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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Dr. David Chao: The Youngest-Ever NFL Team Physician | #ThePlaybook 5

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2017

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

The youngest-ever NFL team physician, Dr. David Chao shares the situational knowledge he has acquired through decades as an orthopaedic surgeon and media figure. Gain an understanding about how both Daves use technology and social media in order to bring their talent and brand to the masses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Yankee wins. They have completed the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history.

0:06.1

We lost a $900 million bid to buy the LA Rams.

0:09.8

Look, that contract extension was for $176 million.

0:14.4

The stadium will cost $1.1 billion.

0:18.6

Champions are made and cash always follows.

0:21.1

But where did it all start?

0:22.8

These are the true stories of the blockbuster sports deals

0:25.7

that went down in the locker room, boardroom,

0:28.4

and between the lines that made many people very, very wealthy. From entrepreneur entrepreneur media this is the playbook. I'm

0:35.6

CEO of Sports One Marketing and your host Dave Melzer. Today we have a special

0:42.4

guest, the youngest doctor ever to be a team doctor in the NFL.

0:49.0

He's not so young anymore, but he's a dear friend.

0:51.6

This is Dr. David Chow, and he is a orthopedic surgeon but moreover he is an

0:56.8

entrepreneur and that's really I really don't care about your doctor skills because they're so well known

1:00.9

and you're way too expensive for me.

1:02.6

I'm more interested in you really have a true business mind, which I think is rare for doctors

1:07.3

because you guys spend so much time being trained at Harvard and all those great schools you went to.

1:12.0

But Dave, give us a little perspective of how a doctor, a team doctor,

1:16.7

and a famous orthopedic surgeon can turn that into truly an entrepreneurial venture and some of the things that you see that you're doing today that are different than your normal doctor that has a great practice.

1:30.0

Well, there's a lot of things to do and of course, you know, the standard orthopedic practice, but now that I stopped just spending all the time with the team, and that was a lot of fun, but it took a lot of time. And you're right, I think I was very lucky. The first nine years I did it,

1:44.0

actually the first eight years I did it, there was at least one player on the team older than me.

1:48.0

So it seemed fun. It was among friends.

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