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Work with Erika Ayers Badan

If You Want a Seat at The Table, Flip It Over.

Work with Erika Ayers Badan

Lemonada Media

Business, Management

4.24K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Bonus episode and breaking news! Erika is the newest board member of the WWE. She chats with Barstool's Jared Carrabis and Robbie Fox to explain how it went down!


You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/tokenceo

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0:00.0

Hey, token CEO listeners, you can find every episode on Apple podcasts, Spotify or YouTube.

0:06.9

Prime members can listen ad-free on Amazon music.

0:10.9

I have some exciting news. I just joined the board of WWE. It is my first public board seat.

0:17.4

I am very excited about it. I'm a little nervous, but I think it's a big step for me personally,

0:23.6

and certainly it's a great thing for Barsville sports. I think I have a lot to learn.

0:29.2

I also have so much energy and a lot to contribute, and I'm excited to be in a board position,

0:37.6

right? A board meets four times a year. Your role is stewardship of a company.

0:42.7

You're not operating things. You're not in the mix. You're not in the mud with the company,

0:47.1

but your job is to really make sure that you're creating the company that you are

0:52.4

stewarding is creating shareholder value. I think that there is never going to be another company

0:58.8

that's just like WWE. I think WWE is a family run business. It is a brand that has been hot

1:06.3

for many decades at this point. It's a company that's looking to build its future.

1:12.6

It's built it internationally, built it with rights partnerships,

1:15.9

built it in digital, and to have a front row seat for that is, I think pretty awesome.

1:22.4

So I'm excited about it. The two people who I wanted to talk to most about it were Robbie and Jared.

1:27.6

I get the call from Erica today, and she delivers me this news, and for my first,

1:33.4

I didn't process it immediately. I think the first question has to be like, how, how,

1:38.4

how did this come together? How did this happen? Where did your interest level come from?

1:42.7

Was it like a mutual thing? Did they reach out to you? Was it start there? Start the how?

1:48.1

Wait, first of all, I called Robbie first. No offense Jared, but I called Robbie first.

1:53.1

I know what you're going to say. This was such a dumb question by me, Erica, listen,

1:57.2

three-che is my sponsor on my mom's basement. We're going to dedicate this story to three-che

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