Alexis Ohanian Turned Collecting into Buying a Card Company
6/18/20261 hr 15 min
A special episode of SCN as Reddit co-founder, Alexis Ohanian, joins Gio and Jesse to discuss buying ONIT, the state of collecting, his journey from collector to business owner in the hobby, and more!
0:00 - Intro and setting up Alexis and his joy from the Knicks championship
5:00 - Alexis’ collecting background and how he got started
7:30 - The Nostalgia of Collecting
11:50 - Why buy ONIT, the ONIT model, and wanting to make the price point attainable for everyone.
28:50 - Advice Alexis has for people entering the hobby and looking to start a business
30:10 - The Importance of cardboard in a digital age
41:30 - Alex Tressler joins to recap his trip to Freedom 250.
56:30 - What Alex is seeing at card shows across the country.
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First 90 secondsMike Gioseffi· Host0:00
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Mike Gioseffi· Host0:51
Yeah, so what? I've got money already. I'm not doing this to 10X the revenue. I'm doing this to keep the community. I actually think that's an awesome approach. Not approach, but it's a needed thing in the space as well 'cause it goes back to the principle of, hey, we were kids collecting in a binder. [upbeat music] All right, we are here. We've been here for a while. We did an early recording. We had a big guest. Shut the music off. It's early. It's now 10 o'clock, and we're coming back with some intro music. Playing the hits here at Rock 101.3 Boston station for your nostalgic