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Wall Street Unplugged - What's Really Moving These Markets

Frank Curzio

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🗓️ 14 July 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Today’s episode includes one of my many great interviews from the Metaverse Expo 2022 in Las Vegas last weekend. RJ White is an entrepreneur, successful businesswoman, and owner of a professional men’s basketball team—the Vipers, from Gurnee, Illinois. RJ shares her background and how she knew she wanted to be a professional basketball owner when she was just 6 years old. We discuss how she built a massive social media following… her future goals… and how she encourages young women to pursue their dreams. We also cover how sports branding will work in the metaverse… and the enormous potential ahead. In this episode: RJ’s journey to becoming a basketball team owner [2:05] How to build a massive social media following [4:05] RJ’s next goal: Own an NBA franchise [6:20] How to inspire young girls/woman today [10:43] How to build a brand in the metaverse [11:50] A recap of my Metaverse Expo keynote [15:55] Enjoyed this episode? Get Wall Street Unplugged delivered FREE to your inbox every Wednesday: https://www.curzioresearch.com/wall-street-unplugged/ Wall Street Unplugged podcast is available at: --: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wall-street-unplugged-frank/ -- : https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/curzio-research/wall-street-unplugged-2 -- : https://www.curzioresearch.com/category/podcast/wall-street-unplugged/ : https://twitter.com/frankcurzio :. https://www.facebook.com/CurzioResearch/ : https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-curzio-690561a7/ :

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0:00.0	Wall Street Unplug looks beyond the regular headlines,
0:05.0	heard on mainstream financial media to bring you unscripted interviews
0:08.7	and breaking commentary direct from Wall Street, right to you on Main Street.
0:12.8	How's it going out there, it's Thursday, July 14th?
0:18.6	I think there's just a Wall Street Unplug podcast where I break that headlines and...
0:24.6	Tell you what's really moving these markets.
0:28.6	It says Thursday, interview day, and I have a great one set up for you.
0:34.6	Jay taped at the meta expo in Vegas past weekend,
0:39.6	but so many amazing people there.
0:41.6	But her name is RJ White, who is the owner of the Vipers Pro Men's Basketball Team
0:47.6	and she is for another team in Europe.
0:50.6	First, woman, black owner, and I hate it and we talk about this in the podcast labeling her.
0:58.6	But just an amazing, amazing person.
1:02.6	I mean, someone who worked hard to get where she is in inspiration to so many young women who play basketball.
1:09.6	She also runs a big basketball camp for Nike, men and women, little noise.
1:13.6	But you could see why this is personal to me as someone that you know,
1:16.6	a low basketball has your daughters that play basketball and just to see her break through.
1:21.6	This is an interview that gave me goosebumps.
1:25.6	Not only that, she is going all in on the metaverse, which are about find out why.
1:31.6	But this is going to be awesome, awesome interview and let's get to it right now.
1:35.6	Here's RJ White.
1:37.6	So pleasure having you here, RJ, and I want to...
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