On the Inside The Lab Podcast, we interview advisors, investors, sports tech founders, and sports business leaders to unpack their journeys and paths to success. Our purpose is to pull out the life lessons, habits, and thought patterns of these people and share those with others who can use them in their lives and incorporate them into their professional journey.

Our goal is to entertain, delight, and inspire our audience into action with real talk and practical advice. In addition, we’ll also cover relevant topics in sports business specific to your industry.

Today is Friday, April 23rd and it's 8pm.  We had to switch it up from the apartment in LA. We are at PeerSpace in Irving Park - Chicago, IL, and I am really happy we did. Majority of our content has been recorded virtually. We are still being very cautious and safe as we continue to navigate through the COVID19 pandemic.

Certain competitors force you to be better, force you to train harder, to stay in the gym longer, you lose sleep thinking about them… but it's all in good faith. This individual was definitely once of those guys and with that I’d like to introduce Arie Williams to The Lab Community.

Talking Points:

When did you realize you loved the game of basketball? Who was your favorite player?

Elite 8 at Barry University

Majoring in Tech, transition to business

Have you always been business focused?

Did you want to play professional basketball?

Here are some high-level questions we’ll cover:

● What do you know now that you didn’t understand early in your career? (Athlete Perspective, Business Perspective)

●  Who are some of the best leaders you’ve been around? What did you learn from them? (Coaches, Teammates, etc.)

●  As you look back on your career, What is one experience or event in your professional life that pushed you to think differently?

●  How do you approach hard decisions where you may not have complete information?

●  What do you do when you aren’t feeling motivated or inspired?