How We Began
Popcorn was built by ticket brokers, not observers.
We spent years inside the resale markets, watching prices swing with the constant pressure of balancing sales with expirations. Pricing was never theoretical. It was the difference between control and chaos.
Like most brokers, we relied on manual processes and imperfect tools. We tracked comps and adjusted prices based on instinct and experience. Some software helped marginally but it was limited, expensive, and ultimately not a long-term solution.
We knew the problem wasn't effort. It was structure.
Popcorn began as an internal system to solve that problem for ourselves.
Systems Evolution
Ticket markets demand precision, timing, and discipline. Prices move quickly, inventory expires, and decisions compound over time. The challenge isn't effort, it's managing complexity consistently.
Popcorn was built to address that challenge.
The name comes from Process to Optimize Pricing. Popcorn focuses on optimizing the pricing system itself: how data is gathered, evaluated, forecasted, and acted upon. A single data point is just noise. When signals are aggregated, contextualized, and modeled over time, patterns emerge and informed decisions become possible.
Popcorn does not promise outcomes. It provides brokers with structured tools so decisions are made with clarity and discipline instead of assumption.
The Team
Creative and strategic, the driving force behind the Popcorn engine.
Michael Fischman
Founder + CEO
Ticket Broker & Entrepreneur
A true flipper. Always researching arbitrage opportunities and making things run smoothly. The backbone of Popcorn.
Randy Fischman
Founder + COO
Ticket Broker & Entrepreneur
Justin is an experienced consultant, knowing how to cross the T's and dot the I's is routine. Justin has believed in Popcorn's agenda from inception.
Justin Wong
CFO
Business Consultant
Justin has made a career on finding opportunities. His instincts are on point, a 6th sense on when to press and when to pass.
Justin Geronsin
Project Manager
Strategist
CompSci, LLC supports Popcorn's core engineering and system architecture. With deep experience in distributed systems, data management, and custom software development, CompSci helps ensure the platform is built with clarity, resilience, and scale in mind.
CompSci, LLC
Development Partner
Engineering & Systems Solutions
Ben leads Popcorn's design and product strategy, focusing on clarity, execution, and systems that ship. His work blends proven patterns with thoughtful context, prioritizing great outcomes over perfect ideas.
Ben-Her
Design Partner
Design & Product Development
The Problem
It became clear that pricing workflows were fundamentally broken. We began architecting a system designed to reduce repetitive effort while strengthening strategic pricing control.
Tumultuous Times
With significant resources invested, the market collapsed overnight. Events vanished, uncertainty dominated the ticketing industry, and the project was forced into survival mode. The team was reduced, but the core vision remained intact.
Our Favorite Customer
With a working prototype in place, the founders became Popcorn's first power users. Running real inventory through the system and validating the engine's value.
Patent #1 Awarded
The first Popcorn patent was awarded, validating the system's core pricing and forecasting methodology. Conceived several years earlier, it marked a major inflection point for the platform.
A Phoenix
Popcorn was deliberately rebuilt, resources aligned, partnerships formed and the platform refined through thoughtful design and planning.
CompSci x Popcorn
Strategic development partnership established with CompSci LLC, accelerating system development.
Ben-Her x Popcorn
Design partnership formed, aligning Popcorn's visual identity with its technical ambition.
Patent #2 Awarded
A second patent was awarded, extending Popcorn's protected innovations in pricing and inventory logic.
Popcorn Beta + Launch
Private beta launches in Q1, marking Popcorn's transition from internal system to professional platform.
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