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Nicolas le Jeune, Courtyard - Turning Your Trading Cards Into Connected Collectibles

Episode Summary

Nicolas le Jeune is the Co-Founder & CEO of Courtyard. Courtyard stores physical collectibles (trading cards, sneakers, watches, etc.) in secured vaults, creates 3D representations of these assets, and then mints them on the blockchain as Connected Collectible NFTs (non-fungible tokens). Courtyard was accepted into Y Combinator and Nicolas previously worked at YouTube & Google.

Episode Notes

Time Stamps:

• (1:03) - Introduction to Nico and Courtyard
• (5:10) - The founding story of Courtyard and connecting physical  & digital collectibles
• (10:55) - How Courtyard fits within the broader collectibles ecosystem
• (14:00) - Nico's take on the growth of the collectibles market
• (17:21) - Nico's passions in collecting and the collector mindset
• (22:38) - Discussions on different collectibles categories
• (26:21) - NFT market dynamics and how Courtyard makes digital collectibles
• (32:00) - The evolving trend of making digital versions of physical things
• (36:50) - Social selling, box breaks, and entertainment
• (39:16) - Closing thoughts from Nico and where to find Courtyard

Find Nico and Courtyard:

• On their website = https://courtyard.io/
• On Twitter = https://twitter.com/Courtyard_NFT
• On Instagram = https://www.instagram.com/courtyard.io/

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