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Episode 32: Dan Porter and Zack Wiener, co-founders of Overtime, the digital sport platform, on the launch of their disruptive new pro hoops league, Overtime Elite, and their formula for growing Overtime’s community.

Boardroom Talks

Boardroom Podcast Network

Business, Entrepreneurship, Sports

4.4620 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Dan Porter and Zack Wiener are co-founders of Overtime, the multi-platform digital sports channel that launched in 2016, then blew up in 2017 when, among other highlights, it posted a block from high school star, Zion Williamson. The Overtime website describes its mission as building the “sports network for the next generation of fans,” but Porter has also revealed the company's ambition to be the biggest global sports network on the planet. Currently, Overtime content has 14 billion views a year, and a global audience of 45 million across all platforms. But in its most audacious effort, the multi-media digital sports juggernaut just announced a new venture that may disrupt the landscape of NCAA basketball. They launched Overtime Elite, a professional basketball league for high school prospects that will pay six-figure salaries, offer equity in the league, and provide college scholarships for players who ultimately opt out of pursuing a career in the NBA. Porter and Wiener talk to Rich and Gianni about the motivations behind launching OT Elite, the advice that KD gave them that helped hone the OTE concept, and what it’s like for the unique co-founder duo (Porter is in his ‘50s, Wiener is in his ‘20s) to combine their generationally-distinct perspectives, experience and networks in forming a dynamic digital brand with global ambitions.

Transcript

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0:00.0

What's up, everybody, and welcome to another boardroom out-of-office podcast.

0:10.5

Gianni and I are lucky today to be doing this one from sunny Miami.

0:14.4

Don't be mad.

0:15.3

We were in New York when it was going down.

0:18.8

Gianni, we got our friends on today.

0:21.2

Yes, sir.

0:21.7

What's up?

0:22.0

What's up, Rich?

0:23.8

Man, I'll see you after this pod as well, my friend.

0:27.6

We are in the same house, different rooms, doing this podcast.

0:31.2

But today we have two friends of mine who I also work with and who I'm also excited to talk to,

0:36.5

who have just broken an incredibly big story

0:40.0

in the sports world and who have been doing incredible things for the last few years. So,

0:45.7

please welcome the founders of overtime sports, I'll call it, and then you guys correct it,

0:52.9

Zach Weiner and Dan Porter.

0:56.0

What's up, guys? How are you?

0:58.3

We're doing great, man.

1:00.1

Very excited to be on the podcast and to be on with folks who have supported us since the beginning of our journey.

1:10.6

Yeah, I'm pumped to be here.

1:12.8

Thanks for having us, Rich and Gianni.

1:15.0

And as you know, we're big fans of the boardroom and we were lucky enough to be on the TV show.

1:21.2

And I think the podcast is going to be even better.

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