Paul Anton is building Huupe, the world’s first smart basketball hoop - merging technology, gaming, and sports training.
Prior to Huupe, Anton built two companies (1 of which was acquired). Huupe recently raised $5M including investments from several NBA players such as Trevor Booker and Thaddeus Young.
Chapters:
(00:00) Introduction
(02:17) Paul Anton’s entrepreneur journey
(03:50) Why a smart basketball hoop?
(06:10) $3B basketball backboard market
(08:25) Creating a buzz with $0 in marketing
(11:05) China’s growing suburbs and basketball market
(13:58) Getting investors (including NBA players)
(15:30) Future of basketball
(17:10) What it takes to make a smart basketball hoop
(18:50) AI x sports
(21:10) Recruiting + NIL using Huupe
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Paul Anton links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/manyyearstime
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-anton-384b0799/
Website: https://huupe.com/
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Andrew Petcash links:
🏠 Website: https://profluence.com
✉️ Newsletter: https://www.petcashpost.com
🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrewpetcash
🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrewpetcash
📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/andrewpetcash
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewpetcash/
🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewpetcash
🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3q5jhAuCVT2FZCkLW5xBiQ/
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Paul Anton is building Huupe, the world’s first smart basketball hoop - merging technology, gaming, and sports training.
Prior to Huupe, Anton built two companies (1 of which was acquired). Huupe recently raised $5M including investments from several NBA players such as Trevor Booker and Thaddeus Young.
Chapters:
(00:00) Introduction
(02:17) Paul Anton’s entrepreneur journey
(03:50) Why a smart basketball hoop?
(06:10) $3B basketball backboard market
(08:25) Creating a buzz with $0 in marketing
(11:05) China’s growing suburbs and basketball market
(13:58) Getting investors (including NBA players)
(15:30) Future of basketball
(17:10) What it takes to make a smart basketball hoop
(18:50) AI x sports
(21:10) Recruiting + NIL using Huupe
.
Paul Anton links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/manyyearstime
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-anton-384b0799/
Website: https://huupe.com/
.
Andrew Petcash links:
🏠 Website: https://profluence.com
✉️ Newsletter: https://www.petcashpost.com
🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrewpetcash
🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrewpetcash
📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/andrewpetcash
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewpetcash/
🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewpetcash
🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3q5jhAuCVT2FZCkLW5xBiQ/
.
Thanks for listening!
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