SE05 EP14: Scaling and Growing an Epidemic-proof D2C Brand - CROSSNET 🏐

2X eCommerce Podcast - A podcast by Kunle Campbell - Tuesdays

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On today’s episode, Kunle interviews the founder of a direct-to-consumer brand creating an entirely new sports game called Crossnet that is rapidly growing at a 4X Year-on-Year rate despite the current slowdown in retail. You don’t want to miss this one - do stay tuned!

Crossnet is volleyball reimagined - so instead of the typical two-sided court setup of volleyball, Crossnet is a four-square volleyball game that can be set up on sand, grass, or indoors.

Their growth rates are impressive:

2017 set up and prototyping
2018 - $75k
2019 - $2.5m
2020 - $8-10m (estimated)
 

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