Jude Inc: The Man Who Signed Bellingham A Week Before the World Cup
Guest: Dan Jamieson, CEO, Icons | Host: Richard Gillis | Series: Unofficial Partner
The Bellingham bet — talent-spotting as a business model
- Icons approached Bellingham three years, eight months ago while he was still at Dortmund — long before the World Cup made him a global name. The signing model is a venture bet: identify the X-factor early, earn the entourage's trust, lock in exclusivity before the price moves.
- Jamieson's read on Bellingham is the whole thesis in miniature:
