Andrew Petcash is a former Boston University basketball player, founder of Profluence, and host of The Petcash Pod.

He has carved out a unique lane at the intersection of sports, content, community, and venture capital.

In this episode we get into how it all started and has since evolved into one of the top sports communities in the world.

We talk about:

• Spotting and capitalizing on trends early
• How Profluence was born from consistency and experimentation
• The power of content in building community
• Branching into venture capital (and raising it)
• Investing in the next wave of sports tech and athlete-led startups
• Why showing up and adding value is still underrated
• His thoughts on growing a team, bootstrapping, and deploying his own capital
• What excites him most in youth sports, NIL, and Web3

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro to Andrew

2:10 - The power of persistence

2:50 - Spotting trends early

4:40 - From D1 dreams to business building

6:40 - Playing against Javante McCoy every day

8:40 - A defining year at BU

10:55 - Moving to St. Pete, FL

13:00 - Creating NBA content in high school

15:10 - How Profluence began

16:25 - Having direction, even when plans shift

18:30 - What’s next?

19:25 - Showing up and adding value

21:30 - Signs Profluence is gaining traction

24:00 - Entering the venture capital world

25:40 - Why Andrew loves building

27:40 - Bootstrapping vs. investing in startups

30:10 - Why short, niche podcasts work

32:00 - The behind-the-scenes of podcasting

33:00 - Growing a team (and the cost)

35:30 - Big opportunities in the sports investment landscape

39:10 - Youth sports, NIL, and what’s next

41:50 - Where to find Andrew

Links:

Andrew's Email: [email protected]

https://x.com/AndrewPetcash

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewpetcash/

https://profluence.com/

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