{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Stacking Slabs","title":"Hobby Jobs: Why the Sports Card Industry Needs Career Infrastructure","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/a78d4c8b\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1202,"description":"Over the past 18 months, Brett has spent time talking with owners, builders, and operators across the sports card industry.\nMore than 60 conversations.\n\nShop owners.\nTech founders.\nMarketplace operators.\nAuction leaders.\n\nA pattern kept showing up.\n\nThe hobby is growing fast. Online card sales tracked by Card Ladder reached $481M in a single month.\n\nCompanies are expanding.\nInfrastructure is growing.\nNew businesses are launching.\n\nBut the knowledge required to build a business in this space remains scattered.\n\nMuch of it lives in private conversations.\nPhone calls.\nText threads.\nDirect messages between operators.\n\nThere is no central place where industry knowledge, jobs, and operator insight live.\nThat realization led Brett to create Hobby Jobs.\n\nIn this episode of Stacking Slabs, Brett explains the thinking behind the launch and why the sports card industry is ready for a new kind of resource.\n\nThe conversation covers:\n• Lessons from 60+ conversations with hobby operators\n• Why trust and relationships drive successful hobby businesses\n• The growing infrastructure behind the sports card industry\n• How Hobby Jobs will surface industry roles and business insight\n• Why the next generation of hobby operators will shape the future of the hobby\n\nStacking Slabs will always serve collectors.\n\nBut collectors power the hobby while operators build the infrastructure that supports it.\nHobby Jobs is Brett’s first step toward documenting the business side of the hobby and creating a place where operators can learn from each other.\n\nSign up for Hobby Jobs and The Weekly Rip for free\nStart your 7 day free trial of Stacking Slabs Patreon Today\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}