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Ryan Alford

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Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
The AI Revolution - Cryptocurrency Trends - Trading Cards: A Billion Dollar Industry - The Impact of US-China Tariff

Right. I mean, how much entertainment fun really is there for middle aged men anymore?

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
The AI Revolution - Cryptocurrency Trends - Trading Cards: A Billion Dollar Industry - The Impact of US-China Tariff

So when you think about it that way, maybe that's why. You know? But the scale and scope of it. I know. Maybe we're missing out on it, Chris. Maybe we need to get into it. I don't know. I mean, it's popular, man. Shit. I bet you our numbers will go up if we start having a wrestling segment. I'm just not going to go there. We've got the trading card segment, which we're about to get to.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
The AI Revolution - Cryptocurrency Trends - Trading Cards: A Billion Dollar Industry - The Impact of US-China Tariff

So when you think about it that way, maybe that's why. You know? But the scale and scope of it. I know. Maybe we're missing out on it, Chris. Maybe we need to get into it. I don't know. I mean, it's popular, man. Shit. I bet you our numbers will go up if we start having a wrestling segment. I'm just not going to go there. We've got the trading card segment, which we're about to get to.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
The AI Revolution - Cryptocurrency Trends - Trading Cards: A Billion Dollar Industry - The Impact of US-China Tariff

So when you think about it that way, maybe that's why. You know? But the scale and scope of it. I know. Maybe we're missing out on it, Chris. Maybe we need to get into it. I don't know. I mean, it's popular, man. Shit. I bet you our numbers will go up if we start having a wrestling segment. I'm just not going to go there. We've got the trading card segment, which we're about to get to.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
The AI Revolution - Cryptocurrency Trends - Trading Cards: A Billion Dollar Industry - The Impact of US-China Tariff

Because we have the trading card series that's launching. We've done three interviews. We've got another one today. We've got the largest... top stealer and retailer in South Carolina coming on today. We've got the, we got all, Hey, if you're going to talk about an industry, you got to go to all, you got to go from manufacturer to distributor to retailer. We got all three levels.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
The AI Revolution - Cryptocurrency Trends - Trading Cards: A Billion Dollar Industry - The Impact of US-China Tariff

Because we have the trading card series that's launching. We've done three interviews. We've got another one today. We've got the largest... top stealer and retailer in South Carolina coming on today. We've got the, we got all, Hey, if you're going to talk about an industry, you got to go to all, you got to go from manufacturer to distributor to retailer. We got all three levels.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
The AI Revolution - Cryptocurrency Trends - Trading Cards: A Billion Dollar Industry - The Impact of US-China Tariff

Because we have the trading card series that's launching. We've done three interviews. We've got another one today. We've got the largest... top stealer and retailer in South Carolina coming on today. We've got the, we got all, Hey, if you're going to talk about an industry, you got to go to all, you got to go from manufacturer to distributor to retailer. We got all three levels.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
The AI Revolution - Cryptocurrency Trends - Trading Cards: A Billion Dollar Industry - The Impact of US-China Tariff

And then we got the apps, Ludic's, Ryan Ludden came on, the founder of LudX. You scan the cards, you know the value. No more looking it up. Chris, when we grew up, we had to go find that Beckett, look up for those values. Like, how much is this thing? And the magazine's three months old. You're going, oh, that 87 Topps, Ricky. Oh, it's $3. It went up 40 cents. No. App out. Scan that thing.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
The AI Revolution - Cryptocurrency Trends - Trading Cards: A Billion Dollar Industry - The Impact of US-China Tariff

And then we got the apps, Ludic's, Ryan Ludden came on, the founder of LudX. You scan the cards, you know the value. No more looking it up. Chris, when we grew up, we had to go find that Beckett, look up for those values. Like, how much is this thing? And the magazine's three months old. You're going, oh, that 87 Topps, Ricky. Oh, it's $3. It went up 40 cents. No. App out. Scan that thing.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
The AI Revolution - Cryptocurrency Trends - Trading Cards: A Billion Dollar Industry - The Impact of US-China Tariff

And then we got the apps, Ludic's, Ryan Ludden came on, the founder of LudX. You scan the cards, you know the value. No more looking it up. Chris, when we grew up, we had to go find that Beckett, look up for those values. Like, how much is this thing? And the magazine's three months old. You're going, oh, that 87 Topps, Ricky. Oh, it's $3. It went up 40 cents. No. App out. Scan that thing.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
The AI Revolution - Cryptocurrency Trends - Trading Cards: A Billion Dollar Industry - The Impact of US-China Tariff

