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Podcast: This Is Working with Daniel Roth
Episode: Love the player, like the game — How Overtime's Dan Porter built a Gen Z powerhouse
Description: Dan Porter's secret to having a good idea? "Have a lot of ideas."
His big idea, Overtime, wasn't even mocked by early prospective backers. They just didn't get it. A Gen Z focussed sports media service with no scores, and no trade rumors, and no talking heads? Short videos meant to be consumed on a smartphone? Of athletes most people probably hadn't heard of yet but which were captivating the cohort? What?
The social-media sports platform now boasts 40+ accounts, 100M+ followers, and billions of video views. And then Porter took the next level to a...