Bonus Episode: The Athletic’s Small Business Story | Part 1 of 3

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🗓️ 22 May 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Part One of The Athletic’s Origins story for Dell Technologies ‘Small Business Podference’ series. In this episode we hear from The Athletic’s co-founders Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann about how they met, how an idea for better sports coverage materialized into a significant media player in the sports landscape and the spirit at the heart of The Athletic’s culture.For the complete lineup of episodes, visit delltechnologiespodference.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:00.0	We don't ask for permission to do things here.
0:04.2	That's an important aspect to our culture.
0:06.1	If you want to do something, I don't want to hear about it.
0:08.8	Just go do it.
0:11.3	Hello, everyone.
0:12.5	I am Jade Hoy, executive producer for the Athletic Podcast Network.
0:17.1	And you are listening to a special presentation brought to you by Dell Technologies Small Business
0:22.9	Podcast series. Of course, as you may have heard, many small businesses are looking for new ways
0:28.8	to enhance their business strategies during these uncertain times. For the second year in a row,
0:34.0	Dell Technologies has assembled an amazing list of podcasters to create a virtual
0:38.9	conference to share advice, inspiration, and stories on navigating companies now and into the future.
0:46.8	Here at The Athletic, we decided to share the story of how our company was created, going all the way back to late 2015 with the founders of the company, Alex
0:55.8	Smather, co-founder and CEO of the Athletic. And I'm Adam Anstman, co-founder and president of the
1:03.0	athletic. In these three episodes, we will take you through how the athletic began, a simple
1:09.4	idea that was to deliver quality journalism to die-hard sports fans.
1:13.9	How that idea came into existence, the trials and tribulations along the way.
1:18.9	Working together towards one goal.
1:20.7	Team building, journalistic, and artistic freedom.
1:23.9	Reading the landscape in an ever-changing market space full of big players to form a niche for which to grow into the future.
1:35.3	How did you all meet?
1:39.9	Yeah, so Adam and I met probably 2015 or maybe at the end of 2014 at a company that we both previously worked at called Strava.
1:53.0	Strava is a social network and subscription business for endurance sports nerds.
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