Intersections: A podcast by The Connect

On this series of “Intersections: a podcast by The Connect”, we wanted to go a bit deeper on the analysis of football or soccer as a business from the United States perspective, and setup a series of conversations with executives and personalities that we admire, that through their vast experience as player, investor, team owner, agent, business developer, and promoter, we would extract a wealth of knowledge about the next decade of football business, and how North America is positioned as the next frontier for growth.   For Episode 5, the final of this current series, we have someone that is regarded by the industry as a whole as one of the top soccer business executives in the world, Charlie Stillitano, Executive Chairman at Relevent Sports. Of deep Italian and soccer heritage, Charlie is a lawyer and former All-American soccer player at Princeton, and has played a vital role in the development of soccer in the United States in the last 30 years, from his appointment as venue director for Giants Stadium at the 1994 World Cup, going through the formation of Major League Soccer in 1996, when he became became the general manager of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars. His deep connections into the global soccer world led him to create in 2003 the promoter ChampionsWorld, before moving on to Creative Arts Agency (organizers of the World Football Challenge) in 2007. The latter acquired by Miami Dolphins owner Stephen M. Ross' agency, Relevent Sports in 2012, from which Charlie leads a multinational team of professionals that developed and run the International Champions Cup, and the joint-venture with Spanish LaLiga to develop LaLiga's brand and business in North America.   Watch more: https://linktr.ee/TheConnect   www.TheConnect.co --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

On this series of “Intersections: a podcast by The Connect”, we wanted to go a bit deeper on the analysis of football or soccer as a business from the United States perspective, and setup a series of conversations with executives and personalities that we admire, that through their vast experience as player, investor, team owner, agent, business developer, and promoter, we would extract a wealth of knowledge about the next decade of football business, and how North America is positioned as the next frontier for growth. On Episode 4 we welcome Justin Papadakis, who is the current COO & Chief Real Estate Officer of United Soccer League (USL), the largest, fastest growing professional soccer organization in the United States. In his current role, Justin oversees numerous departments that are critical to the league's success, including expansion, digital media, emerging technology, finance, human resources, and stadium development where the USL currently has a slate of more than 15 soccer stadium developments, for a total sum of more than $500 Million of stadia development investment value, part of more than $2 Billion worth of city-centre entertainment district developments, that place a USL soccer franchise at the center of it all. Watch more: https://linktr.ee/TheConnect www.TheConnect.co --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

On this series of “Intersections: a podcast by The Connect”, we wanted to go a bit deeper on the analysis of football or soccer as a business from the United States perspective, and setup a series of conversations with executives and personalities that we admire, that through their vast experience as player, investor, team owner, agent, business developer, and promoter, we would extract a wealth of knowledge about the next decade of football business, and how North America is positioned as the next frontier for growth. On Episode 3 we have David Wright, Chief Commercial officer at the U.S. Soccer Federation. David is a senior marketing executive and business leader, who has also led exponential growth for emerging sport properties, including Minor League Baseball (MiLB) and Major League Soccer (MLS) / Soccer United Marketing (SUM), evolving them from commercial startups into widely recognized leaders within the sport and entertainment industry. Sports Business Journal Forty Under 40 award recipient who excels at establishing culture, driving strategy, and leading growth organizations focused on maximizing marketplace positioning, fan engagement, and enterprise revenue. Watch more: https://linktr.ee/TheConnect www.TheConnect.co --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

On this series of “Intersections: a podcast by The Connect”, we wanted to go a bit deeper on the analysis of football or soccer as a business from the United States perspective, and setup a series of conversations with executives and personalities that we admire, that through their vast experience as player, investor, team owner, agent, business developer, and promoter, we would extract a wealth of knowledge about the next decade of football business, and how North America is positioned as the next frontier for growth.  Episode 2 is with Jordan Gardner, who is an investor and sports executive with a diversified multi-club investment portfolio in football (soccer) and wine. Currently Chairman of the Board, Managing Director & Co-Owner for Danish Professional Football Club FC Helsingør, responsible for all day-to-day operations, strategy and leadership at the club. His investment portfolio also includes a minority stake in Swansea City AFC (United Kingdom), co-ownership of Dundalk FC (Rep. of Ireland), investment into a group bidding on an A-League (Australia) expansion franchise, and ownership of a vineyard at the Vines of Mendoza in the Uco Valley in Argentina. Jordan was previously Vice President, Investment & Business Strategy for the digital media company JUGOtv before it was acquired by Relevent Sports Group, and was the owner & CEO of an event ticketing and technology company based in San Francisco.   Watch more: https://linktr.ee/TheConnect www.TheConnect.co --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

