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INVESTORS

Amazon invested in us. Amazon. The company that would eventually dominate online retail invested in us and we still failed. That tells you how broken the model was.

AmazonfailureCNET Interview, 2000

Sequoia, PayPal, and Mastercard all invested in us. When your investors are the biggest names in payments, it tells the market you're building real infrastructure, not a gimmick.

investorsvalidationMint Interview, 2021

Dan Gilbert — the Cavaliers owner — invested early. He said: you're building the NASDAQ of things. That phrase stuck. We're not an e-commerce company. We're a marketplace with price transparency. Big difference.

visionmarketplaceForbes Interview, 2020