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The Sports Business Leaders Podcast — 178 episodes

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178 Blake Lawrence on Building Opendorse and the Future of NIL

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177 Haley Carter on Building Championship Teams and Culture

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176 Steven Aldrich on Entrepreneurship, Ownership, and Building the Oakland Roots

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175 Measuring the Athlete’s Brain with Pison Co-Founder Dexter Ang

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174 Building SportsVisio to 30,000 Users Across 16 Countries with Jason Syversen

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173 How POVORA Is Changing Sports Broadcasting with Nathan Horrocks

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172 Why Pro Athletes Need Better Financial Tools with Mayer Reich

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171 Building Better Systems for Athlete Health with Dr. Alfred Atanda Jr

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170 Building, Selling & Buying Back SkillShow with Tom Koerick Jr.

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169 FloSports CEO Mark Floreani: Building a Platform for 55,000+ Live Events Since 2006

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168 The Entrepreneurial Journey of NFL Athlete Turned Investor Chris Wilkerson

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167 Corey Knight on how the USPA Is Growing the Business of Powerlifting

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166 David Greenfield on How JUUCE Turned Phone Charging Into a New Revenue Stream for Sports

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165 NFL Linebacker Ilia Jarostchuk on the Business Behind Championship Rings

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164 How BPG Sports Is Driving $300M+ in Economic Impact

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163 Oscar Propulsion CEO Duncan Troy on The Business Behind Better Marine Performance

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162 Winning the Trust of Pro Athletes with Sportstar Relocation Managing Partner Sean Spanek

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161 Inside the Business of Sports with Hollman CEO Travis Hollman.

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160 Sapna Shah on Investing in the Next Wave of Sports

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159 Unrivaled Basketball’s Taylor Lake on Partnerships, Fan Engagement & Growth

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158 Jersey Shore Wave Owner Dawn Sherman on Building the Future of Women’s Football

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157 Rival CEO Matt Virtue on Building for the Next Generation of Sports Fans

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156 Lessons from 8 Startups & Multiple Exits with Former NHL Executive Bryant McBride

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155 Turning Celebrity Influence Into Brand Growth with Jackie Fast

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154 Philadelphia Eagles Executive Tanmay Patel on Data, Fan Engagement & the Future of Sports

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153 University of North Texas’ Bob Heere on Breaking Into the U.S. Sports Market

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152 SBL Philly Live Podcast featuring Sunderland A.F.C. CEO Tom Burwell & Baye Adofo-Wilson (New York Cosmos)

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151 Bryan Delgado on Creating Better Fan Experiences with Rally Department

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150 Kurt Landes on the Business Behind the Lehigh Valley IronPigs

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149 MLB Veteran Chase d'Arnaud & Laurel Springs' Jack Dempsey on Athlete Development

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148 Chris Paolini on How the PWHL Uses Data to Fuel Growth

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147 USA Lacrosse CEO Marc Riccio on Building the Future of the Sport Ahead of LA28

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146 From Sunderland AFC to PEAK4: Duncan Watmore on Elite Performance

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145 Building the World's Largest Youth Soccer Organization with Rush Soccer CEO Justin Miller

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144 Building the Next Topgolf of Soccer (Panna Park) with Niels van Meurs

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143 Charles Steinberg (President at Worcester Red Sox) on Building Winning Sports Organizations

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142 Building a Championship Team with Steve Swetoha, President of the Greensboro Swarm

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141 Fred Guitton on How iTarget Golf Helps Golf Facilities Drive More Revenue

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140 The Business of Scaling Sports Organizations with Bouker Pool

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139 Behind the Growth of TPH Academy with Steve Sanders

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138 Clive Mayhew (GOLF.AI CEO) on AI, Entrepreneurship, and the Future of Golf

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137 Inside the NBA G League with Motor City Cruise President China Jude

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136 How The Armory Became the Home of Indoor Track & Field

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135 Major League Table Tennis CEO Flint Lane on Lessons from Building a Pro League

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134 Running a 2,700-Player Youth Soccer Club with LMSC President, Michele Burns

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133 The Business of Emerging Sports with RRE Ventures & Disc Golf Pro Tour

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132 Zach Henderson on The Future of Revenue Generation in Sports

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131 Jeremy Goldberg on the Evolution of Youth Sports and LeagueApps

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130 Dr. Richard Myles on Creating Opportunities Beyond the NFL

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129 Han Park: From a $1B Esports Exit to Building Payment Labs

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128 Nate Thompson on Connecting Founders, Teams & Investors in Sports

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127 Kylee Renouf on The Marketing Strategy Behind Signature Athletics

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126 Investing in European Football: What American Investors Need to Know with Raphael Gellar

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125 Fueling Better Performance with Mike Hummel and 1PRCT Labs

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124 Suzann Pettersen: From Major Champion to Women's Sports Executive

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123 Christian Henze on Growing the Premier Lacrosse League

