The Petcash Pod �‪�‬ Andrew Petcash

Lance Dietz is an investment partner who focuses on sports, collectibles, well-being, and gaming.

KB Partners raised a $100M+ fund to deploy capital into the early stages of sports. 

Lance Dietz played college basketball at Army West Point, has an MBA from the University of Chicago, and joined KB Partners in 2018 as a principal before reaching partner status in 2021. 

Chapters:

(01:15) Top trends in sports

(03:15) How to learn new verticals 

(08:50) Talent entering industry 

(11:40) How to get investors attention

(15:40) US vs international 

(17:20) Characteristics of successful companies 

(20:10) Evaluating emerging leagues 

(22:30) Approach to AI startups

(27:45) Sports Tech insights 

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Lance Dietz:

KB Partners: https://kbpartners.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lancedietz/

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Andrew Petcash:

🏠 Website: https://profluence.com

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

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

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Mike Nicoll is a former hooper turned award-winning filmmaker focused heavily on basketball's business side in his documentaries. 

The Spoils penetrates a shadowy financial system: America’s youth basketball industrial complex. With unprecedented access to the money game that dominates the sport, the film unravels the raw capitalism of the American basketball machine.

Mike Nicoll has directed 3 feature films, best known for writing & directing "At All Costs" - a feature documentary acquired by Netflix in 2017.

Chapters:

(01:20) The Spoils

(07:20) Shocking revelations

(10:10) How the AAU system works 

(13:05) Why travel basketball exists

(20:20) Reimagining the system

(26:55) Business of basketball

(35:20) Next films

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Mike Nicoll:

Website: https://thespoilsmovie.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-nicoll/

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Andrew Petcash:

🏠 Website: https://profluence.com

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

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

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After 15 seasons in Major League Baseball, José Bautista has made the jump into entrepreneurship and investing. 

He took a majority position in Marucci Sports and helped them to an exit and has also invested in outwear company Canada Goose.

José Bautista recently bought the majority position in a USL team, Las Vegas Lights FC. 

Chapters:

(01:45) Owning a pro sports team

(05:45) Transition from athlete to investor 

(08:15) Marucci Sports to exit

(11:30) Due diligence and evaluating deals

(14:15) MLB players vs other sports

(20:50) What stands out in founders

(22:45) Deals he’s looking at

(26:00) Baseball tech and robot-umpires

(32:10) Las Vegas Lights & USL

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José Bautista:

X: https://x.com/joeybats19

Las Vegas Lights: https://www.lasvegaslightsfc.com/

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Andrew Petcash:

🏠 Website: https://profluence.com

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

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

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With soon-to-be 16 eatertainment facilities, Chicken N Pickle is expanding across the country with their “TopGolf for Pickleball” concept. 

Chicken N Pickle is an entertainment complex that includes a restaurant, sports bar, pickleball courts, and a variety of yard games. 

Kelli Alldredge joined part-time at the first location and went full-time as the president in 2023. 

Chapters:

(01:15) Landing at Chicken N Pickle

(04:25) Rollout of more locations 

(07:10) Chicken N Pickle description 

(09:30) GTM strategy 

(12:20) Learnings/Mistakes in eatertainment

(17:20) Building partnerships team

(20:20) Sponsoring athletes 

(24:00) Eatertainment trends

(27:00) 3 categories of pickleball players

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Kelli Alldredge:

Website: https://chickennpickle.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelli-alldredge-553920249/

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Andrew Petcash:

🏠 Website: https://profluence.com

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

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

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Recently closing out their $4M Series A round, Forever Network is adding more sports and new products and expanding to the United States. 

Forever Network is a social-first sports media company that started as a basketball social media page in Australia. 

in 2023, Nicholas Kelland joined Forever Network coming from the agency and marketing world.

Chapters:

(01:20) Forever Network origin story

(04:25) Monetization 

(07:50) Expanding into US market

(10:00) New product 

(15:10) Advantages of internal media 

(18:05) Content to acquire customers

(22:20) Trends in sports media 

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Nicholas Kelland:

Website: https://www.forevernetwork.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-kelland-b59042146/

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Andrew Petcash:

🏠 Website: https://profluence.com

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

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

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With ownership in 3 pro teams, including Premier League club Ipswich Town FC, Brett Johnson has made a name for himself as one of the best investors in sports (particularly soccer). 

Ten years ago, Benevolent Capital was formed by Brett Johnson and his twin brother Grant Johnson to invest in sports assets. 

Some of Brett Johnson’s other investments include Profluence Capital Fund I, Athletic Brewing, Terracycle, Oura, Getaway, and Carbon 6. 

Chapters:

(01:20) Ipswich Town FC promotion to EPL

(02:55) Investing in sports journey 

(05:20) Promotion & relegation in U.S. 

(08:00) Sports investing as asset class

(13:30) Getting outside investors excited 

(16:50) Multi-club ownership & USL

(20:10) Brett’s typical day 

(21:50) Rhode Island FC

(25:00) Next 10 years in sports

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Brett Johnson:

Benevolent Capital: https://benevolentcapital.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-m-johnson-70b148/

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Andrew Petcash:

🏠 Website: https://profluence.com

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

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



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