Ep. 79: Building a commission-free betting exchange w/ Jacob Fortinsky from Novig

Ep. 79 features Jacob Fortinsky, co-founder & CEO of Novig, a commission-free sports betting exchange. Hear him discuss: - Why he thinks “that the fundamental business model of this industry is broken and untenable.” - Why he believes that a commission-free exchange is the future of betting - Learnings from Novig’s recent beta product rollout, which will launch in CO this fall - His experience taking Novig through YCombinator last year (which remains the only betting company to go through YC!) - Today’s announcement about raising $6.4m from Lux Capital and a who’s-who of Silicon Valley investors - His contrarian decision to not raise capital from industry investors - Why he has a "chip on his shoulder", and how he deals with skeptics Learn more 👇 ➡️ Novig https://www.novig.us/ website ➡️ Novig on https://twitter.com/novig_app Twitter ➡️ Jacob Fortinsky https://www.linkedin.com/in/jfortinsky/ on Linkedin