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167: Erika Ayers Badan on Leading Barstool Sports (former CEO), Building a Career & Finding Talent

Erika Ayers Badan joins the NIA boys to discuss Barstool Sports, her new book, Nobody Cares About Your Career, Finding Talent, and much more.


Timestamps:

  • (00:00:00) - Intro
  • (00:01:29) - The vision behind Nobody Cares About Your Career
  • (00:04:25) - Why Erika hates Quiet Quitting
  • (00:08:57) - Barstool’s Secret Sauce
  • (00:21:08) - The Influencer Landscape
  • (00:25:11) - Leveraging the internet
  • (00:33:01) - Talent: Scouting and Management
  • (00:45:17) - Sports Betting and the Degen Economy
  • (00:53:03) - Funniest Moments at Barstool


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