This Week in Startups: Mojo CEO Vinit Bharara on building a stock market to bet on athletes | E1566
Jason Calacanis 9/21/22 - Episode Page
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
(24:40) Neo.Tax - Get $500 off R&D tax credit fees at https://neo.tax/twist
(26:02) Raising $100M from Thrive Capital, Tiger, and more
(39:09) Spokn - Get 3 months free at https://getspokn.com/twist
(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