SBJ I Factor

Jul 16 2024 52 ep. 28 mins 7
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SBJ I Factor features impactful interviews with SBJ award winners. You’ll recognize guests from Forty Under Forty, Game Changers, New Voices and the Sports Business Awards. Discover how our guests found success and overcame failure while navigating their careers – not only individually, but as a team.

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SBJ I Factor: Jess Smith

Jul 16 2024 27 mins  

SBJ I Factor: Brandon Doll

Jun 18 2024 23 mins  
This month’s SBJ I Factor is with Brandon Doll. SBJ’s Abe Madkour chats with the founder of Sports & Entertainment Advisors about his journey and how he played an instrumental part in bringing the Raiders to Las Vegas. Doll served as a Naval officer for seven years and he explains how lessons learned on deck prepared him for the sports industry. Doll is a member of SBJ’s Fort

SBJ I Factor: James Giglio

May 21 2024 28 mins  

SBJ I Factor: Molly Mazzolini

Apr 23 2024 41 mins  
SBJ I Factor features an interview with Molly Mazzolini. Elevate's Senior Operating Advisor – Design + Strategic Alliances chats with SBJ’s Ross Nethery about the power of taking chances. Mazzolini is a member of the SBJ Game Changers Class of 2016. She shares stories of her career including co-founding sports design consultancy Infinite Scale career journey and how a chance en

SBJ I Factor: Gloria Nevarez

Mar 26 2024 22 mins  
SBJ I Factor features an interview with Mountain West Conference Commissioner Gloria Nevarez. The second-ever MWC commissioner chats with SBJ’s Ross Nethery about her climb through the collegiate ranks. Nevarez is a member of SBJ’s Game Changers Class of 2019. Nevarez has had stints at the conference level in the Pac-12, West Coast Conference, and Mountain West Conference as

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

Feb 27 2024 26 mins  
SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he cou

SBJ I Factor: Bill Daly

Feb 13 2024 24 mins  
SBJ I Factor features an interview with NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly, who has a role in every aspect of the league’s business and is an influential voice across the industry. Daly is a member of SBJ’s Forty Under 40 Hall of Fame, having been named to the classes of 2001, 2002 and 2003. Daly talks with SBJ’s Ross Nethery about the lessons he learned from competitive spo

SBJ I Factor: Ilana Kloss

Dec 05 2023 23 mins  
SBJ I Factor: Ilana Kloss, presented by Allied Sports SBJ I Factor presented by Allied Sports features an interview with Ilana Kloss, CEO of Billie Jean King Enterprises. Kloss, a member of Sports Business Journal’s Game Changers class of 2011 and a U.S. Open tennis doubles champion, sat down with SBJ’s Ross Nethery to talk about her career path, the importance of building re

SBJ I Factor: Chris Allphin

Nov 07 2023 14 mins  
SBJ I Factor: Chris Allphin, presented by Allied Sports SBJ I Factor presented by Allied Sports features an interview with Chris Allphin, executive vice president of Elevate Sports Ventures. Allphin, a member of Sports Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 class of 2015, sat down with SBJ’s Bret McCormick to talk about his career path, his evolution as a leader, and the importance

SBJ I Factor: Jon Niemuth

Oct 10 2023 31 mins  
SBJ I Factor presented by Allied Sports features an interview with Jon Niemuth, director of sports at Gensler. Niemuth, a longtime leader and innovator in architecture, is a member of Sports Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 class of 2006. He sat down with SBJ’s Abe Madkour to talk about his career path, what it takes to be successful, and how facilities have changed and will c