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My Biggest Lessons with Chris Meade

Tim Sheilds invented a sport! He joins Chris to share his biggest lessons, along with his journey of inventing and launching a sport!

1:00 Recent success of UBall, and what it is.

2:00 What if James Nasmith invented basketball today?

3:30 The painpoint that lead to the product being invented.

4:45 Growing the sport and learning lessons the hard way

6:30 Manufacturing issues.

8:30 Quality testing to make sure the product can survive, and not testing in extreme heat.

11:10 Working with big names like Lonzo ball, and motivating them to continue to post.

16:00 Importance of email marketing to be able to tell your story.

19:30 Messaging and availability for your customers

21:47 Afterpay and other payment options, and sneaking it into the abandoned cart flow

23:00 The Biggest Lesson - not following up and staying in touch with personal relationships. Pick 5 relationships to foster and talk to them on a weekly basis, and what to talk about when you’re hanging out with friends

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Chris Meade is the co-founder & CMO of CROSSNET, the world’s first four-way volleyball game. Chris was honored with Forbes 30U30 for the 2021 Sports category. CROSSNET combines elements of the childhood game four square and volleyball in a competitive game to 11, win by 2. CROSSNET is now available at 3000+ retail stores such as Walmart, Target, DICKS, Academy Sports, Sam’s Club and 20+ other retailers.