, CEO, president, and chairman of the Board of Answer Financial Inc. and Insurance Answer Center, CEO of Aurora National Life Assurance, president/COO of First Executive Corporation and executive vice president and board member at Dean Witter Financial Services Group (predecessor to Morgan Stanley), where he formulated the launch of the Discover Card as a member of a three-person team. He is also the former chairman, president and board member of the Western Los Angeles Boy Scout Council. Alan is a graduate of Georgetown University and Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.

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Addressing the Founder’s Dilemma from a Private Equity Lens with Amanda Eisel (Ep. 18)

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As an entrepreneur or a private equity investor, you may be involved with businesses that are in their early growth stages and transitioning from “founder-led” to “professional management.”

In this episode, Connee Sullivan speaks with Amanda Eisel, the CEO of Zelis, who has significant experience in private equity and working with founders. Amanda discusses how these transitions affect businesses and the real impact of the founder’s dilemma (the question of when or if you should step aside for an outside CEO).

Amanda discusses: 

  • Why businesses experience founder’s dilemma
  • Whether the founder’s dilemma should be a key consideration in private equity investments
  • What new CEOs entering founder-led businesses ought to know
  • Leadership insights to improve your company’s team dynamics
  • And more

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Amanda Eisel has focused the last 20 years of her career at the intersection of healthcare and technology. She has been deeply involved in creating and scaling multiple growth technology companies including Waystar, Applied Systems and Viewpoint. Amanda has been a member of the Zelis team since 2019, playing a leadership role across Zelis’ growth, operational and talent strategies. Amanda started her career at McKinsey & Company, where she spent nearly a decade advising consumer companies. Prior to Zelis, Amanda was an Operating Partner at Bain Capital focused on technology and healthcare IT companies.

 

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Private Market Investing for Family Offices and High-Net-Worth Individuals with Alexander Schoenbaum (Ep. 17)

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The private market space has been around for a long time. But recently, it has been gaining interest from family offices and high-net-worth individuals.

SineCera Capital remains highly committed to finding the right private investment managers who can be trusted with clients’ capital.

In this episode, Kevin Kaylakie sits down with Alexander Schoenbaum, CEO of CrowdOut Capital, a leading private investor in lower-to-middle-market companies. Alexander shares how CrowdOut Capital makes private investment opportunities easily accessible to family offices and individual investors.

Alexander discusses: 

  • The growth of private debt investments as an asset class
  • The impact of COVID-19 on the private investment space
  • How CrowdOut enables clients to participate in funds as well as individual deals
  • Valuable advice for families and individuals new to private investing
  • And more

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Alexander Schoenbaum co-founded CrowdOut Capital after more than a dozen years of direct lending, private equity, and investment banking experience. He has provided financial and strategic advisory services to many growing middle market companies across a range of industries including: consumer, retail, telecom, media, manufacturing, technology, financial services, oil & gas, and industrials. Collectively, Alexander has completed more than $3 billion of transactions, including both debt and equity placements.

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