Is Ultimate Frisbee the Golf of Silicon Valley?

Bay Curious

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4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Why does it seem like a lot of start-up execs play ultimate frisbee and use that to network with VCs? Reported by Rachael Myrow. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Paul Lancour, Ryan Levi and Suzie Racho. Additional support from Julia McEvoy, Erika Kelly, Ethan Lindsey and Howard Gelman. Holly Kernan is Vice President for News. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller. Ask us a question or sign up for our newsletter at BayCurious.org. Follow Olivia Allen-Price on Twitter @oallenprice.

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0:00.0	From K-Q-QED.
0:03.0	Hey, we're all guilty of a little kissing up to the boss from time to time,
0:08.0	and it can be super awkward.
0:10.0	Well, hello, Mr. Hopper, how are the kids? I don't have any children.
0:17.0	Her house wife. I'm not married.
0:21.0	That's from a classic 1955 episode of The Honeymooners, starring Jackie Gleason as Ralph
0:27.8	Crampton, a New York City bus driver looking for a fast pass to success. He's hopeless but persistent. Having
0:36.1	struck out asking after the wife and kids, Ralph makes one last bid to connect
0:41.1	with Mr Hopper. Oh, going out to play a little golf?
0:45.0	Nothing like a good golf game.
0:46.0	Are you interested in golf?
0:48.0	Oh, oh, certainly I'm interested in golf.
0:51.0	Bingo.
0:52.0	Going way back, Americans trying to move up the corporate ladder
0:56.0	have played golf.
0:58.4	Or at least pretended to.
1:00.1	But in Silicon Valley, well, people in Silicon Valley like to think different.
1:05.0	Can you name a sport played by the founders of companies like Google,
1:10.0	WhatsApp, Solar City, and Women Who Code?
1:13.9	The answer is, Ultimate Frisbee.
1:17.9	I'm Olivia Allen Price.
1:21.5	In this episode of Bakurious, we get to know the sport of ultimate and the powerful people who sometimes play it.
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