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StarStock And The Stock Market for Sports Cards - Scott Greenberg

Episode Summary

Today we interviewed Scott Greenberg - the co-founder and CEO of StarStock. StarStock is building the stock market for sports cards. They're a fast growing marketplace that allows you to buy and sell sports cards instantly and at scale, with low fees. They provide their own grading system for cards. You can store cards in their vault. They host live auctions and breaks, and they also received $8 Million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz earlier this year. In this episode, we learn about ⚾️ Scott’s personal journey into collecting cards, 🚀 his plans for StarStock, 👀 his take on key industry issues, 🖼 his thoughts on NFTs, 🗽 the New York Knicks, 🏀 Syracuse Basketball, ⚡️ Carmelo Anthony, and much more.

Episode Notes

Show Notes:

(1:00) - Introduction to Scott and StarStock
(6:30) - How StarStock approaches product development and user feedback
(10:37) - How StarStock created their own card grading system
(14:34) - Scott's early days as a sports card collector, his Dad, and uncut sheets of cards
(18:00) - Scott's love for the New York Knicks, Syracuse Basketball, and Carmelo Anthony
(21:15) - Collecting golf cards, magazines, and tickets
(25:15) - The most exciting things happening in the sports cards industry
(30:04) - Josh Luber's sports cards whitepaper and the future growth potential of the industry
(36:54) - Scott's take on the world of NFTs
(40:04) - The long term plans of StarStock
(43:00) - Where to find StarStock, closing thoughts, and the 'Neustreet' promo code

Find Starstock & Scott:

On their website = https://www.starstock.com/
On Instagram = https://www.instagram.com/starstock/
On Twitter = https://twitter.com/starstock
Scott@starstock.com

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