#9: Paul Anton - CEO, Co-Founder Huupe | AI x Basketball | First “smart” hoop | 8-Year entrepreneurial journey | China’s growing suburbs | Creating buzz with $0 in marketing spend | Futuristic Sports

Paul Anton is building Huupe, the world’s first smart basketball hoop - merging technology, gaming, and sports training.

Prior to Huupe, Anton built two companies (1 of which was acquired). Huupe recently raised $5M including investments from several NBA players such as Trevor Booker and Thaddeus Young.

Chapters:

(00:00) Introduction

(02:17) Paul Anton’s entrepreneur journey

(03:50) Why a smart basketball hoop?

(06:10) $3B basketball backboard market

(08:25) Creating a buzz with $0 in marketing

(11:05) China’s growing suburbs and basketball market

(13:58) Getting investors (including NBA players)

(15:30) Future of basketball

(17:10) What it takes to make a smart basketball hoop

(18:50) AI x sports

(21:10) Recruiting + NIL using Huupe

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Paul Anton links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/manyyearstime

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-anton-384b0799/

Website: https://huupe.com/

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Andrew Petcash links:

🏠 Website: https://profluence.com

✉️ Newsletter: https://www.petcashpost.com

🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrewpetcash

🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrewpetcash

📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/andrewpetcash

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewpetcash/

🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewpetcash

🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3q5jhAuCVT2FZCkLW5xBiQ/

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Thanks for listening!