Building a Business
Trust Is the ‘Moat’ Everyone Needs — and the One Most Founders Ignore
After spending the last several years in one of America’s least trusted, most opaque industries, the most competitive advantage is trust.
Brandon Aversano
CEO of The Alloy Market
Brandon Aversano is the founder and CEO of The Alloy Market, a fast-growing gold resale platform. Inspired by his cancer journey, he built Alloy to transform a predatory industry with transparency, trust and tech, serving thousands nationwide.
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