Sep 30, 2026 · 58 min · 13 segments
Anton Bogdanov Bio Anton Bogdanov is the founder and CEO of veryfair, an AI platform that brings modern valuation to specialty assets like paintings, gemstones, aircraft, and patents. He spent…
Jothy RosenbergHostWell, you know, if I can go back a little earlier, I spent a lot of my childhood helping my parents with their clothing design and manufacturing and arbitrage sales business.
They essentially had a clothing design brand that they tried to launch, and later they were working – luxury clothing retail acquisitions that they later took the product over into the EU and sold it.
And, you know, I don't think I realized how unique of an experience that was at the time.
But, you know, obviously, you know, there was times where I'd be sitting, you know, in the garment district in a car for three hours waiting for my mom to go through and go through the acquisition process.
I'd be thinking, boy, would I rather be anywhere else but here right now? But, you know, now I think back to it, it really was kind of the...
the catalyst to thinking about, you know, running my own business and running, running it through, through not, not individually, but running it with, with others and collaborating with others.
I worked a season as a tax prep assistant, um, I spent some time in the warehousing.
And around 2005, I got really involved and interested in foreign trade and the flow of commerce.
And there was a B2B forum where you could communicate amongst the whole user group.
But these brokerage houses that connect to one another, and they may take a modest cut.
Well, you know, if I can go back a little earlier, I spent a lot of my childhood helping my parents with their clothing design and manufacturing and arbitrage sales business.
They essentially had a clothing design brand that they tried to launch, and later they were working – luxury clothing retail acquisitions that they later took the product over into the EU and sold it.
And, you know, I don't think I realized how unique of an experience that was at the time.
But, you know, obviously, you know, there was times where I'd be sitting, you know, in the garment district in a car for three hours waiting for my mom to go through and go through the acquisition process.
I'd be thinking, boy, would I rather be anywhere else but here right now? But, you know, now I think back to it, it really was kind of the...
the catalyst to thinking about, you know, running my own business and running, running it through, through not, not individually, but running it with, with others and collaborating with others.
I worked a season as a tax prep assistant, um, I spent some time in the warehousing.
And around 2005, I got really involved and interested in foreign trade and the flow of commerce.
And there was a B2B forum where you could communicate amongst the whole user group.
But these brokerage houses that connect to one another, and they may take a modest cut.
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