StubHub began in 2000 as a class project. Eric Baker and Jeff Fluhr cofounded it at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. They saw a need for a platform to facilitate ticket resale and founded StubHub accordingly. They serve as a middleman between the buyer and seller, profiting from ticket sales commissions. It is an easy way to find cheaper or last minute tickets.

In 2007, StubHub was sold to eBay for 310 million dollars. In 2019, it changed ownership again and became part of Viagogo, an online marketplace founded by original StubHub inventor Eric Baker. Unfortunately, StubHub was hit hard by COVID right after Baker acquired the business, but it has mostly recovered to where it was.

Today, StubHub is the biggest market for ticket resales. Customers sell tickets for Taylor Swift concerts to the Super Bowl. Sales go from tickets that people can no longer use to resale for a profit. There are a wide variety of customers that use StubHub. Users can post tickets for their desired price.

Baker and Fluhr turned a class project into a multi-billion dollar business. They were not afraid to expand their company when they realized they had an excellent idea. When StubHub was created, it was a unique way to sell unused tickets conveniently. It has become the most notable platform for ticket sales.

Clemente Theotokis and Jai Kanwar both grew up with experience in the transport sector of the UK. They both constantly heard about the inefficiencies within the system. Both 23, the duo paired up in 2018 to found Zeus Labs. They believed that they could use technology to make supply chains more efficient, productive, and stable. They teamed up with a top team of engineers to develop their business.

They have become very successful quickly. They provided a 71 percent reduction in admin hours for shippers. They provided access to over 10,000 trucks for haulers. In two years, they have handled over seven billion dollars in freight. They operate over 660,000 tons of freight per year.

Zeus was able to thrive during COVID-19—supply chain disruptions allowed them to take advantage of the market and succeed. While other businesses struggled, Zeus took advantage of the disruption.

Today, they focus on reducing carbon emissions in their shipping systems. In an era when so many people worry about the environment, they have done well to make the general customer happy.

Zeus Labs is an excellent example of how entrepreneurs find problems in systems that must be solved. They use updated technology to make the best product possible. They also used disruptions in the market to thrive and curate their products to make their customers happy.

Eric Sim, known as “the king of Juco is a former college and professional baseball player. While Sim never made it to the MLB, he still loves baseball and stays very involved. He is a media personality who uses what he loves to make content on YouTube. He owns a baseball facility equipped with some of the newest technology on the market, where young athletes can train and where he can make content. He has over 300,000 followers on Instagram and over 450,000 followers on YouTube.

He is known for his innovative rowdiness in the content he makes. While unfiltered, Sim makes the game of baseball, which is sometimes portrayed as slow and boring, a lot of fun. He does somewhat stupid but very interesting things that draw people’s attention. In his videos, he will face some of the best college and professional players, who are clearly better than catching and hitting extremely fast pitching and causing scenes in men’s leagues. 

He is known for his alpha mentality. One of his coined phrases is throw gas, lift heavy, and hit nukes, which shows that he doesn’t care about the process as you are the best player you can be. Additionally, he sells merchandise popular among baseball players and for gym wear.

Eric Sim is an example of someone who takes what they love doing and makes it into their work. He washed out as a pro athlete, so he does what he loves in the gym and on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/@KingofJUCO

Tim Tebow is a name that many Christian sports fans have heard over the past two decades. He is known as the quarterback who would take a knee in the endzone after scoring a touchdown. He has become a role model for many aspiring young Christian athletes. He has had a crazy career. He became known in the mid-2000s, during his college football career in Florida, where he won two national championships and a Heisman. He was drafted and had a several-year stint in the NFL, taking the Broncos to the playoffs in 2011. Later, after being cut from several other teams, he spent five years playing minor-league baseball.

Many people must learn that Tim Tebow has written several books and owns a brand. The Tebow brand sells clothing books and can help with media and public endorsement. Tebow is a sought-after speaker, especially in successful Christian circles. His story and work ethic make him someone that many people want to hear from and about. His stories have moved thousands of people to action around the world. The clothing that he sells is inspiring and faith-related. He wants people to buy things that show messages that matter instead of things that only look cool. 

From books to clothing, Tebow is an entrepreneur who does something that he is passionate about and that matters. Even in sports, his thinking is innovative. In 2016, he realized the NFL no longer wanted him, so he tried something new and played professional baseball. He has restructured his brand to be successful and inspiring. He is an example of someone who takes something they love and puts it into a business.

https://timtebow.com/brand

“Googan Squad” was founded in 2016 by six friends: Rob Terkla, Andrew Flair, John Barzzacchini, Alex Peric, Justin Rackley, and Michael Hsiao. All six of these young men are avid anglers, and their love for fishing brought them together. Before Googan Squad, all six founders blew up with their YouTube channels. They all used their passion for fishing to make fun content that brings in thousands of viewers. After running into each other on many of their adventures, these six guys decided to make a group YouTube channel where they get together several times a year to make fun content. Over the last few years, Googan Squad has gotten more than one million subscribers and millions more views. 

Eventually, they started selling Googan Squad merchandise and fishing tackle, which expanded the organization beyond YouTube. More recently, they released a new series of custom Googan rods. Googan Squad fishing equipment has entered many big sports stores like Dicks, Cabela’s, and Bass Pro Shops. The business’s net worth is estimated to be 5 million dollars as of 2020.

Googan Squad shows that you can do what you are passionate about. These six guys love fishing and have made their careers out of it. Each uses their unique personalities to make quality content on their own YouTubes and Googan Squad. They use their knowledge and love of fishing to make products for their users. If you love something enough, you can make it your work.

https://www.youtube.com/@GooganSquad

The Bullpen has been one of the most successful pitching training facilities in Northern Virginia for the past decade. They have produced over 200 college pitchers, seven of whom played in the Big Leagues. The founder, Zach Dials, played with the Blue Jays and the Nationals organizations for seven years. In 2009, Zach started pitching instruction to a handful of young pitchers in a rented-out facility. Since then, the Bullpen has acquired its own high-tech training facility in Sterling, Virginia. John Ghyzel, former bullpen trainee and Cincinnati Reds pitcher, joined Zach in running the Bullpen after injuries ended his professional career in 2021. Zach and John are extremely high-level pitchers and experts in pitching mechanics. They use the latest tools to analyze pitchers’ mechanics and power. Using the results from the tools, they give specific drills and movements to each player to improve them. Many of the training tools they use are what the professionals use. They also invented some of their own training tools. They are constantly building and experimenting with new training devices. They develop new drills that work well to fix complex mechanical issues. In addition to pitching, the Bullpen offers advanced strength training, armcare, mobility, and a knowledge of exercise science. Pitchers who work hard at the Bullpen will see results. Membership is unlimited, allowing athletes to come in as much as they want. Zach and John are passionate about what they do, so they have such a successful business and continue producing great pitchers. I really like the model of the Bullpen because they use the tools that already work, while continually developing new innovative ways to train pitchers.