Larry Freedman (Co-President of Los Angeles Football Club) on Creating A MLS Expansion Team, LAFC Selling Every Ticket, A Championship Win - EPISODE 7

This is the Excellent Leadership Podcast! Our Host Chad Biagini (President, Excel Search & Advisory) is here with our seventh guest, Larry Freedman (Co-President of Los Angeles Football Club) to discuss:  (0:00) - Intro Package  (1:01) - How Larry Got To Where He Is Today & Deciding To Become a Lawyer at Age 8 (5:25) - Working in The Technology Space & Starting An Incubator in 1999 (9:44) - Moving Back To Los Angeles & Getting A Job in Minor League Baseball (14:33) - Deciding To Start A Soccer Team & Why They Wanted To Start a Team in Los Angeles (18:40) When Major League Soccer Started To Click & Realizing That They’d Sell Every Ticket (21:25) - Writing The Playbook For A MLS Expansion Team & Ownership Groups Around The League (27:08) - How LAFC Sells Out Every Game & Learning From Others But Listening To Yourself (35:03) - Early Marketing Metrics & His Role During The Early Years (41:03) - Advice For Senior Leaders & Audacious Goals (48:48) - Building A Family Environment For Executives & Internal Promotions/Boomerangs  (55:11) - Advice For C-Level Executives In The Interview Room & Hiring From People Better Than You (1:01:57) - What Larry Obsesses Over In The Business & Advice To First Time CEO's (1:06:52) - 7 Question Blitz 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices