Shawn Green, Founder and Chairman, Greenfly

01/15/20 • 55 min

On today's show, we are joined by Shawn Green, founder and chairman of Greenfly.

Green co-founded Greenfly, a social content collaboration and distribution engine, after an impressive 14-year career in Major League Baseball that included two All-Star selections, a Gold Glove Award, and a Silver Slugger Award. Green chats with White in today's episode about lessons from his playing career, the vision for Greenfly's future, and working in the "Silicon Beach" region of California.

On comparisons between playing in MLB and starting a business (0:18)

On returning to his home state of California to play for the Dodgers (20:41)

On contributing entrepreneurial success to habits learned in his playing career (30:01)

On how social media would have affected his career had it been in its prime (45:45)

On today's show, we are joined by Shawn Green, founder and chairman of Greenfly.

On comparisons between playing in MLB and starting a business (0:18)

On returning to his home state of California to play for the Dodgers (20:41)

On contributing entrepreneurial success to habits learned in his playing career (30:01)

On how social media would have affected his career had it been in its prime (45:45)

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Craig Pintens, Athletic Director, Loyola Marymount University

On today's show, we are joined by Craig Pintens, the athletic director at Loyola Marymount University.

Before joining LMU, Pintens spent seven years at the University of Oregon. Now at LMU for closing in on two years, Pintens takes you inside the transition from administrator to AD and why the NIL legislation will fundamentally change college athletics, but in a good way.

11:22: The biggest adjustment of moving into the athletic director's chair

28:37: Athletic directors being cautious about speaking on the subject of paying college athletes

53:32: Leadership lessons learned over the course of his career

57:40: Where the proudest moments come from as a college athletics administrator

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