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Roughly 99% of college athletes - all with big talent and big dreams - will never turn pro. They'll have to make their living doing something other than what they've spent thousands of hours perfecting in the sports arena. But the good news is that most athletes have developed soft skills and leadership acumen - like resilience, judgement, and teamwork - that is not only fungible, but downright critical in todays fast moving, unpredictable business world. In other words, they'll have a big leg up after graduation. Todays guests - Blake Lawrence and Adi Kunalic- are living proof. They were both former college athletes who rely on their leadership skills , every single day, to ensure their relatively new company becomes a unicorn in a fast growing industry that helps athletes profit from their name image and likeness. Share your thoughts and suggest future podcast guests at - www.imperfectleaders.com.
Roughly 99% of college athletes - all with big talent and big dreams - will never turn pro. They'll have to make their living doing something other than what they've spent thousands of hours perfecting in the sports arena. But the good news is that most athletes have developed soft skills and leadership acumen - like resilience, judgement, and teamwork - that is not only fungible, but downright critical in todays fast moving, unpredictable business world. In other words, they'll have a big leg up after graduation. Todays guests - Blake Lawrence and Adi Kunalic- are living proof. They were both former college athletes who rely on their leadership skills , every single day, to ensure their relatively new company becomes a unicorn in a fast growing industry that helps athletes profit from their name image and likeness. Share your thoughts and suggest future podcast guests at - www.imperfectleaders.com.
Adi Kunalic, President & Co-founder of Opendorse, talks about name, image and likeness rights with college and Olympic athletes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Hurrdat and Hurrdat Media would not be here today if it weren't for Blake Lawrence and Adi Kunalic. Today, we talked Hurrdat origin stories with Blake. We learned about their latest endeavor, OpenDorse, and how it's dominating the brand new NIL market. We of course had to talk Husker Football, as well. He tells us a story we've never heard before about the legendary 57-yard field goal by Alex Henery to defeat Colorado in 2008. A Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a digital media and commercial video production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network and learn more about our other services today on HurrdatMedia.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Recorded: July 14, 2021 | You will most likely want to grab your notepads for this one boys because we are talking business in this pod. Comp brings in the founders of Name Image Likeness industry leader, Opendorse, Blake Lawrence and Adi Kunalic to talk us through the ins and outs of the NIL world. We learn early on in this podcast that Will made his own pitch to be an investor in the company, but Opendorse wasn't sure he was a good fit in the beginning for multiple reasons. Next, Blake and Adi explain the origins of Opendorse, when the NCAA reached out, and how they have been operating long before the NIL movement took over the collegiate athlete world. Then, Comp tries to get a feel for what it is like being co-founders with your best friend and how to navigate around the differences and play into each others strengths. Wait, did we forget to mention that Blake, Adi and Comp all played ball together back in the day at Nebraska?? The boys share plenty of old stories from their playing days, and Blake and Adi tell us what Comp was like on his recruiting visit. The pod wraps up with some money talk about who the biggest earners are thus far in the NCAA and the answers might shock you. The Boys have been on a roll and this one is another banger! ----- BUSSIN' MAIL: Send a video to The Boys! bit.ly/BussinMail ----- EARN YOUR WOLF: Want to be featured on our Instagram Story? Screenshot this episode, tag @bussinwtb, and share it to your Story. The Boys will take care of the rest... ----- SHOP: https://store.barstoolsports.com/collections/bussin-with-the-boys FOLLOW THE BOYS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bussinwtb Twitter: https://twitter.com/BussinWTB Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BussinWTB Website: https://www.bussinwtb.com ----- SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: Chevy Silverado: The Strongest, Most Advanced Silverado Ever. BetterHelp: Go to https://barstool.link/BetterhelpBussin to get 10% off your first month. Cross Country Mortgage: Go to https://barstool.link/crosscountrymortgageBSS to learn more Cigars International: Go to https://barstool.link/BussinCigars and use Promo code BOYS at checkout. Georgia Boots: Head over to https://barstool.link/GeorgiaBoot and use code BUSSIN for 20% off Showtime: GO TO https://barstool.link/PPVShowtime TO ORDER NOW!