On this series of “Intersections: a podcast by The Connect”, we wanted to go a bit deeper on the analysis of football or soccer as a business from the United States perspective, and setup a series of conversations with executives and personalities that we admire, that through their vast experience as player, investor, team owner, agent, business developer, and promoter, we would extract a wealth of knowledge about the next decade of football business, and how North America is positioned as the next frontier for growth. In this episode we kick off the series with a conversation with Brad Friedel, who is now a football agent and is former goalkeeper of the US Men's National Team and professional clubs like Galatasaray, Liverpool FC, Blackburn Rovers, Columbus Crew, Aston Villa, and Tottenham Hotspur. Find Us Online OUR LINKS Credits - Hosts: Rayde Luis Baez, Twitter: @RaydeLuisBT - Executive Producer: Luis Manuel Baez. - Editor(s): Luis Manuel Baez  LinkedIn About Us Intersections podcast dives into the overlapping layers of brand partnerships, and the overall sports and entertainment business world. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

The sports industry was turned upside down, when 12 of the most important sports companies on the planet -that happen to be the top 12 soccer clubs- decided to roll out an alternative competition structure, that was called to substitute the current UEFA Champions League. In a radical, but expected, turn of events the house of cards came down, with a great dose of vonspiranpic rhethoric, sparkled with misinformation, poor execution, and an evident lack of dialogue from stakeholders. On this special episode Rayde, Luis and Vedran give their perspective on the whole ordeal, and come out the other side with a clear understanding that for this to be solved, and for the sake of fans, there's an impending need for the parties appoint appropriate negotiators and address the Governance and the Financial Operations issues as they are, putting aside futile competition model excuses. Find Us Online OUR LINKS Credits - Hosts: Rayde Luis Baez, Twitter: @RaydeLuisBT, Vedran Kusljugic & Luis Manuel Baez. Twitter: @LuimaBT, - Executive Producer: Luis Manuel Baez. - Editor(s): Luis Manuel Baez & Vedran Kusljugic. LinkedIn About Us Intersections podcast dives into the overlapping layers of brand partnerships, and the overall sports and entertainment business world. The Connect is Rayde Luis Baez. Rayde Luis Baez, is a Dominican born, passionate partnership builder based in Europe with strong relations with the top brands and properties across the world. Find out more at: https://theconnect.co/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

Our guest for this special episode is Dídac Lee. He is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Galdana Ventures, a venture capital fund with over 1B USD invested across Silicon Valley, China and Europe. Dídac is a seasoned entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience, having funded or co-funded and managed companies in the internet space, education and retail. He materialized his childhood dreams of becoming a board member for the team of his life, FC Barcelona, being on the Board of Directors for 10 years, and heading the Club's most ambitious business process in decades transforming its digital output and putting in place a self sustaining content production structure, Barça Studios, that fuels FC Barcelona's global digital engagement ambitions. A proud Figuerenc, Dídac talked talked with Rayde about his origins as one of the first Catalan children of Chinese descent born in the province of Girona, and how his journey has shaped his World view, and his mission in life and in business. #advertising #creative #innovation #digitaltransformation #sports #sportsbusiness #media #content #storytelling #sports #basketball #football #fcbarcelona #entertainment #sportsmedia #entrepreneurship #venturecapital #digitalmedia Find Us Online OUR LINKS Credits - Hosts: Rayde Luis Baez, Twitter: @RaydeLuisBT, Vedran Kusljugic & Luis Manuel Baez. Twitter: @LuimaBT, - Executive Producer: Luis Manuel Baez. - Editor(s): Luis Manuel Baez & Vedran Kusljugic. LinkedIn About Us Intersections podcast dives into the overlapping layers of brand partnerships, and the overall sports and entertainment business world. The Connect is Rayde Luis Baez. Rayde Luis Baez, is a Dominican born, passionate partnership builder based in Europe with strong relations with the top brands and properties across the world. Find out more at: https://theconnect.co/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

