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.

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.

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.

Mark Cuban invested because he understood: cash advances without predatory interest is a real business.

Jeff Bezos invested because he thinks long-term. Fusion is the ultimate long-term bet.

Jeff Bezos invested personally. When the richest man on Earth backs your real estate startup, doors open.