Brian Verne

If I could own the Indians, I think my life would be complete.

Sure, sure.

So really simply put, we're building the largest community of young athletes, giving them a platform to, we say, show off their gear and show off their game.

Or in other words, a place to talk about the different products that they love and share stories about their athletic experiences.

I always try to paint a picture and really make sure that people understand why this is important for young athletes.

And then I think the second major piece is how does it actually become a business?

So I was a former college baseball player, and at one point I was our user.

And so the whole basis behind everything is that if you are, say, a 13 to 18 year old kid and you play sports, that's the most important thing to you at that point in your life.

And I think as we get a little bit older, especially when we go from being a kid to becoming an adult, we kind of lose sight of how important sports are to kids.

And so kind of using that as

you know, as a basis for everything going forward, you know, we said, well, you know, what do kids really want to talk about?

And we kind of, uh, I guess whittled it down to two things.

And our, you know, our thesis is, is two prongs.

It's that athletes care about their style.

You know, there's the whole age old mantra of look good, feel good, play good.

Uh, you know, for years and years and years, um, athletes just care, you know, tremendous amount about their gear.

And that's a huge part of their, uh, of their persona.

And,

And if I'm wearing a certain product as an athlete in my mind, I'm going to play better.

And so we wanted to give young athletes a voice to talk about the different products and brands that they love.