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The Playbook With David Meltzer

From Cards to Coins: The New Asset Class on the Block | Fireside Chat with Nat Turner

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode is from a conversation I had at The National Trading Convention with Nat Turner, the influential CEO of Collectors, and Brian Ludden, the visionary CEO and Founder of Ludex. We dive deep into the tech-driven revolution in collecting, the irresistible pull of nostalgia and Americana, and the priceless value of tangible collectibles in a digital age. Brian shares insights on Ludex's innovations, like the game-changing eBay connector, and I share a bold prediction about a certain baseball card's future value. This is a journey through the past, present, and future of collecting that you won’t want to miss if you’re an avid collector.

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0:00.0

This is the Playbook.

0:06.5

This day, Meltzer, live at the National here with entrepreneurs, the Playbook.

0:10.2

And I got two of the leading entrepreneurs in the collector's space.

0:13.8

I have the CEO of the Collector's Nat Turner and Brian Lutton, CEO, founder of Lutts.

0:20.9

Welcome to the Playbook.

0:22.3

How much of the movement today is because of technology and how much is just the momentum

0:28.1

in inertia of more people because of COVID or whatever being interested in collecting?

0:36.2

Yeah, I think it's very much both.

0:38.4

I mean, technology wasn't really in the Card Hobby, I would say five, six years ago.

0:44.0

And you'd go around the national and very few.

0:46.8

There'd be the manufacturers and dealers, but there'd be very few startups, VC funds.

0:51.1

And signings, that's where I made my money.

0:52.5

I'm not signings, yeah.

0:53.9

But very few tech startups, if you will.

0:56.7

And now you walk around, I mean, there's probably 20, 30, 40 VC backed tech companies,

1:03.6

but if I had to put percentages, I'd say most of it, though, I think it's just general interest

1:09.2

in what Penini tops and others, very interesting manufacturing practices,

1:16.1

more access, more cards, getting younger people into it.

1:21.3

I think a big part of its online breaking, I think what not deserves a ton of credit

1:26.0

for when Instagram as well, and YouTube, of driving interest through remote breaking.

1:31.5

Right stimulating.

1:32.4

Which I think you could say is tech as well, but that's really the biggest.

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