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The Pokémon Expert: THIS Makes More Money Than Stocks, Crypto, & Real Estate - Combined!

December 22, 2025

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🎙️ The Voices & The Context

  • The Format: This interview-style podcast dives into the wild world of collectibles and entrepreneurship through host Graham Stephan's probing questions with guest Jeremy Padawer, blending reflective storytelling with energetic banter on spotting trends. Reflective and opportunistic, it feels like a treasure hunt through business wins and fire-forged lessons.
  • The Key Players:
    • Guest: Jeremy Padawer, a toy industry veteran and collectibles savant who predicted booms in Pokemon, WWE figures, Squishmallows, and domains; famous for turning passions into multi-million-dollar flips and now Chief Brand Officer at Jazwares under Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:00) **🎙️ Introduction: Jeremy Padawer**
  • 2 (01:42) **Biggest Investment Miss**
  • 3 (03:22) **Rarest Personal Collectible**
  • 4 (04:30) **Logan Paul & PSA 10 Illustrator Card**
  • 5 (07:19) **Biggest Loss from Early Sale**
  • 6 (08:25) **Palisades Fire & Insurance Lessons**
  • 7 (10:27) **Spotting Trends Early**

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Show Notes

#Ad Big thanks to Bizee for sponsoring today’s video – they make starting an LLC super simple: https://bizee.com/ich RocketMoney: Cancel unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster at https://rocketmoney.com/iced Wayfair: Get your last minute holiday shopping done at https://wayfair.com Helium Mobile: Sign up (even for the FREE plan) & get $10 in Cloud Points with code COFFEE: https://app.heliummobile.com/o6WA/4jq Follow Jeremy Padawer Here: On Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jeremypadawer/ His Website - https://jeremy.com/ Add us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jlsselby https://www.instagram.com/gpstephan Apply for The Index Membership: https://entertheindex.com/ Official Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeBQ24VfikOriqSdKtomh0w For sponsorships or business inquiries reach out to: [email protected] For Podcast Inquiries, please DM @icedcoffeehour on Instagram! Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:02:53 - Most valuable item he owns 00:07:56 - Collectibles lost in the Palisades fire 00:10:01 - How he first made money 00:15:26 - Domain names he bought early 00:17:10 - Sponsor - Bizee 00:18:31 - Domains he owns today 00:19:59 - Domains he couldn’t buy 00:29:19 - Career after Mattel 00:33:21 - Best business advice he received 00:34:23 - Sponsor - Rocket Money 00:35:57 - Discovering Squishmallows 00:44:39 - Meeting Warren Buffett 00:48:55 - Lessons from Warren Buffett 00:49:53 - What he does for work 00:50:56 - Thoughts on Labubus 01:02:19 - Sponsor - Wayfair 01:03:55 - Sponsor - Helium 01:05:16 - Portfolio allocation for collectibles 01:20:39 - Scalpers 01:21:38 - Why some sports cards are more valuable 01:26:42 - Thoughts on criminal memorabilia 01:33:41 - NFTs 01:36:42 - Thoughts on the art market 01:40:45 - Favorite items in his collection 01:41:42 - PSA 10 vs multiple PSA 9s 01:43:34 - Different grading companies 01:44:40 - Does money make you happy? 01:48:16 - Other investments 01:51:39 - Collectibles vs traditional ROI 01:54:08 - What will be valuable in 10 years 01:58:58 - Collectibles show and tell 02:17:40 - One historical item he’d want to own 02:21:10 - Graham’s Feastables collectibles *Some of the links and other products that appear on this video are from companies which Graham Stephan will earn an affiliate commission or referral bonus. Graham Stephan is part of an affiliate network and receives compensation for sending traffic to partner sites. The content in this video is accurate as of the posting date. Some of the offers mentioned may no longer be available.

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