Startup pitch competition! Jason invests $25K into one of three founders | E1942

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(37:18) Alex Hanna pitches Zweelie
(41:44) Jason picks the startup he will invest in!
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[@props-ai]

Thanks for having us!

[@zweelie]

Thank you Jason & team!

[@PreshDineshkumar]

awesome startups!!!

[@talentsherpa]

I’m glad to see solo founders

[@jpalventures]

Jcal talks like it's done overnight 😂

[@fintech1378]

He is good though

[@grimrr2878]

this is super useful

[@TheGreatOne428]

The board game marketplace seems like a very small market. Jason seems like he is throwing darts in the dark. Pre-seed investing maybe just about that I guess.

[@mattkotler9100]

they had a slide for TAM and said it was $12bn :)

[@Peanut_butter101]

I think he was also wants TCG which is a growing market. I sell Pokemon cards on the side and a 5 percent fee is extremely good for sellers when eBay takes 14 percent and tik tok takes 10. I think for this to work is they need a really good customer support team. Mainly to handle refunds and disputes.

[@adjuvara]

Skipped to the decision. Why you're calling it a competition ? You're Oprah-ing everytime " you get 25k , you get 25k"

[@PeterNooteboom]

Yeah, they even say in the title "invests $25K into one of three founders". They aren't fooling anyone at this point.

[@dumpsterdiverdetector]

$75k RIP

[@rafb145]

Didn’t detect any dumpsters?

[@dumpsterdiverdetector]

@@rafb145 three at least

[@mail22]

Jason, what has been the biggest surprise (positive and negative) from these $25k investments?