The Post Game Podcast #76 Andrew Petcash: From Content to Capital - How Profluence Was Built
Andrew Petcash is a former Boston University basketball player, founder of Profluence, and host of The Petcash Pod.
He has carved out a unique lane at the intersection of sports, content, community, and venture capital.
In this episode we get into how it all started and has since evolved into one of the top sports communities in the world.
We talk about:
- Spotting and capitalizing on trends early
- How Profluence was born from consistency and experimentation
- The power of content in building community
- Branching into venture capital (and raising it)
- Investing in the next wave of sports tech and athlete-led startups
- Why showing up and adding value is still underrated
- His thoughts on growing a team, bootstrapping, and deploying his own capital
- What excites him most in youth sports, NIL, and Web3
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro to Andrew
2:10 - The power of persistence
2:50 - Spotting trends early
4:40 - From D1 dreams to business building
6:40 - Playing against Javante McCoy every day
8:40 - A defining year at BU
10:55 - Moving to St. Pete, FL
13:00 - Creating NBA content in high school
15:10 - How Profluence began
16:25 - Having direction, even when plans shift
18:30 - What’s next?
19:25 - Showing up and adding value
21:30 - Signs Profluence is gaining traction
24:00 - Entering the venture capital world
25:40 - Why Andrew loves building
27:40 - Bootstrapping vs. investing in startups
30:10 - Why short, niche podcasts work
32:00 - The behind-the-scenes of podcasting
33:00 - Growing a team (and the cost)
35:30 - Big opportunities in the sports investment landscape
39:10 - Youth sports, NIL, and what’s next
41:50 - Where to find Andrew
Links:
Andrew's Email: apetcash@profluence.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewpetcash/
The Post Game Podcast:
Email me: joe.poduslenko@gmail.com