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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Daniel Sillman: CEO of Relevent Sports Group #ThePlaybook 344

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Daniel Sillman, CEO of Relevent Sports Group, tells the story of the cold email to renowned businessman Stephen Ross led to a major change in his career path, and shares insights on Relevent Sports Group and the International Champions Cup’s mission to revolutionize the international soccer landscape. Sillman and host of #ThePlaybook, David Meltzer, chat about how young executives are able to build credibility and how they each apply curiosity in their professional lives. The pair also discuss what Daniel has learned from partners like La Liga and how Relevent is applying those lessons to solve problems associated with the pandemic for other top leagues. 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 Daniel Selman, the dynamic entrepreneur, CEO of relevant sports.

0:08.0

I've known him since he's been 20 years old at Michigan, and we're going to learn what it takes to be successful.

0:15.0

Join me for all this and more on the playbook.

0:18.0

This is Entrepreneurs the Playbook,

0:20.0

for each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes, celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk

0:26.1

about their personal and professional playbook to success and what made them champions

0:31.5

on the field and in the boardroom.

0:34.4

I'm your host David Melzer.

0:36.5

I have an old friend Daniel Selman.

0:38.3

That's right, old, he's 30 years old,

0:40.3

chief executive officer at Relevance Sports Group and the International Champions Cup, the ICC.

0:48.0

He has circled his way amongst the elite in the sports industry, wanted to have him on, because I've known this guy

0:54.7

for over 10 years when he was just a student

0:57.3

at the University of Michigan,

0:59.5

who has lost to Ohio State the last 14 years, by the way.

1:02.1

I thought I was going to get away with them not playing.

1:05.8

I told Jake Fleshner, who's the head of my PR, also a Michigan grad.

1:10.0

I said, oh, finally, Michigan doesn't have to lose to Ohio State anyway in all

1:14.9

seriousness you know Daniel I met you and you were literally a college student

1:19.7

working with Brandon Graham you know big-, but the one thing that you had, and I got to meet a lot of people as I ran Lee Steinberg Sports and Entertainment,

1:29.0

you had this extraordinary confidence that you were going to be what you must be and you were willing to

1:35.0

walk the walk and talk the talk when it came to building your sports career and

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