Matthew Michael

Matthew Michael

Founder: Drop Beacon, Operations: Apollo

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Founder of Grade 5 Materials & Drop Beacon I build high-end hardware and the marketplace that tracks it. With a background in Asset Management and Data & Analytics, I’m obsessed with solving "market friction," whether that’s through creating a proprietary Snap to Stealth toggle for haptic coins or building Drop Beacon to beat the 3-minute delay of marketing emails. Current focus: Consolidating 190+ Everyday Carry (EDC) brands into a single source of truth for the community.

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Drop Beacon - The EDC landscape, consolidated. Real-time drop alerts.

The EDC landscape is fractured and spread across 190+ boutique sites, Discords, Subreddits, private Facebook groups, Instagram, and newsletters. Drop Beacon consolidates it all into one real-time engine. We track everything from Magnus fidgets to Magnacut blades, sending push notifications the second gear goes live. Stop juggling tabs and losing to cart-snipers. If you’re waiting for the official marketing email to hit your inbox, you’re already too late. One feed. Every drop. Instant alerts.
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