Ryan Alford

We feature Brian Ludden from Lud-X, the fastest and most accurate trading card scanning app. Gary Vaynerchuk, CEO of VaynerMedia and creator of VFriends. South Carolina card king, Matty Rich, one of South Carolina's largest retail store owners. And SI Collectibles contributor and sports executive, Jeremy Eisenberg. Plus, some other surprise guests. This isn't just about collecting.

We feature Brian Ludden from Lud-X, the fastest and most accurate trading card scanning app. Gary Vaynerchuk, CEO of VaynerMedia and creator of VFriends. South Carolina card king, Matty Rich, one of South Carolina's largest retail store owners. And SI Collectibles contributor and sports executive, Jeremy Eisenberg. Plus, some other surprise guests. This isn't just about collecting.

It's about investing, scaling, and ruling the hobby. Right about now, we're making the hobby make sense. Massive dollars. Don't miss this incredible series. What's up, guys? Welcome to Write About Now. We're always talking about how to learn more about business and get right. And, you know, we could talk about last week. We could talk about two years ago. But we want to make it topical for today.

It's about investing, scaling, and ruling the hobby. Right about now, we're making the hobby make sense. Massive dollars. Don't miss this incredible series. What's up, guys? Welcome to Write About Now. We're always talking about how to learn more about business and get right. And, you know, we could talk about last week. We could talk about two years ago. But we want to make it topical for today.

It's about investing, scaling, and ruling the hobby. Right about now, we're making the hobby make sense. Massive dollars. Don't miss this incredible series. What's up, guys? Welcome to Write About Now. We're always talking about how to learn more about business and get right. And, you know, we could talk about last week. We could talk about two years ago. But we want to make it topical for today.

And, you know... I can admit when I'm doing guilty pleasures, but I'm doing guilty pleasures that you need to know about because this is part of our trading card series. We had Brian Ludden from Luddex on. We've got one of the biggest collectors in the Southeast that's coming on. We've got some other big names, and that's why I went to Jeremy. Jeremy Eisenberg.

And, you know... I can admit when I'm doing guilty pleasures, but I'm doing guilty pleasures that you need to know about because this is part of our trading card series. We had Brian Ludden from Luddex on. We've got one of the biggest collectors in the Southeast that's coming on. We've got some other big names, and that's why I went to Jeremy. Jeremy Eisenberg.

And, you know... I can admit when I'm doing guilty pleasures, but I'm doing guilty pleasures that you need to know about because this is part of our trading card series. We had Brian Ludden from Luddex on. We've got one of the biggest collectors in the Southeast that's coming on. We've got some other big names, and that's why I went to Jeremy. Jeremy Eisenberg.

He is not only an OG trading card guy, talent brand labs founder, and I think just a sports junkie. Is that what it is, Jeremy? Yeah.

He is not only an OG trading card guy, talent brand labs founder, and I think just a sports junkie. Is that what it is, Jeremy? Yeah.

He is not only an OG trading card guy, talent brand labs founder, and I think just a sports junkie. Is that what it is, Jeremy? Yeah.

Yeah, man. Octagon, any of our agency crowd will know some name drops that will get in here. We compared some more stories of agency life a little bit before we got started, both kind of coming up through that. Jeremy, I did go through your background, and Brian shared a little bit, but I was like, And I got blessed to work on Verizon, some big names. We did some sports sponsorship stuff.

Yeah, man. Octagon, any of our agency crowd will know some name drops that will get in here. We compared some more stories of agency life a little bit before we got started, both kind of coming up through that. Jeremy, I did go through your background, and Brian shared a little bit, but I was like, And I got blessed to work on Verizon, some big names. We did some sports sponsorship stuff.

Yeah, man. Octagon, any of our agency crowd will know some name drops that will get in here. We compared some more stories of agency life a little bit before we got started, both kind of coming up through that. Jeremy, I did go through your background, and Brian shared a little bit, but I was like, And I got blessed to work on Verizon, some big names. We did some sports sponsorship stuff.

But to say that my background's in sports, brand, marketing, all that, would not be painting the – I'd say more wireless and tech. But I read yours, and I go, who wouldn't grow up and go, I want to be that? That's what I thought when I was reading through your kind of bylines and everything you've done.

But to say that my background's in sports, brand, marketing, all that, would not be painting the – I'd say more wireless and tech. But I read yours, and I go, who wouldn't grow up and go, I want to be that? That's what I thought when I was reading through your kind of bylines and everything you've done.

But to say that my background's in sports, brand, marketing, all that, would not be painting the – I'd say more wireless and tech. But I read yours, and I go, who wouldn't grow up and go, I want to be that? That's what I thought when I was reading through your kind of bylines and everything you've done.

You need to name that name, though. And our listeners that knows if you even golf and maybe not golf, you'll recognize this name. We talked before. Might be one of the first influencers in golf, wasn't he? David Ledbetter. Yeah.

You need to name that name, though. And our listeners that knows if you even golf and maybe not golf, you'll recognize this name. We talked before. Might be one of the first influencers in golf, wasn't he? David Ledbetter. Yeah.

You need to name that name, though. And our listeners that knows if you even golf and maybe not golf, you'll recognize this name. We talked before. Might be one of the first influencers in golf, wasn't he? David Ledbetter. Yeah.