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Suiting Up with Paul Rabil

Mike Levine: CAA Head of Sports, Investor/Advisor, PLL

Suiting Up with Paul Rabil

Paul Rabil

Sports, Business

51.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Through innovative marketing deals, the acquisition of elite athletes in the NFL and NBA, and a knack for forecasting new trends in sports media, Mike Levine, known within the industry as "Vino", is a pioneer, visionary, and leader in sports business. On the podcast, Vino and I discuss his rapid rise early in his career, the hard knocks and lessons he learned, and how he's led CAA into the stratosphere of best in sports talent representation and brand marketing consultation. Throughout the show we discuss the modern sports media landscape, how players have become empowered through digital and social, and why he decided to invest in the Premier Lacrosse League. Suiting Up is a show that explores the psychology, playbook of tools, and strategies of the most influential people in sports, entrepreneurship, and entertainment

Transcript

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Whether you're a banker or a real estate agent, an NFL quarterback, an NBA player, or a sales executive, and I think that I have been someone who has always just tried to learn

0:18.8

from the people I'm working with or working for.

0:22.0

It's obvious that this person is incredibly thoughtful and humble.

0:26.0

And we're proud to share that Mike Levine, known in the Greater Sports Ecosystem as Vino,

0:31.0

is an investor and advisor to the Premier Lacrosse League.

0:34.0

And I was lucky to sit down with him for about an hour of his time to share his story and

0:38.1

errors.

0:39.1

We discuss his rapid rise early in his career, the hard knocks and lessons he calls them failures that were

0:45.4

seminal to his professional growth and now he's now led CAA into the stratosphere of

0:49.7

best in class in sports.

0:51.7

Particularly salient to the people on investment

0:54.3

is how Vino describes, quote, players having

0:56.4

become more empowered through digital and social, end quote,

1:00.0

and why that helps a smaller sport like lacrosse compete with the mainstays of football, basketball, and baseball.

1:06.0

Suiting up is a show that explores the psychology, playbook of tools and strategies of the most influential people in sports, entrepreneurship, and entertainment.

1:15.0

Vino crosses all three industries.

1:18.0

Enjoy my conversation with our PLL investor, advisor, and a mentor to both Mike and myself, Mike Levine.

1:25.0

It's actually my favorite office in New York City.

1:29.1

Really?

1:30.1

Yeah, it's unbelievable.

1:31.2

I love that.

1:31.9

That makes me very happy. Yeah, and we're both sports people so I love all the decor as well and what you feel at the highest level in sports and sports marketing sports business you all stand for

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