LIKE MANY OTHER TEENAGERS, MY ENTREPRENEURIAL START CAME FROM RESELLING. AT 13, I RESOLD MY FIRST PAIR OF SHOES. YEEZY 350 CLAYS. I MADE $150 AND WAS IMMEDIATELY HOOKED. SNEAKERS, COINS, TRADING CARDS, RANDOM COLLECTIBLES. IF THERE WAS MONEY TO BE MADE, I WAS IN IT.

AT 16, I DECIDED TO START MY OWN RESELL GROUP. I KNEW WHAT I HAD COULD BE SOLD. THE CONCEPT WASN'T ORIGINAL. HUNDREDS OF OTHER GROUPS EXISTED, AND ALMOST ALL OF THEM OPERATED EXACTLY THE SAME. SAME FEATURES. SAME FORMAT. SAME INFO. BUT I WAS OBSESSED WITH MAKING MINE FEEL DIFFERENT.

I SPENT THAT ENTIRE SUMMER LOCKED IN. I GOT SO GOOD THAT I STARTED CHARGING $700 A MONTH FOR MEMBERSHIP. MOST GROUPS AT THE TIME WERE WELL UNDER $100.

WITHIN THREE MONTHS, I HAD SCALED THE GROUP TO $70K A MONTH. MEMBERSHIP RESTOCKS WOULD SELL OUT IN UNDER THREE SECONDS. ONE GUY EVEN RESOLD HIS MEMBERSHIP FOR $3,500.