How Derek Curry Built a Mini Sneaker Empire From Nothing

The Complex Sneakers Podcast

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🗓️ 20 November 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys host, Derek Curry, owner of the sneaker boutique, Sneaker Politics. Derek shares the story of how he became the head of an empire and the people that helped him get there. They talk about how he ended up in the army, the way he met his long time friend and mentor Deon Point, and the multiple collaborations he has had with big sneaker names like Nike, Reebok and more.

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0:00.0	May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get
0:08.0	10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the rain again.
0:16.5	Trains now on Uber. Tees and sees apply. Check the Uber app. What's up?
0:24.7	up everybody, it's Joel of Kummer, you were listening to the Complex Sneakers podcast.
0:28.4	As always, I'm with my guys.
0:31.6	Mr. Matt wealthy, how are you buddy?
0:33.0	Good morning, America. It's an early one.
0:35.0	Very, very early. And of course, my man, Brendan Dunn, straight from Brooklyn, he's excited about James
0:41.8	Hard and possibly going to the
0:43.2	nets we're gonna be at the Barclays in 2021 aren't we? I'm glad Joe I'm glad
0:47.4	you said that that's what's happening because I see all this basketball stuff on my
0:50.0	timeline and I don't have an exact I never see the headline I just see the tweets about it so James Harden to Brooklyn. Okay. Yes. I'm thrilled
0:57.5	Hasn't happened yet. It hasn't happened yet, but it seems like it's gonna happen. we're going to be at the barclays.
1:02.6	We may be at, we may be in the executive suites by 2021.
1:07.3	The best tweet I saw about it is that Brooklyn's already known
1:11.0	for exposed brick apartments.
1:13.0	Oh, okay.
1:14.0	There he goes.
1:16.0	There he goes. Joe, let me ask you this when we go to these Barclays games,
1:19.0	when we're on the floor when we're in the suite,
1:21.0	when we're sitting next to David Willettis,
1:22.0	where are we eating before and after? Do you have the whole night laid out or do we not want to expose the spots that we're at?
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