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

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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Hosted by Kunle Campbell, who is an operator of a portfolio of consumer brands, 2X eCommerce is a weekly podcast for ecommerce operators by ecommerce operators. We interview remarkable ecommerce founders and leading enablers of ecommerce growth, with every episode promising to give you at least one growth hypothesis or idea you can test. Our focus is growing your ecommerce revenues from a cross-functional perspective, be it marketing, your tech stack, operations, finance, or customer experience. We believe that by bringing together insights from a variety of experts, we can help you double the throughput of key ecommerce functions. 2X your eCommerce growth with insights from Kunle and handpicked experts. Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram: @2XeCommerce