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Mojo CEO Vinit Bharara on building a stock market to bet on athletes | E1566


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On today's show, Mojo CEO and Co-Founder Vinit Bharara joins Jason to talk about his new stock market to bet on athletes, Mojo, which just launched in New Jersey. (1:39) Vinit breaks down the thesis (17:07), does a product demo (40:27), and explains how they raised $100M to build a stock market from scratch and provide instant liquidity!


(0:00) Jason tees up today's interview!

(1:39) Jason intros Vinit Bharara, who breaks down his past business ventures including Cafe.com, Diapers.com, working with his brother Preet!

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(14:28) Managing Preet at Cafe.com

(17:07) Vinit explains the thesis behind Mojo

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(26:02) Raising $100M from Thrive Capital, Tiger, and more

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(40:27) Vinit runs through a Mojo product demo

(53:58) Building a team of handicappers and quants

(1:00:56) Vinit and Jason share 9/11 stories

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