“I have a sort of string of fractional people... former head of sales... former CMO... former CFO... former head of customer... former CEO of Emerson... former head of R&D”
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Said on The Pitch
“We hired somebody who was a very talented baseball executive from the Seattle Mariners, Katie Griggs, to run the business side.”
Freakonomics Radio · 691. Is This What a “Good Billionaire” Looks Like?
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What was described
Hired a former Seattle Mariners executive (Katie Griggs) to run the Orioles’ business side (ticket sales, sponsorships, merchandise, food, parking, TV contracts)
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“I’ve recently put on a full-time carpenter … he runs the construction side … I’m more in the office doing the business and sales.”
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Said on The Good Builder Podcast
“You are running two businesses at the same time, you know, in the sense that you are doing the legal side of the business and also trying to run, you know, all, you know, making a successful business”
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