Our guest Cesar Ruiz is the Regional Vice President for Global Strategic Sales at Microsoft Global Advertisement. An advertising sales veteran, with vast experience in the media & sports industries across the Hispanic and General markets, now leading a multifunctional team at the avantgarde of platform offering in search advertising sales. Cesar's experience has taken him through industry-leading multimedia companies in North America,, namely Tribune Media, Televisa, ESPN and BeIN Media, before his current appointment leading Global Strategic Sales on the US Eastern seaboard at Microsoft. On this episode, Cesar takes Rayde, Luis and Vedran through the shifting tides in the advertisement and media world, and where opportunities can be found in the new world of digital media. #sports #sportsbusiness #media #content #entrepreneurship #sports #basketball #nba #entertainment #sportsmedia #printmedia #digitalmedia Find Us Online OUR LINKS Credits - Hosts: Rayde Luis Baez, Twitter: @RaydeLuisBT, Vedran Kusljugic & Luis Manuel Baez. Twitter: @LuimaBT, - Executive Producer: Luis Manuel Baez. - Editor(s): Luis Manuel Baez & Vedran Kusljugic. LinkedIn About Us Intersections podcast dives into the overlapping layers of brand partnerships, and the overall sports and entertainment business world. The Connect is Rayde Luis Baez. Rayde Luis Baez, is a Dominican born, passionate partnership builder based in Europe with strong relations with the top brands and properties across the world. Find out more at: https://theconnect.co/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

Our guest Joel Rodriguez, is the Group Context Director at Translation LLC, as well as a recording MC, Superbad Solace. Through his role at Translation, Joel has touched some of the most iconic campaigns of recent times, like Codes of Culture for AT&T, Hello Brooklyn for the Brooklyn Nets launch, and most recently for Beats by Dre with You Love Me. Joel talked to Rayde, Vedran and Luis about his story, the pride he feels on his origins, and how that helps define who he is and how he sees himself. A true authentic creator, being his full self and letting that show through his masterpieces. Latest music from Superbad Solace: Sol Controller pt. 2 FastCompany article: http://bit.ly/FC_Translation_JoelRodriguez #advertising #creative #agency #euroleaguebasketball #sports #sportsbusiness #media #content #storytelling #sports #basketball #nba #entertainment #sportsmedia #printmedia #digitalmedia Find Us Online OUR LINKS Credits - Hosts: Rayde Luis Baez, Twitter: @RaydeLuisBT, Vedran Kusljugic & Luis Manuel Baez. Twitter: @LuimaBT, - Executive Producer: Luis Manuel Baez. - Editor(s): Luis Manuel Baez & Vedran Kusljugic. LinkedIn About Us Intersections podcast dives into the overlapping layers of brand partnerships, and the overall sports and entertainment business world. The Connect is Rayde Luis Baez. Rayde Luis Baez, is a Dominican born, passionate partnership builder based in Europe with strong relations with the top brands and properties across the world. Find out more at: https://theconnect.co/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

Our guest Jose Luis Rosa-Medina, is the Senior Director Corporate Partnership and Licensing for Euroleague Basketball. He embodies the multiculturalism that is necessary to figure out today's world. Jose Luis talked to Rayde, Luis and Vedran about his professional journey and his long tenure at Euroleague Basketball. Giving the new realities of the sports world, we dove into the new perspectives that Euroleague and other sports properties must have in order to better serve their fan base. #euroleaguebasketball #sports #sportsbusiness #media #content #storytelling #sports #basketball #nba #entertainment #sportsmedia #printmedia #digitalmedia Find Us Online OUR LINKS Credits - Hosts: Rayde Luis Baez, Twitter: @RaydeLuisBT, Vedran Kusljugic & Luis Manuel Baez. Twitter: @LuimaBT, - Executive Producer: Luis Manuel Baez. - Editor(s): Luis Manuel Baez & Vedran Kusljugic. LinkedIn About Us Intersections podcast dives into the overlapping layers of brand partnerships, and the overall sports and entertainment business world. The Connect is Rayde Luis Baez. Rayde Luis Baez, is a Dominican born, passionate partnership builder based in Europe with strong relations with the top brands and properties across the world. Find out more at: https://theconnect.co/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

