Tom Edwards

Chicago, IL (USA)
Role(s):
Founder/Owner/Principal

OSR, Inc.

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Location: Chicago
Industry: Investing
Year Founded: 2006
Number Employees: 1-10 people
Description: I have an excellent small business with growth of over 300% per year. So far, it has been kept very small and part-time by me, the owner. I was convinced by another business partner to take this concept to the marketplace in the hopes of turning it into a $20 million per year venture. I have contacts with almost every major sports star's autograph agent in the world : Alex Rodriguez, Cal Ripken Jr., Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Nolan Ryan, Johnny Bench, Carl Yastrzemski, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Julius Erving, LeBron James, Terry Bradshaw, etc., etc., etc. - plus many more. We have been using these contacts to send rare graded cards and memorabilia to these athletes to sign. Once signed with an original autograph and given a certificate of authenticity by the athlete's agent, we have the cards and memorabilia certified again by the top 3 grading companies in the industry and encased in durable holders that are the sportscard industry standard. We then sell the lower priced cards on Ebay (usually cards that sell for less than $1500), the mid-range cards ($1501-3000) to our clientele of sports investors, and the high-grade material goes to auctions - usually held between 4-8 times per year. We have weekly, monthly, and quarterly cash flow using this method. We are looking for individual investors at the $100k level and above, and we are only looking for a maximum of $500k. We will be continuing this business whether or not we find investors, since we're already (URL removed) will just take us a little longer to get this concept into the multi-million dollar range, that's all. We will be at the Chicago National Card Show on the weekend of July 30th through August 3rd, in case anyone would like to meet and discuss the project.