How 2 Personal Losses Led To Building The #1 Faith-Based Media Company

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Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

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🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Episode 42: Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) talks with Steve Gatena, founder of Pray.com – the #1 app for daily prayer and faith-based content. Steve shares his early dreams of playing professional football, only to be derailed by injuries. In a pivotal moment, he found his way into the niche aerial stock footage business where he would meet his mentor, Alan Purwin. At the peak of their success, Alan tragically died in a helicopter accident. Steve, again, was forced to pivot, eventually solace through faith-based content. Send us an email and let us know what you think of the idea! thecrazyones@morningbrew.com #TheCrazyOnes #Startups #Entrepreneur Listen to The Crazy Ones here: https://link.chtbl.com/OV4W93_W Watch The Crazy Ones here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCrazyOnesPod Subscribe to Morning Brew! Sign up for free today: https://bit.ly/morningbrewyt Follow The Brew! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/morningbrew/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/MorningBrew Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@morningbrew Follow Our Hosts! Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) Jesse Pujji (@jspujji) Listen to Fixable, a new show from the TED Audio Collective Learn more about ADP here: https://adp.com/thecrazyones Learn more about Mailchimp here: https://mailchimp.com/guesswork/ Disclaimer - Mailchimp sponsored this segment of the podcast. Mailchimp is not affiliated with any other products, brands or companies featured or mentioned in this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up everyone, we are back with another episode of The Crazy Ones.
0:04.6	Today, I chat with Steve Gatina, who is the founder of Pray.com, and Steve has a truly
0:10.8	wild story.
0:12.6	He played called football for USC, then lost 100 pounds after his NFL hopes were dashed.
0:17.7	He's built four businesses, including Pray, which has become the Spotify of faith-based
0:22.6	content, and he has had insane life stories from having his cameraman kidnapped by 15
0:28.8	year olds in Jamaica to losing his co-founder and mentor after a tragic plane crash.
0:34.4	There's so much business and life wisdom in Steve's story, so I hope you enjoy.
0:40.2	What's up everyone, I'm Alex Lieberman.
0:42.6	You know, this is Jesse Pooji, and this is The Crazy Ones.
0:50.6	Steve Gatina, thank you for joining us on The Crazy Ones.
0:55.8	Thanks for having me. I'm super excited to be here.
0:58.8	So we spoke a few weeks ago, and we spoke because I reached out to you on LinkedIn.
1:04.7	You had been engaging with some of my content specifically around the plunge.
1:09.5	You gave me some ideas for creating some viral content around my backyard game, and I think
1:15.0	I actually originally heard about you through a mutual friend Matt Gray, who I believe
1:22.0	like you've spoken to, and I was doing some work with him.
1:25.3	And we had an amazing conversation, and you took me through like the arc of your career,
1:31.0	and it's just, it's remarkable how much you've done at such a young age, but also just,
1:37.7	I think, how introspective you are about your journey.
1:40.5	And so we're going to move along chronologically, and I think at every stop, every chapter
1:45.8	of your story are just so many rich lessons that are going to be valuable for listeners.
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