For S2E10 of “Intersections: a podcast by The Connect” we have a very special guest: Vanessa Åsell Tsuruga, Senior Manager of Global Sports Digital Strategy at Rakuten. She recently spoke with Rayde and Luis about her journey and responsibilities within the Rakuten Sports business, what inspires her in life and work, and why representation matters. As  a common thread of our conversations so far, we explored the importance of mentoring and who and how shaped the life journey she finds herself in. Vanessa also spoke about her love for writing, and how she is now a published author with her debut novel in Swedish, also translated into English, “Forget-me-not Forever” which is available on Kobo as an eBook: English - https://www.kobo.com/ebook/forget-me-not-forever Swedish -   https://www.kobo.com/ebook/forgatmigej-for-alltid #sports #sportsbusiness #media #content #storytelling #digital #mentorship #representation #entertainment #sportsmedia #publishing #literature #books #ebooks #technology Find Us Online OUR LINKS Credits - Hosts: Rayde Luis Baez, Twitter: @RaydeLuisBT, Vedran Kusljugic & Luis Manuel Baez. Twitter: @LuimaBT, - Executive Producer: Luis Manuel Baez. - Editor(s): Luis Manuel Baez & Vedran Kusljugic. LinkedIn --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

On S2E9 our guest is Adam Martin, the Founder & Creative Director at T/A Martin Studio, an award-winning design studio with the fundamental purpose to serve as a strategic brand consultancy, content resource, and multidisciplinary design studio for a wide range of clients in the sports, entertainment and adjacent industries. Adam talked to Rayde, Luis and Vedran, about his journey, starting by his early inspiration to become a designer, how that evolved towards sports, the importance of design in communications and his love for sneakers and well-crafted brands. #sports #sportsbusiness #media #content #entrepreneurship #design #footwear #branding Find Us Online OUR LINKS Credits - Hosts: Rayde Luis Baez, Twitter: @RaydeLuisBT, Vedran Kusljugic & Luis Manuel Baez. Twitter: @LuimaBT, - Executive Producer: Luis Manuel Baez. - Editor(s): Luis Manuel Baez & Vedran Kusljugic. LinkedIn About Us Intersections podcast dives into the overlapping layers of brand partnerships, and the overall sports and entertainment business world. The Connect is Rayde Luis Baez. Rayde Luis Baez, is a Dominican born, passionate partnership builder based in Europe with strong relations with the top brands and properties across the world. Find out more at: https://theconnect.co/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

Andrew Pitagorsky is the Vice President of Brand Partnerships at SLAM, he is a successful business development executive with sixteen years of sales, media buying, marketing, and team building experience. Andrew talked to Rayde, Luis and Vedran about the current media landscape, in concrete sports & basketball media, and the state of New York City basketball. Andrew “Pitt” Pitagorsky, is an expert in helping brands create and deliver effective custom content across multiple channels, and you can enjoy that expertise with every issue of SLAM Magazine, which in our opinion is the ultimate cultural validation guidebook since its inception in the basketball culture scene. #sports #sportsbusiness #media #content #entrepreneurship #sports #basketball #nba #entertainment #sportsmedia #printmedia #digitalmedia Find Us Online OUR LINKS Credits - Hosts: Rayde Luis Baez, Twitter: @RaydeLuisBT & Luis Manuel Baez. Twitter: @LuimaBT, - Executive Producer: Luis Manuel Baez. - Editor(s): Luis Manuel Baez & Vedran Kusljugic. LinkedIn About Us Intersections podcast dives into the overlapping layers of brand partnerships, and the overall sports and entertainment business world. The Connect is Rayde Luis Baez. Rayde Luis Baez, is a Dominican born, passionate partnership builder based in Europe with strong relations with the top brands and properties across the world. Find out more at: https://theconnect.co/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

