This week, Big Money Energy is feeling lucky as DraftKings Co-Founder, Matt Kalish, sits down with Ryan. They discuss the origins of DraftKings, why it’s important to share equity of your brilliant idea with people who can help you make it better and what the future of online sports betting may entail. 

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This week Ryan is joined by marketing genius and CMO at MasterCard, Raja Rajamannar. Raja explains the brilliance behind the “Priceless” campaign, the sensory benefits of experiential marketing, and what the future of marketing itself might look like.

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This week, Ryan is joined by entrepreneur, investor and NBA owner, Marc Lore. Marc explains why he didn’t find his way until after high school and college, how he managed to build a diaper empire by buying out wholesalers and what the future might hold for E-Commerce. 

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This week Big Money Energy gets pumped up as Ryan is joined by Founder and CEO of Dogpound Gym, Kirk Myers. Kirk recounts how a major health diagnosis shaped his philosophy around health and fitness, what it took to become one of the most sought after trainers in New York City and just how far he sees Dogpound expanding world wide.

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This week, Big Money Energy gets a momentary glow up as founder of Rent The Runway, Jenny Fleiss, joins the show. She and Ryan discuss how to use tech to disrupt the fashion industry, Jenny’s decision to leave Rent the Runway and pursue a new opportunity as a VC and what the future of customer service might look like. 

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This week, Big Money Energy goes to space as Ryan is joined by joined by astrophysicist, author, director of the Hayden Planetarium and all around science mega star, Neil Degrasse Tyson. This episode is a little different than the norm because there’s no one like Neil in the entire Milky Way. They discuss the responsibility of using your platform to champion causes you care about, how to keep your head above water when pursuing a passion until it pays the bills, and why the hell it’s taken so long for space tourism to become an industry.

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This week, Ryan is joined by the king of pizza and founder of the Slice app, Ilir Sela. They discuss growing up putting an immigrant work ethic to use, learning how to be a businessman despite having a tech background and how Ilir built a multi million dollar empire out of a love of pizza. 

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Ryan is joined by author, fashion designer, podcaster and overall renaissance woman, Rebecca Minkoff. Sitting down mere days before her huge show during the chaos of fashion week, Rebecca talks to Ryan about pushing boundaries and taking risks, her thoughts on elevating female voices and perspectives in the world of business, and how she went from sleeping on Egg Crates to being one of the most important names in fashion.

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This week, Big Money Energy gets iced out. Ryan is joined by music producer, jeweler, podcaster and overall mogul, Ben Baller. Ben shares his unconventional story of success, his origins in music coming up in Los Angeles and how he managed to piss off Dr. Dre after blowing his first million dollar check. Ben also breaks down how he managed to become hip hop’s most sought after jeweler.

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Season 2 of Big Money Energy is finally here and it features one of the most prominent names in media today, Founder of Barstool Sports, Dave Portnoy. They discuss the origins of Barstool, the surreal moments that lead Dave to believe he was a success (spoiler, one involves Jimmy Buffett) and how to stick to your guns on your opinions when the internet draws a target on your back. 

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