#9: Paul Anton - CEO, Co-Founder Huupe | AI x Basketball | First “smart” hoop | 8-Year entrepreneurial journey | China’s growing suburbs | Creating buzz with $0 in marketing spend | Futuristic Sports

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!