In #19, Michael Sikand (@michaelsikand) and Simran Sandhu (@_simmy_) chat with Sam Rattner (@samrattner), Co-Founder of Vigtory, a sports betting app he sold for $40M to FuboTV in 2021 at age 23. Sam is a college dropout who nearly built a snow removal empire as a Chicago teenager before he pivoted to capitalize on the legalization of U.S. sports betting. More recently, Sam became the Co-Founder and CEO of Showroom, a B2C fashion search engine startup that he thinks can beat Google at its own game.
Sign up for Sam's new company Showroom's waitlist: https://www.showroom.store/
1:00 Sam's Snow Removal Biz
2:28 Don't Build For Silicon Valley People
8:42 Pros and Cons of Service Businesses
11:30 Why Sam Pivoted Into Tech
14:00 Being a Second-Time Founder
24:54 How/Why Sam Started Vigtory
31:30 The Guy Who Made Vigtory Work
45:00 Sam's Golden Rules on Partnerships and Fundraising
56:40 Sam's New AI Company
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