The Investlete Podcast

George Asafo-Adjei was born in the Bronx, moved to Ohio at 8, and worked his way to becoming a team captain at the University of Kentucky. In 2019, the New York Giants selected him in the seventh round of the NFL Draft. Before he ever played a regular season game, a concussion in training camp put him on injured reserve. By March 2020, he was waived with a failed physical. His NFL career was over before it started.But George had already been building. He founded GeNi LLC while still in college, and since then he's launched multiple ventures including Groov Club, an on-demand service booking app, CLUB YOU, a premium mobile nightlife experience, and his own clothing brand. In this episode, we talk about what it was like going from the Ohio to Kentucky to the NFL, saying goodbye to your career at 22, and how he turned that into a portfolio of businesses. A different kind of pivot, but the same grind.

Brandon Miller spent 10 years as a professional goalkeeper in the USL. He won a championship, set league records, and was named Goalkeeper of the Year. But before he ever retired, he was already building.In this episode, Brandon talks about grinding through years as a third-string keeper, what it took to break through in 2015, and why he pushed back when everyone assumed coaching was next. We get into Prime Focus Goalkeeping — the brand he started while still playing that grew 33% year-over-year for five straight years — his work co-founding the USL Black Players Alliance, and what he's building now at Miller Woods Capital Partners, his Charlotte-based investment firm focused on real estate, sports tech, and lower middle market businesses.This one's a good one, enjoy!