Dipersdot comma was founded by Mark Lorry, who also started pit. The company is trying to make online wagering legal in all 50 states. They are petitioning the new jersey division of gaming first as they're most innovaive. But it means raising a lot of capital and going state by state takes long time.
On today's show, Mojo CEO and Co-Founder Vinit Bharara joins Jason to talk about his new stock market to bet on athletes, Mojo, which just launched in New Jersey. (1:39) Vinit breaks down the thesis (17:07), does a product demo (40:27), and explains how they raised $100M to build a stock market from scratch and provide instant liquidity!
(0:00) Jason tees up today's interview!
(1:39) Jason intros Vinit Bharara, who breaks down his past business ventures including Cafe.com, Diapers.com, working with his brother Preet!
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(14:28) Managing Preet at Cafe.com
(17:07) Vinit explains the thesis behind Mojo
(24:40) Neo.Tax - Get $500 off R&D tax credit fees at https://neo.tax/twist
(26:02) Raising $100M from Thrive Capital, Tiger, and more
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(40:27) Vinit runs through a Mojo product demo
(53:58) Building a team of handicappers and quants
(1:00:56) Vinit and Jason share 9/11 stories