Nick Walter funded numberFire with a $100,000 game show win
Nick Walter · Panel discussion // Data Driven NYC #9 // Nov 2012 · Dec 5, 2013 · at 2:19
Nick Walter, founder of Numberfire, recounts how he acquired seed capital to launch his sports analytics platform without giving up equity.
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“I was the one who wants to be a millionaire with, ah, Regis Philbin about two and a half years ago. I ended up winning a 100,000 dollars on the show, and I promptly quit my job and, ah, did Numberfire.”
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