July 1 Seg 9 Adi Kunalic Former Nebraska Football Player And Co-founder Of Opendorse
Episode Seven of Season Four. We interview Adi Kunalic. Adi is the co-founder of Opendorse, the platform used by professional athletes and now college athletes to measure engagement metrics and easily post sponsored content on Social Media. Opendorse makes it incredibly easy for brands and influencers to make deals. Adi shares his personal experience as a college athlete and kicker in the NFL, and how that journey led him to create Opendorse—first as a way to help his teammates calculate their worth on social media, and now as the leading platform for brand and endorsement deals for influencers. A full transcript of this episode is available at Jon's entertainment law blog at www.pfeifferlaw.com/entertainment-law-blog/
In today's episode, Justin talks to former Husker kickoff specialist and entrepeneur Adi Kunalic to talk about his company, Opendorse, and their partnership with the University of Nebraska athletic department. Mr. Kunalic's Twitter: @Kunalic Opendorse Twitter: @Opendorse https://opendorse.com Many thanks to this week's sponsor, Central Nebraska Buffalo! Twitter: @CentralBuffaloE-Mail: cnbuffao1@gmail.comPhone: 402-694-9866
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Blake Lawrence, Co-Founder & CEO of Opendorse, joins Pro Mindset host Craig Domann to share his experiences as a former college football player and his transition to life after football. Blake was a starting linebacker for the Nebraska Cornhuskers until he stepped away from football due to concussions and concern for his future health.Blake played college football with current veteran NFL players Prince Amukamara and Ndamukong Suh, as well as, his current business partner Adi Kunalic. Blake shares his key carryovers from college football to the business world: • Trust • Discipline • Compete • Belief & Passion • Work EthicBlake shares that sports has a tendency to draw people together, not only the players who practice, play and have fun together but also for fans who attend games or watch games together. There is a gravitational pull with and among athletes and fans.Blake and his company are the leaders in the athlete social media marketing space. He tells us that consumers have a 20 times greater appetite (engagement rate) for player social media marketing than team/organization social media marketing. Even though teams average 30 posts on social media per day and players only average 6 posts on social media per day, companies/brands utilizing players in social media marketing is far more effective.Opendorse, an athlete social media marketing company, matches companies and brands with athletes. Opendorse is built on the foundation that athletes have significantly more engagement value than companies because people on social media will stop their strolling way more often for faces than logos.Opendorse is headquartered in Lincoln, NE. Blake and his best friend, college roommate and Nebraska teammate, Adi Kunalic, co-founded Opendorse in 2013.
Adi Kunalic joins Pro Mindset host Craig Domann to share his journey and experiences about moving to the U.S. from war-torn Bosnia as an eleven-year old, earning a college football scholarship at Nebraska, getting his shot in the NFL, and currently being CEO of Opendorse, a sports social media marketing company that matches companies and brands with athletes. Opendorse is built on the foundation that athletes have significantly more engagement value than companies because people on social media will stop their strolling way more often for faces than logos.Adi talks about how sports teaches you that entitlement doesn't matter and nothing is owed to you but rather you have to earn everything you get. If you take an entitlement approach and complain about your circumstances, then you will find out no one listen or cares about you. Instead, Adi believes you should take the "hardest worker in the room" mentality to everything you want to accomplish and that's what he does.He also shares his convictions about practice, preparedness and repetition. Adi shares his mindset about how much practice counts and sometimes people forget that practice really matters. When he played kicker, his mindset was to practice, practice and practice more so he got lots of repetitions thus he was prepared for any situation, could block out the noise and focus on his job.Adi's company is Opendorse headquartered in Lincoln, NE. Adi and his best friend, college roommate and teammate, Blake Lawrence, co-founded Opendorse in 2013.He mentions one of his secrets to success is getting up at 4:30am every day to start his day.
Former Nebraska kicker Adi Kunalic and founder/president of Opendorse - an athlete marketing platform - joined the show to discuss the path that led him to becoming the first Bosnian player in the NFL and a successful entrepreneur following his football career.
Blake Lawrence and Adi Kunalic, Co-Founders of opendorse, join the Social Pros Podcast to discuss their incredible athlete marketing platform and how its revolutionizing the way the sports industry use social. Huge thanks to our amazing sponsors for helping us make this happen. Please support them; we couldn't do it without their help! This week: Salesforce Marketing Cloud Pattern 89 Power Comes with Content The influencer marketing landscape is at its pinnacle with brands seeking help from ‘prized’ influencers to drive their message to audiences large enough to pack out hundreds if not thousands of sports stadiums. But not every influencer is a born marketer. Athletes are prime examples of influencers who, despite not being natural marketers, get worldwide attention from their social audience. Thus, brands and sponsors see athletes as the “golden chalice” of influencers who have the unique power to reach millions of sports fans with every post they publish on social media. According to Adi Kunalic and Blake Lawrence from opendorse, the ability to reach the masses on social isn’t exclusive to the most influential entities in sports media. The average athlete has a 6% engagement rate on social compared to the average sports team, which has an engagement rate of just 0.3%. In This Episode: 03:58 – How athletes use opendorse to share content with their audience 08:34 – Why more employee advocacy platforms should consider personalizing the experience 12:39 – How opendorse can help you build your brand 18:03 – What type of content works best for engagement 22:39 – How to use reporting and analytics to get more value from influencer marketing 32:23 – How opendorse can help brands establish relationships with athletes Resources Get the new State of Marketing report for free from Salesforce here. Find out more about the community at SocialMedia.org with a special form for Social Pros listeners here. Learn more about how Pattern 89 can help you reduce costs and increase revenue with your social ads. Find out more about opendorse and how they can help you share content with athletes here. Visit SocialPros.com for more insights from your favorite social media marketers.
This podcast shares the habits and practices of peak performers and top leaders, from many walks of life; physicians, senior executives, entrepreneurs, and academics. And from every season, from the seasoned and sage to those emerging leaders and rising rock stars. All who are blazing trails and shining a light for others. In this episode, entrepreneur Adi Kunalic shares the lessons learned from his entrepreneurial journey (to date). We chat performance, surrounding yourself with excellent colleagues and mentors, personal growth and development, servant leadership, coaching and mentoring others to success, and personal - professional life balance and well-being.
We discuss actually starting a company. The steps it takes, fear, workflow and much more on this episode of Inside Outside. We also sat down with Blake Lawrence and Adi Kunalic from Opendorse. Music: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy