“Start early… if you love sports, you love your city, and you love your community, get into that stuff earlier… I probably had a lot of years where I wasn’t really doing that even though I had the passion for it… so if I look back I would have started those things at an earlier date for sure.” - Reed Clarke 

A proud born and raised Edmontonian, Reed Clarke is a business and sports executive with an MBA and a passion for community involvement. Clarke has had various sales marketing roles during his career, including the President, CEO and Co-Owner of the Edmonton Stingers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League. Clarke has recently taken on the role as CEO of Sport Edmonton and is also a proud member of the Explore Edmonton, Sport Central and Alberta Basketball boards, as well as the founder of the Fresh Nets Foundation, a community initiative installing nets on outdoor courts around Alberta and beyond. Navin is joined by Reed to discuss Sport Edmonton and the Fresh Nets Foundation, the newly built WNBA Court in Edmonton, what’s going in the WNBA and the NBA, and much more in this episode. 

At the beginning of their discussion, Reed gives a quick update on what’s going on for him including the Fresh Nets Foundation and Sport Edmonton (2:41), Fresh Nets expanding across the globe (5:15), how many nets Fresh Nets has implemented so far (6:18), Reed’s experience at the WNBA game held in Edmonton (7:14), Caitlin Clark and her impact on the game of basketball (8:35),  Reed’s thoughts on the NBA playoffs so far (10:37), and who his pick is to win the NBA Finals (13:18). Next Navin and Reed talk about Victor Wembanyama and his historical rookie year (14:09), the new WNBA themed court that was made in Edmonton (16:13), other potential events Sport Edmonton has on the horizon (20:31), what big events are coming up for Reed on a personal level  (22:10), and what advice he would give to the next generation of entrepreneurs looking to follow the same path as Reed himself (23:10). 

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