Erika Nardini, CEO of Barstool Sports: “The job should scare you.”

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Erika Nardini has spent her career growing and marketing brands, heading up big-name companies like Microsoft, Yahoo!, and AOL. She was living in Boston when a tiny sports publication called Barstool Sports got started. And Erika became a superfan. So when she got the chance to come on board as Barstool’s CEO in 2016, she didn’t hesitate to take it. Even though it was controversial. On the Couch, she talks to us about dealing with criticism, being the boss of her company’s founder, and leading a company where she’s not the target demographic. PS: Our Skimm Reads this week is … us. In case you haven’t heard, we wrote a book. It’s basically a crash course in adulting. If you haven’t pre-ordered it yet, what are you waiting for? Get it here. https://skimmth.is/2UgoeXq

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0:00.0	I think it's good in interviewing for a new job that the job should scare you and that it
0:05.9	should push you into a place that you have not gone. I think if you're looking for the same
0:10.7	but different it's ultimately not going to be rewarding and it's not going to move you forward.
0:17.2	I'm Carly Zaken. I'm Danielle Weisberg. Welcome to Skim from the couch.
0:20.8	This podcast is where we go deep on career advice from women who have lived it. from the and giving or getting hard feedback.
0:32.8	We started the skim from a couch,
0:34.3	so what better place to talk it all out
0:36.5	than where it began on a couch? So please welcome Erica Nardini to the couch.
0:47.0	Erica is an expert at marketing and growing brands.
0:50.0	Over the course of her career, she's been a leader at major companies like Microsoft,
0:55.7	Yahoo, and AOL. But in 2016, she decided to take on a new role. She became the CEO at a small but mighty sports blog you might have heard of
1:05.8	Barstool Sports. That's a role with the story behind it and we're going to let Erica
1:11.1	tell it. In the meantime Erica Erica, welcome to the couch.
1:14.0	Thank you for having me.
1:15.0	Thanks for being here.
1:16.3	I'm excited to be here.
1:17.3	We are very excited to chat with you.
1:18.9	So before we kind of dive into everything,
1:21.4	want to start simple.
1:22.4	Skim your resume for us.
1:23.6	Okay, great.
1:24.3	I love the skim your resume.
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