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Mar 2022
52m 45s

Building a Business With Sizzle AND Stea...

Gary Vaynerchuk
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On this episode I travel to Boston, MA to join Michael Rubin, CEO of Fanatics, on a panel to discuss trading cards, NFTs, collectibles and the Web 3.0 space. Michael and I break down the behind the scenes of Candy Digital’s partnership with MLB as well as our experiences with All In Challenge.

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