How to Start a Company With Dan Crane

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David Crane at Google Ventures and Roger Lee at Battery had been exposed to this through their kids. They saw the sneaker business as big, but they didn't fully understand it until later. The evolution of what happens here is today we're a better secondary market. We're an evolution of eBay. But the really interesting thing becomes we become an alternate retail channel. Oh my God. I just figured out your business. That's the, that's the real business.

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