Guest: Joe Markowski, EVP, Global Platform & Revenue Innovation at DAZN Group Joe Markowski is a young media executive with hands-on experience across Europe, Asia and North America. He takes us through his journey from an undergrad out of the University of Nottingham, to working at the Perform Group through the ranks managing key client accounts like Euroleague Basketball and FIBA for their LiveBasketball.tv platform, and how that intimate understanding of rights holders enabled him to have a unique perspective of the current and future opportunities in global Sports Media, earning a spot on the internal DAZN foundational team at Perform Group, and how his work at DAZN has taken him from his native England to the United States, going through Japan. We also touch upon what's in store for DAZN with their imminent global launch, and what the industry can expect in regards to the next model revisions that will balance out subscriptions and in-platform advertising. #sports #sportsbusiness #media #content #entrepreneurship #sports #basketball #nba #football #baseball #mlb #nfl #soccer #entertainment #football #boxing #ott #sportsmedia #subscriptionmodels Find Us Online WELCOME TO THE CONNECT Credits - Hosts: Rayde Luis Baez, Twitter: @RaydeLuisBT & Luis Manuel Baez. Twitter: @LuimaBT, - Executive Producer: Luis Manuel Baez. - Editor(s): Luis Manuel Baez & Vedran Kusljugic. LinkedIn About Us Intersections podcast dives into the overlapping layers of brand partnerships, and the overall sports and entertainment business world. The Connect is Rayde Luis Baez. Rayde Luis Baez, is a Dominican born, passionate partnership builder based in Europe with strong relations with the top brands and properties across the world. Find out more at: https://theconnect.co/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

Corey Leff, known by the moniker JohnWallStreet, is one of the most followed and trusted voices in the sports business media space. Currently writing for SPORTICO, the new specialized vertical of Penske Media Corporation (PMC), with a masthead led by industry veterans, Dick Glover and Scott Soshnick. Launched to complement PMC's vast array of publications, such as Rolling Stone, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, or Footwear News, Sportico launched in June 2020 as the default resource for professionals seeking the latest and highest quality news and information in the $500 billion worldwide sports industry. On this episode with Corey, we cover the latest trends in sports finance and investor interest in sports acquisitions through SPACs (Special-Purpose Acquisition Companies), and what are those. #sports #sportsbusiness #investment #finance #entrepreneurship #sports #basketball #nba #football #baseball #mlb #nfl #soccer #entertainment #football Find Us Online - On your favorite platforms HERE - Get our MERCH!!!! Credits - Hosts: Rayde Luis Baez, Twitter: @RaydeLuisBT & Luis Manuel Baez. Twitter: @LuimaBT, -Co-host: Vedran Kusljugic  LinkedIn - Executive Producer: Luis Manuel Baez. - Editor(s): Luis Manuel Baez & Vedran Kusljugic. LinkedIn About Us Intersections podcast dives into the overlapping layers of brand partnerships, and the overall sports and entertainment business world. The Connect is Rayde Luis Baez. Rayde Luis Baez, is a Dominican born, passionate partnership builder based in Europe with strong relations with the top brands and properties across the world. Find out more at: https://theconnect.co/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

Our guest Michael Gallucci is a eCommerce entrepreneur and executive leader focused on building businesses, marketing tech, operations & content production. Co-Founded, scaled & exited SportsMemorabilia.com, an eCom retailer and the global leader of authentic autographed memorabilia online that produces >$50 million of revenue per year; acquired by the global leader of licensed sports apparel, Fanatics Inc, in 2013 producing more than $2 billion in eCommerce revenue. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram, or visit his website. Find Us Online - Get our MERCH!!!! - Website - Twitter - Spotify - Apple - Google -YOUTUBE Credits - Hosts: Rayde Luis Baez, Twitter: @RaydeLuisBT & Luis Manuel Baez. Twitter: @LuimaBT, -Co-host: Vedran Kusljugic LinkedIn - Executive Producer: Luis Manuel Baez. - Editor(s): Luis Manuel Baez & Vedran Kusljugic. LinkedIn About Us Intersections podcast dives into the overlapping layers of brand partnerships, and the overall sports and entertainment business world. The Connect is Rayde Luis Baez. Rayde Luis Baez, is a Dominican born, passionate partnership builder based in Europe with strong relations with the top brands and properties across the world. Find out more at: https://theconnect.co/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

