Al Guido: President, San Francisco 49ers | #ThePlaybook 154

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David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

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🗓️ 12 November 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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On this episode of #ThePlaybook, Al Guido, President of the San Francisco 49ers and CEO of Elevate Sports Ventures, shares insights on: [3:33] Why playing football prepared him mentally to make an impact in the business world [6:40] How the San Francisco 49ers handle the challenge of getting more fans into the stadium by focusing on the gameday experience [7:38] What he learned about hospitality from the owner of the Atlanta Falcons, Arthur Blank [10:46] Why he wants every aspiring football player in the Bay Area wearing the 49er logo Al Guido, President of the San Francisco 49ers and CEO of Elevate Sports Ventures, talks about how his background as an athlete prepared him to handle some of the challenges he faced as the youngest president if an NFL team, as well as how he creates competitive advantages for the organization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On this episode of the playbook, I have the president of the San Francisco 49ers and the CEO of Elevate Sports Ventures, Al Guido.
0:09.0	And he's going to talk about how to start in sales and work your way up to the highest level in the NFL and why EQ, that's right,
0:17.6	emotional intelligence is important if not more than IQ.
0:21.6	Join me for all of that and more on the playbook.
0:25.6	This is Entrepreneurs the Playbook,
0:27.8	where each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes,
0:30.8	celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and professional
0:35.6	playbook to success and what made them champions on the field and in the boardroom.
0:41.6	I'm your host and CEO of Sports One Marketing, David Melzer.
0:46.0	This is Dave Melter with Entrepreneurs The Playbook and I'm so excited to have the president of the
0:50.4	San Francisco 49ers, Al Gu Guido welcome to the playbook.
0:54.0	Hey man, thanks for having me and I appreciate it.
0:55.0	You know I've been working in this industry a long time and there's names of kind of the
0:59.0	young up-and-coming superstars and you know we were talking about exactly answers we have Jake
1:04.0	Reynolds and then now I have the trifecta because we have Al Guido and the reason I
1:09.4	love it is that this sport although it has its legacy as tradition, guys like me have worked with the greatest
1:15.7	legacy players, marketed the Pro Football Hall of Fame, you know, I'm a technology guy at heart.
1:21.7	And to see Jerry Jones Jr. and people like you really innovating how
1:26.7	sports can not only entertain but also monetize. And that experience is unique to you. I want to take you back a little bit.
1:35.2	How did you get started in sports? Well I appreciate that.
1:38.2	It's a bad thing. You're a football guy and a sales guy. So you are like already top of my list, my two favorite things.
1:45.3	It's an honor to be mentioned amongst those names. I don't feel so young anymore with three girls,
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