Court to Corporate | The Athlete’s Playbook in the Business World podcast

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Court to Corporate | The Athlete’s Playbook in the Business World

On this show, Kirby Porter, a Harvard Women’s Basketball alum and brand marketer, sits down with athletes to discuss their playbooks in the business world and how they have leveraged the game in their professional journeys. Learn more at kirbyporter.com

Episodes

"Become What You Can't See" with Marvellous Iheukwumere

Growing up as a kid in Nigeria, Marvellous Iheukwumere recalls the thought of attending any Ivy League, running track professionally, and working for a professional league as out of sight. After a highly decorated career at Columbia University, working at the NBA for 3 years while simultaneously competing professionally, and now pursuing her second degree at Harvard Law - Marvellous is on a journey to be the example she wishes to see for others. Today she joins us to share more about how her tra...

Jul 15, 2019•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast

How to Attack Your Career Like Your Game with Alan Stein. Jr.

Today on the show joining us we have Alan Stein Jr., one of the world’s top motivational speakers. Alan is a performance coach, author, and consultant that teaches businesses how to apply the habits, mindsets, and rituals of elite athletes to enhance their individual and organizational leadership and performance. Alan gained this expertise as a performance coach working with the world’s top athletes including Kevin Durant, Victor Oladipo, and Markelle Fultz. Through years of developing players a...

Jun 10, 2019•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast

Reframe the Experience, Find Passion in the Process | Perspective for Rising Seniors with Frank Tull

With summer internships kicking off, we're reminded that the process is not as seamless for athletes.  Networking events during practice? Interviews scheduled on game day? We've been there. Frank Tull, a Brown Football graduate,  joins us to deliver  some tactical advice on how to navigate your internship going into your senior year and  perspective on pursuing full-time recruiting when back on campus your senior fall. While an internship with the PGA Tour revealed that sport...

May 21, 2019•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast

Lean Into Your Interests, Create Opportunity | Interview with Jimmy Martin, Co-Founder of Brrrn

After graduating from George Mason's Wrestling Program, Jimmy initially felt that his inability to devote his all to one lane was a weakness. He gradually embraced what was his truth, and saw that it was actually the strength in his ability to wear many hats that allowed him to create his own path as a celebrity personal trainer, background performer on SNL, and advertising copywriter. What he found, was that by not building his entire identity round one aspect of who he was, he was able to embr...

May 14, 2019•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast

Channel Your Inner Diddy: How to Speak Your Goals Into Existence w/ Marlon Beck

Marlon Beck jumpstarted his journey at Binghamton University where he was a three year captain and finished second all time in scoring on the Men's Basketball Team. It was after a conversation with his mentor where he was encouraged to think critically about what he would take away from his four years in the program. With limited opportunity to intern due to basketball, he began with a sports marketing internship at the University and growing his network. Since, Marlon as interned at Nike, the N...

May 01, 2019•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast

How to Parallel Path: Interview w/ Wall Street Analyst & Professional Hockey Player Chelsea Ziadie

For individuals that have the potential to continue to play at the next level, sometimes it comes down to following your passion that's been at the core of your identity versus choosing a path forward that may be more practical and secure. Today, our guest is an analyst at Morgan Stanley and Professional Hockey player that has miraculously continued to do both. When Chelsea Ziade she stepped foot on Harvard's campus in 2014, the NWHL had not yet been founded. And she was convinced that when she ...

Apr 22, 2019•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast

How to Tap Into Your Authentic Self to Build Your Career: Matt Hillman, Co-Founder of Cut + Sew

Today in the guest chair we have Matt Hillman - investor, start-up advisor, and co-founder of Cut + Sew.  Before he founded a marketing agency that works with the likes of the NBA Players Association, MLB, Ford, Eastbay, Highsnobiety, and the Timberwolves, he laid the groundwork for what would become his expertise in Sports, Tech, and Entertainment while on the basketball team at Carnegie Mellon in undergrad.  After moving to LA just 10 days after graduation, Matt spent his first month...

Apr 15, 2019•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast

Why He Gave Up His Scholarship for an Internship at Under Armour: Playing Your Cards Right w/ Buchi Okafor

How do you know when it's a risk worth taking? Or how do you balance the decision between short term satisfaction and long term advantage? As today's guest will show, it starts with having honest conversations with yourself about what your end goal is . Today we have Buchi Okafor joining us.  Buchi is currently at Under Armour where he's the Lead of Direct to Consumer Pricing Optimization - but his path to get there came with a few leaps of faith.  When Buchi was in undergrad at Miami ...

Apr 08, 2019•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast

How She Landed The Dream Job She Never Knew She Needed: Ngozi Musa of Harvard Track & Field

Ngozi Musa is a senior at Harvard and captain of the Women's Track and Field Team. After the completion of her final season, she'll be returning to New York to join L'Oreal full time in their Marketing Consumer Product Development Program where she interned last summer. Almost a year into her tenure as captain, Ngozi provides insight into her mindset throughout her journey - from navigating the new dynamics of captainship to balancing the lessons learned as her next chapter quickly approaches. A...

Mar 27, 2019•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast

What is Court to Corporate? How your journey informs your why w/ Kirby Porter

On this episode, Harvard Women’s Basketball Alum and brand marketer, Kirby Porter reflects on her journey as a student-athlete, how her inspiration has informed her why, and introduces what Court to Corporate is all about.

Mar 04, 2019•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast