{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Stacking Slabs","title":"Passion to Profession: Husband and Wife. One Business. Fifteen Hires in a Year with Michael and Mikaela from Rated Rips ","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3646,"description":"What happens when you walk away from stability to bet on cards?\nMichael and Mikaela did it.\n\nBoth were CPAs. Both were on a clear path. Then COVID hit. Breaking started. Demand showed up fast. And within months, everything changed.\nThey built Rated Rips from late-night breaks into a full-scale consignment business.\nThey hired 15 people in a year.\nThey shifted from taking money out of the hobby to putting money back into collectors’ hands.\nIn this conversation, we get into what it really looks like to build a business in the hobby.\n\nThe risk.\nThe trust.\nThe systems.\nThe people.\n\nWe also talk about:\n– Leaving a stable career to bet on yourself\n– Why most collectors run businesses like hobbies\n– How process and data drive their decisions\n– The shift from breaking to consignment\n– Hiring, delegation, and buying back your time\n– Building trust with collectors at scale\n\nIf you’ve ever thought about turning your passion into something more, this one will hit.\nBrought to you by eBay.\n\nSign up for Hobby Jobs and The Weekly Rip for free\nA special thank you to eBay for sponsoring Passion to Profession. The biggest and best marketplace to buy your next favorite trading card.\nGet exclusive content, promote your cards, and connect with other collectors who listen to the pod today by joining the Patreon: Join Stacking Slabs Podcast Patreon\nFollow Stacking Slabs: | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Tiktok","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/MBEEY6L_Eg3XlTtfD_e6LB4wbm-JGqV-0i2jbmCO4I0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzEwMDA3LzE1ODc5/MTIzMzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}