Cameron Porter: MLS Forward and Entrepreneur

Suiting Up with Paul Rabil

Paul Rabil

Sports, Business

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2018

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Cameron Porter was a four-year all-everything soccer player and computer science major at Princeton. He was drafted to Major League Soccer and immediately made an impact on the pitch, scoring a dramatic final-minute goal, sending his club (Montreal) into the CONCACAF Champions League Semifinals. Uniquely positioned as an top forward in the MLS, Cam also works for MLS's front office -- as a full-stack engineer. A true pro athlete and entrepreneur, Cam writes code and helps the fastest growing team sports league in the world buildout their digital, iOS, and Android platforms. I decided to upload this episode to kickoff our 2018 guest list because of two reasons: 1. Cam’s incredibly thoughtful and articulate. I learned new tactics around sports psychology (like how to dig yourself out of a funk -- or poor play), as well as how a macro trend in new media is not only impacting soccer, but the rest of the field (including lacrosse). 2. Cam’s so talented, that he’s already reached a place in his career where he’s making a decision on sport versus business – or his career after the pitch. The conversation is a buildup, where he breaks unexpected news on Suiting Up. A first for us. Podcaster's note: Cam's latest venture: www.hex.ventures

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome to an all new episode of Student Up Podcast.
0:06.7	This is a show where I dive into the stories of some of today's leading athletes,
0:10.3	entrepreneurs and entertainers, and I interview them to try to discover their
0:14.1	playbook of tools by which they use to reach success, more importantly the way that
0:18.6	they think about high performance. I'm your host Paul Rabel,
0:21.7	pro-Lacross player in New York and with Team USA. I'm also an entrepreneur
0:26.0	and investor. Today's guest is our first MLSer, Major League soccer star Cameron Porter.
0:32.6	Kim played four years of college ball at Princeton
0:34.8	and was a computer science major.
0:37.2	I'll get back to the latter.
0:38.8	We met when we were both named a Sport Techie's most
0:40.9	entrepreneurial athletes of 2017, and where I create media and help
0:45.0	build out our company business portfolio CAM is much more talented and technical, taking
0:50.0	to the growing Team Sports League in the World.
1:02.8	That's right, Cam writes code for fun.
1:05.0	Then he got employed by the MLS.
1:07.5	And I decided to upload this episode to kick off my 2018 guest list
1:10.7	because of two main reasons.
1:12.3	Number one, Cam's incredibly thoughtful
1:14.5	and articulate. I learned new tactics around sports psychology. Specifically when
1:18.9	you or I are in a funk, how Cam digs his way out of it and lessons learned for me as well as how
1:25.1	macro trends with new media and sports is not only impacting soccer but the
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