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122 Building the Next Generation of Women's Sports with LOVB SF Chairwoman Jes Wolfe

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121 Marques Colston & Nick Edwards on Building Champion Capital

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120 Eric Spitz on Turning Fan Data Into Revenue with FanUp ai

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119 Susan Brazer on ThinAir and the Future of Direct-to-Fan Sports

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118 Artin Eskandari on Building TWLV: The Performance Fuel Brand for Combat Athletes

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117 NCAA Basketball Legend Coach Fran Dunphy on Lessons from 600+ Wins

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116 John Davidson on How Sports Brands Can Win in Gaming and Esports

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115 The Business of Moving Teams, Executives, and Fans with Park Avenue Worldwide

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114 Building Better Partnerships in Sports and Business with Jack Dempsey

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113 Topher Bates on The Business Behind the UFC, WWE, and Zuffa Boxing

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112 NGU Lighting CEO, Mike Lorenz, on Building a Category Defining Sports Company

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111 Philadelphia Union President Tim McDermott on the Growing Business of the MLS

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110 The Business of the NBA G League with Warriors Executive Chris Murphy

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109 The Financial Playbook for Sports Entrepreneurs with Jason Hershman

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108 From a $650M Exit to Building America’s Padel Ecosystem

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107 From Norway to ESPN: The Rise of DØDS Diving

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106 Chris Freet on AI, Fan Loyalty & the Evolution of Sports Technology

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105 Sports Business Lessons from Delaware Blue Coats President Larry Meli

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104 UFL Strategy, Emerging Sports Leagues & Fan Engagement with Jason Bernstein

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103 Ryan Hawk on Building Winning Cultures in Sports & Business

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102 Sports Streaming, Fan Engagement & Media Innovation with Comcast's Mitch Askenas

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101 Mark Goddard on Building FIFA’s Transfer Matching System

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100 The Inside Story Behind Sports Business Leaders | Celebrating 100 Episodes

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099 Super Bowl XLVI Champion Adrian Tracy on Leadership, Faith & Life After Football

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098 Jack Liechtung on NIL, Media & the Next Era of College Sports

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097 Matt Wolff on Sports Collectibles, Fan Emotion & Entrepreneurship

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096 Former ESPN Executive Sean Hanrahan on the Future of Sports Media & Fan Engagement

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095 Shawn Tilger on Sports Private Equity, Enterprise Value & Scaling Live Sports Assets

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094 The OnRise Approach to Athlete Wellness with Dr. Kim Quigley & Dr. Brenda McBride

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093 Ken Spangenberg on How AWRE Sports Landed MLB and Scaled to 700+ Programs

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092 Sports Entrepreneurship, Media & Ownership with Kelsey Nicole Nelson

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091 Pro Team Innovation & Fan Engagement Panel ft. Dave Spadaro, Ciara Pierce & Joel Steele

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090 CEO of FlyHouse Jack Lambert on Luxury Aviation, Sports Tourism & Building a Modern Travel Brand

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089 From Startup to NFL Partner: How Guardian Sports Reached 500,000+ Athletes

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088 Vasu Kulkarni (Courtside VC) on SportsTech, Fundraising & Running a $200M VC

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087 Dominyck Bullard on Athletiverse, Sports Content & Modern Sports Marketing

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086 From Stanford Football to Skybox | Brent Peus Jr.

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085 Building Global Sports Businesses with Scott Heyes | Sports Travel, Entrepreneurship & Expanding into the U.S. Market

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084 Mark Dvoroznak on Building BASE Sports Group & the Future of Youth Sports Sponsorships

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083 Roger Loughney on the Building Future of IK Start

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082 Malcolm Lemmons on Building Vetted Sports and the Rise of Sports as an Asset Class

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081 Philadelphia Eagles Insider Dave Spadaro on Working in Pro Sports

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080 Building Headstrong: Turning Adversity into Impact with Pat Colleluori

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079 Michael Vardzell CEO of AithELITE  on The Future of College SportsTech

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078 Investing in Sports with Raef Jackson from Accelerate Ventures

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077 Live Podcast ft. Sydney Couval (NewBound VC) on Investing in Sports

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076 Sports Business Leaders Boston: Future of Sports Venture, Technology & Investment

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075 AOS Sports CEO Christian DeVries: The Mindset Shift from Success to Significance

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074 Former NBC Sports Philadelphia President on The Business of Sports

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073 Robert Cohen on Building the Next Generation of SportsTech with AR-51

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072 Mike Metcalf Jr. on DECK Leadership & High-Performance Culture

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071 Philadelphia Union Co-Owner Rob Buccini On Building an MLS Club and a Real Estate Empire

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070 Michael Hutner on SPiN: The Platform Unifying Youth Sports

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069 Building Ballers Into a $30M Sports Hospitality Brand with David Gutstadt

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068 RRE Ventures: James Robinson on Investing in Sports

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067 Former Hudl and Catapult Executive Mark Ventriglia on What it Takes to Win in SportsTech

