Chaz Cervino is an athlete/influencer manager, businessman, marketer, and investor. Currently, Chaz is the founder of Cervino Co., a management and consulting firm that works with companies and high-profile individuals. Previously, Chaz co-founded Today’s Business & Today’s Athletes. TB & TA offered services that included marketing, digital media, athlete/influencer management and consulting. In 2021, Chaz exited both companies and founded Cervino Co.

***TIMESTAMPS***

2:32 - How Chaz landed the Cleveland Cavaliers as a client at age 24; That time his company stopped an planned attack against LeBron James; Affiliate Marketing background; Athletes short window for brandability

17:18 - Chaz’s football career at Syracuse; Why Doug Marrone was a terrible person; Chaz’s transfer to Hofstra; The problems with college football recruiting; Doug Marrone’s terrible reputation everywhere he goes

33:35 - The cancellation of Hofstra’s football program; The Jones Brothers at Syracuse (Arthur Jones & Chandler Jones––along with their brother, UFC Champion Jon Jones)

39:02 - Todd Marinovich & Marv Marinovich background; The Todd Marinovich 30 for 30

44:27 - Players Chaz played with who he immediately saw “NFL” in; Concussions & CTE in football; Weed & Painkillers in college football

55:27 - College athletes getting paid; Reggie Bush

1:03:05 - Chaz’s decision to leave football behind

1:10:15 - How Chaz built his athlete client rolodex; Kevin Garnett & Ray Lewis; The sleaziness in the athlete management industry; The problems with modern-day college education

1:29:02 - Why Chaz left Today’s Business; Alignment & Vision when building a company; Video Content; Focus on Happiness

1:47:46 - Relationships in Business; Cervino Co; The Naval Ravikant Model

2:00:40 - Where things are going (trends); NFTs; Decentralization; Industries that have been massively disrupted that now have the opportunity to disrupt

2:26:49 - Sports changed by Covid 19 Pandemic?; Young kids and fear; Masks; Carolina Panthers Tackle, Russell Okung on critical thinking; The mainstream media has let us all down

2:43:38 - Chaz’s career and life transition over the past 3 years; Trust; The fear of letting people down; Not Trying too hard

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YouTube EPISODES & CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q 

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