Founder/President of Excel Sports Management on Tennis To Basketball Representation, Seeing A NBA Opportunity Globally ft. Jeff Schwartz

This is the Excellent Leadership Podcast! We are back for Season 2! Chad Biagini (President, Excel Search & Advisory) with Co-Host Mark Mayleben (Partner, Excel Search & Advisory) are here with our nineteenth guest, Jeff Schwartz (Founder/President of Excel Sports Management) to discuss: Intro (:02) Single sport athlete youth & Having Self Awareness (1:23) Blind Spots & Building from a small company to a big company (5:47) Starting in the Tennis world working with stars & Moving to Basketball with Lamar Odom, Jason Kidd & Paul Pierce (10:01) NBA Marketing from the ground up & Jason Kidd being traded from Phoenix to New Jersey (15:00) Learning the business of The NBA contracts & First NBA Draft Client, Tyson Chandler (18:07) Starting Excel Sports Management & Seeing an opportunity in the NBA globally (21:55) If individual or team sports make better entrepreneurs & Relationship building (31:19) Traits he looks for in his hires & Where he sees Excel Sports Management in 5 Years (40:15) 7 Question Blitz (45:24) Staying energized after 10 years in this role & leveraging opportunities along other leagues (39:10) Prioritizing being active in the community of Milwaukee & transforming 40 Acres to The Deer District (42:34) Business School Case Study Moment aka The Giannis Effect & 7 Question Blitz (46:14) Subscribe To Full Episodes & Clips on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ExcellentLeadershipPodcast Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/excellent-leadership-podcast/id1756992305 Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4KU2g2Baee7a5d04fQfSzs Subscribe on Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/b52f086a-0266-4345-be4d-bb8a7cde89fd/EXCELLENT-LEADERSHIP-PODCAST?ref=dm_sh_iGzHwozj5FaE9BcH829Nv8GBz Subscribe on iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-excellent-leadership-podca-195005286?cmp=ios_share&sc=ios_social_share&pr=false&autoplay=true Artwork & Creative Marketing by: Katherine Sheridan, Alex Gomez, Rachel Walsh, Michael Dawson & Zach Hubric Produced by: DBPodcasts http://www.DBPodcasts.com Producers: Miles Davis & Jordan Winter Editor/Cinematographer: Daniel Demme Krutchkoff ©2024 Excel Search & Advisory Follow Us on Socials: @excellentleadershippodcast on Instagram & LinkedIn CEO Conversations #CEO #SportsExecutives #DreamJob Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices