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#182 Ben Nichols - Founder & CEO, Padel 22

#182 Ben Nichols - Founder & CEO, Padel 22

Update: 2025-01-20

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Welcome to episode 182 of Sports Management Podcast.

Today's guest is Ben Nichols - a Media Relations Professional with experience from WADA, Formula 1, ATP & the Commonwealth Games Federation. In 2022, Ben started Padel 22, a global padel-dedicated Communications Consultancy. And 2024 he continued to start companies within the padel sector.

We spoke about:

Ben's background
Why he started Padel 22
Finding gaps in the market
Cage 91, Club Águilas and his other ventures
What the future holds

And more!

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#182 Ben Nichols - Founder & CEO, Padel 22

#182 Ben Nichols - Founder & CEO, Padel 22

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