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

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The Athletic

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.6	My name is Paul Heyman, special counsel to Roman Raines and the Bloodlines Wise Man.
0:39.0	Step out of the ropes and onto the island in WW2K25, an epic WWE-themed world ruled by the one and only Roman reigns.
0:51.2	The return of promos plus intergender matches, my GM goes multiplayer, and more.
0:57.6	WW2K25, available March 14th pre-order now.
1:03.2	We don't ask for permission to do things here. That's an important aspect to our culture.
1:08.2	If you want to do something, I don't want to hear about it.
1:11.7	Just go do it.
1:19.9	Hello, everyone. I am Jade Hoy, executive producer for the Athletic Podcast Network. And you are listening to a special presentation brought to you by Dell Technology's Small Business
1:25.1	Podfriend series. Of course, as you may have heard, many small businesses are looking for new ways to enhance their business strategies during these uncertain times. For the second year in a row, Dell Technologies has assembled an amazing list of podcasters to create a virtual conference to share advice, inspiration, and stories on navigating companies
1:45.7	now and into the future.
1:49.0	Here at The Athletic, we decided to share the story of how our company was created, going all
1:53.9	the way back to late 2015 with the founders of the company.
1:57.5	Alex Mather, co-founder and CEO of the Athletic. And I'm Adam Hansman, co-founder and president of the company. Alex Mather, co-founder and CEO of the Athletic.
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