Im looking to make a group. What would you guys like?
1. Basketball card only group.
2. Memorabilia and non card collection pieces
3. Content creator group
4. Pickup group

Today’s guest @MojoSports is a lifelong collector whose passion for cards and autographs started in high school and has since evolved into a thriving career as a professional content creator.

Whether he’s cheering for the Kings or showcasing his unwavering love for Aaron Rodgers, his deep connection to sports has fueled an incredible journey in The Hobby.

Jay has built a career centered around educating collectors, sharing personal stories, providing industry insights, and bringing audiences behind the scenes with card show vlogs and card shop tours. Along the way, he’s collaborated with professional athletes and partnered with some of the biggest brands in the collectibles space, including Fanatics and eBay.

In this episode, we cover:
• Growing up with YouTube
• Turning a collecting passion into a full time job
• Tips & Advice on creating content

This episode is filled with inspiration, valuable insights, and incredible stories from an artist who has successfully turned his passion into a thriving entrepreneurial journey.

🎧 Don’t miss this episode—catch the full story on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. Just search Hobby Hustle!

YOUTUBE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-wJfCV9m1Q

Don and his team at Ricoh were kind enough to donate a Ricoh FI-8170 scanner to giveaway for the community this week!

All you have to do is check out this Instagram post and follow 3 easy steps to enter to win!

This is the best scanner around and can do some amazing things for those looking to list sports cards or TCG.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DCkBrg6p9oN/?igsh=MWoxb2s5MnFraTl6Ng==

Good luck to all who enter!

Today we launched the trailer to our first content series, Mantel Quality Stories, hosted by @Buster. Each week Buster sits down with a different influential collector (like @alexisohanian, @Garyvee, @tysonbeck, and @steveaoki) and they go back and forth, showing off items from their collections that hold significant value (monetary, nostalgic, sentimental, entertainment).

Interview series can sometimes feel packed with corporate messaging, PR-approved answers, and business plugs. But, when centered around passions, hobbies, and memories, you get unfiltered emotion.

Our first episode, featuring Gary Vaynerchuk, drops right here, (exclusively for our community) on www.onMantel.com June 5th, and a new episode follows every Wednesday for the next 12 weeks. Episodes will hit YouTube the day after we all get to watch it here.

Let us know what you think in the comments, and tell us who else you'd like to see join as a guest in the future!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_jWMxFuAWA