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In this episode Hector Rodriguez AKA HECZ the owner and CEO of OpTic Gaming joins us to talk the history of Esports, Content Creation as a business, his love for sneakers and graffiti, and much more… SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeEbfyOye9v1zZK9eumzl7w LISTEN ON: APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/private-conversations/id1641605422?ign-itscg=30200S&ign-itsct=podcast_box_promote_link SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5wnDrQiUCPcUErprdaBX2b ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/PrivateConversations ADD US ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/prvt.conversations/ ALL OF OUR SOCIALS: https://linktr.ee/PrivateConversations TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 1:04 HECZ On Growing Up In Juarez Mexico 3:28 Buying Unnecessary Things vs. Investments 4:45 Growing Up With Video Games 7:18 HECZ Sneaker Knowledge 8:49 Importance Of OpTic And The Meaning Behind The Name 11:28 Working with HECZ And Starting A Podcast 15:00 How To Navigate The Lil Bro Treatment 21:34 HECZ On His Love For Graffiti 30:40 How HECZ Became One Of The First Video Game Content Creators 35:22 Taking The Leap Of Faith To Chase Your Dreams 39:29 Why HECZ Sold OpTic Gaming 41:12 Gaming Tournaments Prize Pool Evolution 43:08 The Secret To Why OpTic Has Been So Successful 47:41 Private Selection Going International 50:01 HECZ Growing Up As A Sneakerhead 52:02 If You Could Design Any Shoe What Would It Be? 53:11 Favorite Musicians And Meeting Raekwon 54:46 Breaking The Nike SB eBay Dunks Live On The Podcast 57:00 Gifting HECZ An Unreleased Pair Of Jordan 1’s 58:45 How Many Pairs Of Shoes Do You Own? 1:03:56 What is OpTic Day? 1:06:35 Are You Ever Too Old For Streetwear? 1:10:36 The Cultural Shift Of Consumer Brands 1:13:28 OpTic Gaming Coming To Sneaker Con Dallas 1:15:09 Unreleased New Balance Sneakers First Look 1:18:12 Nadeshot Wearing Off-White Chicago’s In Chicago 1:19:12 Ian Knew Virgil Had Passed Away Before Anyone Else In The World 1:22:07 First Impressions From Clothes And Sneakers 1:24:27 Larry’s New Found Golf Addiction 1:25:37 The Rise Of Influencers Becoming Their Own Brand 1:27:54 Kanye West On Leaving Adidas 1:30:20 The Shoe Game Runs In Cycles 1:31:19 Would Kanye West Retro His Nike Air Yeezy’s? 1:33:33 HECZ’s Top 5 Video Games Of All Time 1:35:22 Getting Scump On The Podcast 1:36:16 How Did OpTic Aquire Envy? 1:38:29 Closing Thoughts _________________________________________________________________ #OpTicHECZ #PrivateConversations