Guest Chaucer Barnes is a marketing & creative savant who sits with the CMO hat at the cockpit of Translation LLC, arguably the more nuanced and connected to current culture agency in the game. It is no surprise, as Chaucer is the embodiment of Translation's way -what he calls the not-so-secret sauce- of applying to their craft what their team members call passions & hobbies. He is a Philosophy graduate, MC, and connoisseur of military history, with an acute sense of context. The work of Translation is legendary on its own with major accounts and partners like Disney, the NBA, AT&T, StateFarm, Kaiser Permanente, Apple Music, HBO and internationally acclaimed Budweiser's Made In America festival. Out of Translation and the mind of its founder, Steve Stoute, came UnitedMasters which is the premium music distribution services and brand partnerships facilitator for independent artists. Find Us Online - Get our MERCH!!!! - Website - Twitter - Spotify - Apple - Google -YOUTUBE Credits - Hosts: Rayde Luis Baez, Twitter: @RaydeLuisBT & Luis Manuel Baez. Twitter: @LuimaBT, -Co-host: Vedran Kusljugic  LinkedIn - Executive Producer: Luis Manuel Baez. - Editor(s): Luis Manuel Baez & Vedran Kusljugic.  About Us Intersections podcast dives into the overlapping layers of brand partnerships, and the overall sports and entertainment business world. The Connect is Rayde Luis Baez. Rayde Luis Baez, is a Dominican born, passionate partnership builder based in Europe with strong relations with the top brands and properties across the world. Find out more at: https://theconnect.co/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

Guest Our guest Patrick Cassidy, is the Global Director, Consumer Brand Marketing & Athlete Activation at New Balance, and before he co-founded the internationally acclaimed basketball magazine, Dime. Patrick takes us through his journey of becoming an entrepreneur and figuring out how to dominate in the publishing business, to today and his role with sports legacy brand New Balance, and how they have changed their approach to brand communications through meaningful Athlete partnerships with the likes of Francisco Lindor, Kahwi Leonard, Coco Gauff, Ronald Acuña Jr., and Sadio Mané amongst other. Pat also touches on avant-garde brand collaborations, as with NYC-based Aimé Leon Dore, and their New Balance Tokyo Design Studio collab with outdoor brand Snow Peak. Follow Patrick on Twitter and get a glimpse at his fervent love for his city and sports that saw him grow in Philadelphia. Find Us Online - Get our MERCH!!!! - Website - Twitter - Spotify - Apple - Google -YOUTUBE Credits - Hosts: Rayde Luis Baez, Twitter: @RaydeLuisBT & Luis Manuel Baez. Twitter: @LuimaBT, - Executive Producer: Luis Manuel Baez. - Editor(s): Luis Manuel Baez & Vedran Kusljugic. LinkedIn About Us Intersections podcast dives into the overlapping layers of brand partnerships, and the overall sports and entertainment business world. The Connect is Rayde Luis Baez. Rayde Luis Baez, is a Dominican born, passionate partnership builder based in Europe with strong relations with the top brands and properties across the world. Find out more at: https://theconnect.co/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

Summary The boys are back with season 2. Rayde, Luis and Vedran talk about their impressions of the NBA, MLB and other leagues handling the global pandemic with their seasons and short term expectations for them, and talk shop about the different topics about and around sports today... Find Us Online - Website - Twitter - Get our MERCH!!!! Spotify: bit.ly/TheConnectPODspotify Apple: bit.ly/TheConnectPODapple Google: bit.ly/TheConnectPODgoogle YouTube: bit.ly/TheConnectYOUTUBE  Credits - Hosts: Rayde Luis Baez, Twitter: @RaydeLuisBT & Luis Manuel Baez. Twitter: @LuimaBT, - Executive Producer: Luis Manuel Baez. - Editor: Luis Manuel Baez & Vedran Kusljugic. LinkedIn About Us Intersections podcast dives into the overlapping layers of brand partnerships, and the overall sports and entertainment business world. The Connect is Rayde Luis Baez. Rayde Luis Baez, is a Dominican born, passionate partnership builder based in Europe with strong relations with the top brands and properties across the world. Find out more at: https://theconnect.co/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

