#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 . Kevin Jones: Website: https://www.bluewirepods.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-jones-583a1226/ . 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/ . Thanks for listening! Make sure to hit the “follow” button to stay up to date on new podcasts.