How to Convince Silicon Valley Venture Firms to Buy Sneakers

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Dan MBA sneakers open up the conversation. When you have that level of celebrity involved in your startup, is there an expectation that they'll blow you up on social once in a while? Or is that like foreboding to ask them? Would you got to pay them again? How does that go down? I'm curious. So it is. Well, what happened was Dan MBA sneakers openup the conversation. But it was when we're talking about the bigger idea, this idea of genuinely creating a new form of commerce and using stock market mechanics to create a new marketplace. And so everybody put in cash, there was no equity for services. This was purely just like right in check if

1:00 Want to work at LAUNCH? gettheseat.com
2:28 Jason intros StockX's Josh Luber
3:14 When did the sneaker crazy start?
6:37 What is StockX?
9:19 What should Jason wear courtside? And why not Kawhi's?
14:13 Most $ Josh has spent on pair of sneakers? What were they?
18:15 What is StockX's take on a standard transaction?
18:44 Meeting Co-founder & Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert
19:58 Attracting Mark Wahlberg, Eminem, etc. as investors
22:55 Attracting SV firms vs. attracting famous investors?
29:39 What was Josh's background before StockX?
34:22 Finding investors who understood his space
36:36 How do IPO's (Initial Product Offerings) come into play on StockX?
41:35 StockX's future priorities
42:03 Value of authentication
48:37 Selling on StockX