We're back with “Intersections: a podcast by The Connect”, with new features and lots of interesting interviews by the Founder Rayde Luis Baez, Luis Baez and Vedran Kusljugic. On your favorite platforms, tomorrow! Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gXYSzVT Apple: https://lnkd.in/gvb8Ada Google: https://lnkd.in/gPEz8Sx YouTube: https://lnkd.in/g8U_4Pi --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

Bonus commentary episode. Messi decided to stay with Barcelona for the 2020/2021 season. Find Us Online - Website: theconnect.co - Spotify - Twitter - Merch About Us Intersections podcast dives into the overlapping layers of brand partnerships, and the overall sports and entertainment business world. The Connect is Rayde Luis Baez. Rayde Luis Baez is a Dominican born, passionate partnership builder based in Europe with strong relations with the top brands and properties across the world. Find out more at https://theconnect.co/ Credits - Host: Rayde Luis Baez, Luis Baez & Vedran Kusljugic . Twitter: @RaydeLuisBT, @LuimaBT, @KusljugicVedran - Website: www.theconnect.co - Executive Producer: Luis Manuel Baez. - Website: lbaez.com - Producer: Rayde Luis Baez . - Editor: Luis Manuel Baez. - Engineer: Luis Manuel Baez --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

In this week's episode of Intersection, Rayde, Vedran and Luis talked about the NBA restart in the Orlando bubble, its possible implications to the future formats of the competition as well as the influence it exerts to other major leagues. You can follow Rayde and Luis on every social platform as @RaydeLuisBT & @LuimaBT Follow The Connect on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook & Twitter Follow Vedran on Instagram @vadericofellini and on Twitter @vedrankusljugic --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

In our latest episode of Intersections, Rayde and Luis delved into the subject of the economics and finance of sports franchises and leagues.  Rayde proceeded to breakdown key similarities and differences between traditional business franchises - think your favourite fast food joint - and those of the biggest sports leagues and properties. We explored the current financial landscape and what opportunities it affords the investment community to take part in the, as we see it, most profitable and viable product - Sports. You can follow Rayde and Luis on every social platform as @RaydeLuisBT & @LuimaBT  Follow The Connect on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook & Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

On this week's episode of Intersections, Rayde, Vedran and Luis discuss the decisions of top basketball recruits choosing to attend HBCU schools in the US, as well as the Profesional Path Program of the G League and its overall impact to the NCAA System, and what does it mean for brands and properties across the international professional leagues. You can follow Rayde and Luis on every social platform as @RaydeLuisBT & @LuimaBT Follow The Connect on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook & Twitter Follow Vedran on Instagram @vadericofellini and on Twitter @vedrankusljugic --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

The podcast journey continues, on Episode 6 of “Intersections”, where Luis Baez, Vedran Kusljugic and Rayde Luis Baez go over the current state of the industry through three tent-pole topics: Amazon's Climate Pledge Arena, Under Armour baulking on their University of California, Los Angeles's deal, and the latest developments of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s comeback at Disney Sports/ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando. You can follow Rayde and Luis on every social platform as @RaydeLuisBT & @LuimaBT Follow The Connect on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook & Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

Part 2 of our Brand & Partnership Building conversation with Glenn Chin... Long-lasting and mutually beneficial Brand Partnerships are built based on the deep understanding of the different parties.  We talk shop with Glenn Chin, a respected brand executive in the sports and gaming industries, who has held leadership positions at EA Sports and Nike, amongst several others, where he helped launch and marketed some of the most iconic sports videogames in our era, such as Madden and NBA Live, or launched sports & tech products like Nike+. He also led the Global Brand operations of Nike Basketball, around the time of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the “Redeem Team”, as well as luring into the Nike stable NBA superstar Kevin Durant.  Nowadays Glenn runs his own brand strategy consultancy firm, Most Prolific, where he continues to develop great creative ideas in the apparel, eSports, tech and sports industries. The story of Glenn, who is a friend and a mentor, is perhaps also the story of all of us here at The Connect too. All of us got introduced to the sports industry by playing the sports we love, whether that is basketball, baseball or soccer. Each of us had hopes of having a pro career, but when we realized that this was not an option, we simply could not stay away from the sports industry.  Follow Glenn and the Most Prolific team on LinkedIn, Twitter & Instagram  Check out their latest project Challenger Uprising   You can follow Rayde and Luis on every social platform as @RaydeLuisBT & @LuimaBT  Follow The Connect on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook & Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

