📶 Kirby Porter (Founder & CEO @ New Game Labs) on athletes and web3

Figuring out your "why", NIL and its impact on college athletes, and layering on community to improve your offering

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This week we had on Kirby Porter (@KirbyPorter_) with New Game Labs.

Kirby started her career in venture, and switched over the operating side recently to launch New Game Labs to help athletes learn, connect, and create in web3. 

In this talk, we cover:  

  • Figuring out your "why"

  • NIL deals and their impact on college athletics

  • Layering on community to improve the first version of your product

Some of the high-level takeaways from this talk:

“In order to teach, you have to do.”

If you can’t own your audience, you’re building a house on borrowed land. Prioritize emails over followers.

New businesses are creating new monetization options for creators. Social tokens, private membership groups, and job boards have supplemented the old way of making money through sponsor deals.

The less of an audience you have, the less power you have when it comes to monetizing your brand.

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#68 - Kirby Porter (Founder @ New Game Labs) on athletes and web3

Listen to this episode from Confluence.VC on Spotify. This week we had on Kirby Porter (@KirbyPorter_) with New Game Labs. Kirby started her career in venture, and switched over the operating side recently to launch New Game Labs to help athletes learn, connect, and create in web3. In this talk, we cover: Figuring out your "why" NIL deals and their impact on college athletics Layering on community to improve the first version of your product Want to get more involved? Join 👥 | Invest with us 📶 | Hire better 📌 | Unlock premium content 💸 Sponsor Vauban

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