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Chris Koerner

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3698 total appearances

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The Startup Ideas Podcast
6 Scalable Startup Ideas (You Can Start Tomorrow)

I got one.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
6 Scalable Startup Ideas (You Can Start Tomorrow)

I got one.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
6 Scalable Startup Ideas (You Can Start Tomorrow)

So we were just talking, Greg, before you hit record, and you've got some Pokemon cards in your background.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
6 Scalable Startup Ideas (You Can Start Tomorrow)

and we're similar ages i'm assuming and i had pokemon in middle school and but i've never been into like the breaking stuff the logan paul stuff like i'm not a card guy i'm not a collectibles guy um but then i came across something on twitter that that it just immediately rang true to me have you heard of the kabuto king

The Startup Ideas Podcast
6 Scalable Startup Ideas (You Can Start Tomorrow)

Okay.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
6 Scalable Startup Ideas (You Can Start Tomorrow)

The Kabuto King is some anonymous dude on Twitter who started buying every single first edition Kabuto Pokemon card.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
6 Scalable Startup Ideas (You Can Start Tomorrow)

Kabuto was one of the first set in the late 90s, 152 cards, fossil edition.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
6 Scalable Startup Ideas (You Can Start Tomorrow)

These cards, at the time he started buying, were worth about 30 to 50 cents each, ungraded.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
6 Scalable Startup Ideas (You Can Start Tomorrow)

Okay.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
6 Scalable Startup Ideas (You Can Start Tomorrow)

Now, granted, like you said...

The Startup Ideas Podcast
6 Scalable Startup Ideas (You Can Start Tomorrow)

Pokemon has outperformed the market, right?

The Startup Ideas Podcast
6 Scalable Startup Ideas (You Can Start Tomorrow)

As an asset class.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
6 Scalable Startup Ideas (You Can Start Tomorrow)

Nobody, no one ever thought to buy like worthless, dumb characters that no one's ever thought about, especially if they're ungraded or not holographic.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
6 Scalable Startup Ideas (You Can Start Tomorrow)

Like the only special thing about them is their first edition.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
6 Scalable Startup Ideas (You Can Start Tomorrow)

They're provably old from 1999.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
6 Scalable Startup Ideas (You Can Start Tomorrow)

Okay.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
6 Scalable Startup Ideas (You Can Start Tomorrow)

You tracking?

The Startup Ideas Podcast
6 Scalable Startup Ideas (You Can Start Tomorrow)

Yeah, totally.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
6 Scalable Startup Ideas (You Can Start Tomorrow)

And that's the meme, right?

The Startup Ideas Podcast
6 Scalable Startup Ideas (You Can Start Tomorrow)

That's the whole thing, right?