#68: Kevin Jones - CEO, Founder Blue Wire | Scaling a Sports Podcast Network

After getting fired from his sports radio job, Kevin Jones put his last $17,000 of savings to build Blue Wire. 

Kevin Jones has over 12 years of experience in the sports industry as a beat reporter for the 49ers at KNBR, team reporter for the Cleveland Browns, and contributor to WUSA-TV in Washington D.C.

Blue Wire is a sports podcasting platform with over 500 shows under its umbrella. They have raised $12M in venture capital and are doing about $8M in revenue/year. 

Chapters:

(01:40) Community Crowdfunding

(07:00) Founding story of Blue Wire

(09:40) Scaling the company

(15:20) Business model

(20:00) Trends in sports

(23:10) Criteria for podcasters

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Kevin Jones:

Website: https://www.bluewirepods.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-jones-583a1226/

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Andrew Petcash:

🏠 Website: https://profluence.com

🎙 Podcast: https://profluence.com/podcasts/

🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrewpetcash

🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewpetcash

📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/andrewpetcash

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewpetcash/

🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3q5jhAuCVT2FZCkLW5xBiQ/

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