I’m Chris. I build businesses that bring people together.
From a local gathering place to a community that keeps growing.
A big first chapter for our Sioux Falls home base.
Visit the Gym ↗02 / Beyond the islands$2M+Part of the $6 million total—connecting with collectors everywhere.
Explore Izzi’s ↗03 / IZZISCON10,000+One community. A shared love of gaming and collectibles.
Visit IZZISCON ↗Founder-reported figures · October 2026. Online sales are included in total sales.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
I co-own Izzi’s Gym with my brother Nick, bringing collectors, gamers, and families together. I also use AI to make processes simpler and more efficient.
More about me →Follow along with the people, projects, and collections that make this corner of the world feel like home.
Building businesses. Finding purpose. Making room for people.
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Explore the post collection →I once fired my twin brother. Technically, twice. Now he's going back to Automattic, and I couldn't be more excited for him. Let me back up. A decade ago, Nick landed his first real job at Automattic. He did a little bit of everything, tra…
Read the post →Imported from LinkedInYou cannot sleep on this. Before I changed a single thing, my Shopify store had already made $918.70 from ChatGPT and the Shop app. No ads. No links. AI found our cards and sold them. So I had AI audit my store the way a shopping agent see…
Read the post →Imported from LinkedInLove this. One footnote from behind the counter at a card shop: this compares the entire venture index to the single best Charizard on earth. That's like comparing the S&P to Google's seed round. The average 1999 Charizard didn't become a…
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