Brian was awesome. He's going to lead off the first of the trading card series. Okay, what are you talking about? Look, this is a business show. Trading cards is a billion-dollar industry. It's only going up. And I talked with a good friend, Jeremy, at Sports Illustrated, collectibles, and everything. All this stuff, man. Everybody's getting into Tom Brady. Talked about a card vault last week.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
The AI Revolution - Cryptocurrency Trends - Trading Cards: A Billion Dollar Industry - The Impact of US-China Tariff

Brian was awesome. He's going to lead off the first of the trading card series. Okay, what are you talking about? Look, this is a business show. Trading cards is a billion-dollar industry. It's only going up. And I talked with a good friend, Jeremy, at Sports Illustrated, collectibles, and everything. All this stuff, man. Everybody's getting into Tom Brady. Talked about a card vault last week.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
The AI Revolution - Cryptocurrency Trends - Trading Cards: A Billion Dollar Industry - The Impact of US-China Tariff

Brian was awesome. He's going to lead off the first of the trading card series. Okay, what are you talking about? Look, this is a business show. Trading cards is a billion-dollar industry. It's only going up. And I talked with a good friend, Jeremy, at Sports Illustrated, collectibles, and everything. All this stuff, man. Everybody's getting into Tom Brady. Talked about a card vault last week.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
The AI Revolution - Cryptocurrency Trends - Trading Cards: A Billion Dollar Industry - The Impact of US-China Tariff

Tom Brady's not a dummy. Card vault by Tom Brady. So that series is coming up. It's going to be a six-part series, six guests. Big hitters in the industry talking about it and why you should get to know about it. I'm excited about it. The interviews have been raw, real, and fun. It's supposed to be fun. It's a hobby. Back to like, hey, let's lighten things up a bit.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
The AI Revolution - Cryptocurrency Trends - Trading Cards: A Billion Dollar Industry - The Impact of US-China Tariff

Tom Brady's not a dummy. Card vault by Tom Brady. So that series is coming up. It's going to be a six-part series, six guests. Big hitters in the industry talking about it and why you should get to know about it. I'm excited about it. The interviews have been raw, real, and fun. It's supposed to be fun. It's a hobby. Back to like, hey, let's lighten things up a bit.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
The AI Revolution - Cryptocurrency Trends - Trading Cards: A Billion Dollar Industry - The Impact of US-China Tariff

Tom Brady's not a dummy. Card vault by Tom Brady. So that series is coming up. It's going to be a six-part series, six guests. Big hitters in the industry talking about it and why you should get to know about it. I'm excited about it. The interviews have been raw, real, and fun. It's supposed to be fun. It's a hobby. Back to like, hey, let's lighten things up a bit.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
The AI Revolution - Cryptocurrency Trends - Trading Cards: A Billion Dollar Industry - The Impact of US-China Tariff

But it's also serious money, man. I'm telling you. I pulled that Josh Allen gold downtown $5,000 card out of a $15 pack. That's serious money. Now, we won't say how much I've spent over and above that. I mean, you should see the trash can, man. I'm like, how many landfills have we filled up? You open those bags, there's so much trash. I'm like, I fucking need to start incinerating it or something.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
The AI Revolution - Cryptocurrency Trends - Trading Cards: A Billion Dollar Industry - The Impact of US-China Tariff

But it's also serious money, man. I'm telling you. I pulled that Josh Allen gold downtown $5,000 card out of a $15 pack. That's serious money. Now, we won't say how much I've spent over and above that. I mean, you should see the trash can, man. I'm like, how many landfills have we filled up? You open those bags, there's so much trash. I'm like, I fucking need to start incinerating it or something.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
The AI Revolution - Cryptocurrency Trends - Trading Cards: A Billion Dollar Industry - The Impact of US-China Tariff

But it's also serious money, man. I'm telling you. I pulled that Josh Allen gold downtown $5,000 card out of a $15 pack. That's serious money. Now, we won't say how much I've spent over and above that. I mean, you should see the trash can, man. I'm like, how many landfills have we filled up? You open those bags, there's so much trash. I'm like, I fucking need to start incinerating it or something.

Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
The AI Revolution - Cryptocurrency Trends - Trading Cards: A Billion Dollar Industry - The Impact of US-China Tariff

The amount of cardboard. Cardboard kingdom. But today is a big release for Don Russ Optic. Look, somebody's going to be watching this, Chris. And they're going to know what this means. This is the hottest box in retail right now. Donruss Optic. Chris, let me tell you, these boxes came out at like $30. They're going for $100 now, like a week later, and you can't buy them.