May 25, 2022 / 07:10PM GMT
Riaz Ladhabhoy -
Welcome. We are thrilled to have Andrew Paradise, Co-Founder and CEO of Skillz, at the conference today. Andrew is always, always entertaining in his interview. He's promised he's going to be entertaining today.
Andrew C. Paradise - Skillz Inc. - Co-Founder, CEO, President & Chairman of the Board
I'll try my best.
Questions and Answers:
Riaz Ladhabhoy -So maybe I'll start with a really simple question. You're a Co-Founder of the company. What was the -- what's the founding story of Skillz?
Andrew C. Paradise - Skillz Inc. - Co-Founder, CEO, President & Chairman of the Board
So Skillz is the same business that I first created 10 years ago. So my background, I'm a serial entrepreneur and inventor. My last company invented mobile self-checkout. So first company to do smartphone payments in stores. I started that business. I sold it to Intuit as a Director of Intuit. And I created the tech for Skillz and funded Skillz out of the Gates. I didn't join for about a