Steven Farag is building Campus Ink, a merch platform at the center of NIL and college athletics.
In 2022, Campus Ink raised several million dollars (including an investment from Mark Cuban) and scaled to over 30 employees and 13 Universities.
Chapters:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:30) From creating merch to building Campus Ink
(02:35) How Steven got Mark Cuban to invest
(04:40) Experience being on the show “My First Million”
(06:30) Hardest thing about the apparel business
(09:20) NIL and his experience with making athletes money
(14:50) How Universities are handling NIL
(18:25) Myths in NIL and college sports
(20:00) Entrepreneurship through NIL
(24:45) Collectives and paying college athletes
(27:25) Initiatives for Campus Ink over the next year
(29:00) Where is the sports market headed in 2023