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066 Live Podcast with Former MLB Pitcher Jesse Biddle at Sports Business Leaders Philly

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065 Kyle Israel from Momentous Sports on The Rise of Sports-Anchored Real Estate

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064 Brett Johnson on Building the Future of Sports Ownership

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063: Inside Playfly Sports with Founder Mike Schreiber

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062: The Business of Youth Sports with Signature Athletics Founder Dan Soviero

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061: Greg Sampson on Turning Courtside Space into New Sponsorship Revenue

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060: Valor Vision COO on the Future of AI-Powered Athlete Performance

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059: Inside Fitmatch AI, Using Computer Vision to Improve Athlete Development

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058 Anthony Brock on the Data-Driven Future of the Philadelphia Flyers

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057 Philadelphia 76ers Executive Greg Sacidor on Modern Sports Marketing

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056 Aperture VC’s Garnet Heraman on Seed Investing in Sports

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055 Austin Kruger on Building Sidelinr Sports with 3.5M Views in 90 Days

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054 Doug Holtzman on Leadership Lessons from $100M in Deals

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053 Jason Aldridge on Turf Tank’s Rise in Sports Tech

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052 Danny Davis on Building Recon Sports into Premier Sports Data Company

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051 The Business of Athlete Recovery with Sanj Singh

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050 The Business of Soccer: Inside Club Turnarounds with Matt Driver

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049 Finding Product-Market Fit in Sportstech: BTA Sports Story

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048 Ben Nichols on Building the Business of Padel

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047 SciSports on Building Global SportsTech

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046 Mohit Pareek on SportsTech Investing and M&A Trends

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045 Winning Again in Life After Sports with Mark Moyer

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044 Data, Fandom, and the Future of Sports: A Conversation with Neil Schwartz

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043 How Ishveen Jolly Scaled OpenSponsorship to 18,000+ Deals

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042 How RevU Is Protecting Athletes in the NIL Era

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041 How Rob Thompson Built a 30-Year Career in Sports Entrepreneurship

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040 David Ricca on Building Partnerships and Raising Capital in Sports

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039 Zubin Teherani on Scaling LeagueSide to 8-Figure ARR and 12M+ Youth Athletes

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038 The Business of Podcasting with Vince Quinn

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037 Bryan Fetzer on Building Championship Cultures in Business

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036 Joel Steele’s Journey to USL and NBA G League Team Ownership

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035 Frank Panko on Building A View From My Seat Into a 35M-User Fan Platform

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034 Stephen Bienko on Branding and the Business of College Sports

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033 Chris Shreeve on Vokol AI and the Future of Sports Audio

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032 Richie Young: Athlete, Entrepreneur, and Storyteller in the Sports Business World

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031 Matt “Deli” Delicâte on Leading Spiideo’s U.S. Expansion

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030 AI-Driven Sports Career Recruitment with Parul Khosla, CEO of Arena

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029 Boomerang CEO Skyler Logsdon on Turning Lost & Found into a $1B+ Business

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028 Life After the NFL: Patrick Afriyie’s Journey from Pro Football to Law

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027 Greg Roe on Building Freestyle Trampoline into a Global Sport

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026 Jess Brodsky from PlayerData on the Future of Sports Tech

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025 Investing in Sports Tech with Sydney Couval of NewBound VC

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024 The Future of NIL: Jack Adler on AI, Fundraising, and Out2Win

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023. Justin Giangrande on NIL and Modern Athlete Marketing

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022 Tanner Maddocks: D1 QB, Entrepreneur, and Visionary Leader

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021 The Business of Soccer: USL’s Rise with Justin Papadakis

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020 NOCAP CEO Nick Lord on the Business Behind NIL

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019 SeventySix Capital and the Future of Sports with Jack Hally

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018 CEO QB Ron Jaworski on Winning in Sports Business

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017 Inside A7FL: How a New Football League Is Winning Fans

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016 Building Under Armour: Lessons from Early Executive Sean Sullivan

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015 The Road to Sports Marketing Success with Josiah Seetoo

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014 Grant Breneman on Athlete Branding & Sports Entrepreneurship

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013 Inside the Sports Data Revolution with Rolling Insights

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012 NFL Legend Carl Pickens on Success, Preparation, and Growth

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011 David Aaron on Brand Building for Longterm Success

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010 Building a Career in Sports with Noah Glantz

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009 Building the Future of Sportstech: Steven Say on Creating NextPick.io

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008 Empowering Women in Sports with Amaya Howard

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007 The Future of Fan Engagement with Marek Kesküll

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006 AI, Branding, and Betting: James Santore’s Playbook for Sports Business

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005 Ryan Donovan on Building Elite Sports Brands

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004 Making NIL Work Better with Jake Kovalcik

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003 Matt Wray on Building a Sports Startup from the Ground Up

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002 Decision Making in Sports Business with Sal Filardi

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001 Introducing the Sports Business Leaders Podcast