Long-lasting and mutually beneficial Brand Partnerships are built based on the deep understanding of the different parties. In this 2-part episode, we talk shop with Glenn Chin, a respected brand executive in the sports and gaming industries, who has held leadership positions at EA Sports and Nike, amongst several others, where he helped launch and marketed some of the most iconic sports videogames in our era, such as Madden and NBA Live, or launched sports & tech products like Nike+. He also led the Global Brand operations of Nike Basketball, around the time of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the “Redeem Team”, as well as luring into the Nike stable NBA superstar Kevin Durant. Nowadays Glenn runs his own brand strategy consultancy firm, Most Prolific, where he continues to develop great creative ideas in the apparel, eSports, tech and sports industries. The story of Glenn, who is a friend and a mentor, is perhaps also the story of all of us here at The Connect too. All of us got introduced to the sports industry by playing the sports we love, whether that is basketball, baseball or soccer. Each of us had hopes of having a pro career, but when we realized that this was not an option, we simply could not stay away from the sports industry. Follow Glenn and the Most Prolific team on LinkedIn, Twitter & Instagram You can follow Rayde and Luis on every social platform as @RaydeLuisBT & @LuimaBT Follow The Connect on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook & Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

These discussions shouldn't be necessary in the world. But the sad reality is that bigotry and abuse are part of the societal constructs in which we find ourselves living in. The world will be forever grateful when we all start treating each other as what we are, Human. Without race, religion, without your place of birth being of any relevance to who you are as a person and how you should be treated. If more of the ones in power and influence speak up, we can rise above these issues and live in equality and harmony with each other. It is the moral responsibility of those that benefit the most from society to take an active role in enhancing the voices of the unheard and fuelling the movement of positive change. You can follow Rayde and Luis on every social platform as @RaydeLuisBT & @LuimaBT Follow The Connect on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook & Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

It is said that only two entertainment forms that elevate raw passion are music and sports. The agenda-setting power of sports has led to original content productions, that either in standalone or episodic format conveys the discovery of different storylines that inform on-field performance. That is the greatest form of amplification a sports property aspires to, crossing over in reach to a different audience -sometimes new demographics-, that its core. In this episode, we go through some of our favourite sports documentaries and explore how that content form elevates the commercial and fan engagement possibilities for sports entities. You can follow Rayde on every social platform as @RaydeLuisBT Follow us on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/60pGez7W9kM1fjyMV78ekg --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

This week's episode we cover the current situation for sports business - and other industries - during this global pandemic. Rayde walks us through what can business operations around the industry learn and expect during this crisis and after, how to build and outlook in the short, mid and long term, considering the basic revenue pillars. More on the topic in this article The Day After Next You can follow Rayde on Twitter @RaydeLuisBT Intersections podcast in your favourite platforms: Spotify Google Podcasts Anchor For more information follow us on our channels Twitter Facebook Instagram --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

Inspiration can come from anywhere, a nice sunset, a song, some words or even a place. In our first episode, the Founder & Chief Connections Builder of The Connect, Rayde Luis Baez, talks about how an image of a foreign place, accurately represented what and how his venture would be operating, to service a void he noticed in the industry. Rayde guided us through his observations during his years of experience, and what he defines as the theory vs reality in the sports sponsorship sales game, as well as his approach at identifying potential brand partnerships.  You can follow Rayde on every social platform as @RaydeLuisBT --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message

This is the trailer for the brand new podcast by The Connect.  The Connect is Rayde Luis Baez.  Connecting brands, at the intersection of advertising, sports, entertainment, tech & media. Find out more at theconnect.co --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconnectco/message