NJ and Greg have a great time talking with Jim Zarchin, President and Founder of Z Media Ventures.  Listen in as Jim tells some great stories and explains why he started up Z Media Ventures with his son Max.  It is a wonderful life perspective and reminds us all that it’s never too late to start something new, and it’s even better if you love what you are doing and doing it with people you love.

The Pesci Brothers Cover the USA win over Mexico in World Cup Qualifying and other weekend happenings in sports.  The conversation then turns to the changes brought about by the pandemic that will likely have long-lasting impacts on the job market going forward.  The brothers compare these new expectations with the ones employees had back in 2010, and finally they share what their expectations were for work back in the 1800’s when they finished grad school and law school.

The Pesci brothers talk about some of the things you might consider doing, if and when you face disappointment at work.  It might be a promotion you were hoping to get, it might be an assignment you think you deserve or a raise you can’t believe you didn’t get.  It’s hard to see it at the time, but sometimes these disappointments can lead to great opportunities and better things than you had hoped for.  Music time is back with a story that goes backwards in time as we learn about late career success.

NJ and Greg cover the most valuable franchises in Professional Sports.  Imagine investing less than $10 million dollars in a Professional Sports Franchise and it’s worth more than $4billion today! The NFL is King, and MLB is a distant second. It’s interesting to learn that even if you don’t win a championship for decades, your franchise can still be worth billions!

Greg and NJ discuss how the salary cap in Pro Sports is designed to level the playing field for small market teams.  The NFL Cap has grown for 10 years and then Covid!  What GMs have to do manage the cap and how the MLB manages without one.  Then the conversation moves to the reasons so many athletes lose their money after earning what the average person would consider a fortune.  And yes, It’s O-V-A, OVA is back!  AJ has a good time with the demise of the Red Sox!

The Pesci brothers begin with a conversation about the progression of Name, Image, and Likeness in college sports.  Sponsors pay athletes and count on them to stay healthy while endorsing their brands.  At least one of the big deals has been impacted by an athlete that has been hurt and another by sub-standard play.  At the same time, women have fewer deals and too many of the female athletes are being objectified in the ads.  Finally, the brothers talk about the disparity in pay between male and female professional athletes.  The men make way more, way more! 

The Pesci brothers are back after 2 weeks off!  The sports update covers the good, the bad, and the ugly!  BYU makes the top 10, Zach Wilson and the Jets get their first win, and the New York Yankees fall to the Red Sox.  Then the brothers cover Courage from the perspective of the Stoics.  How to face the truth without fear.  Finally, it’s music time!

Listen as the Pesci brothers tell the 200-year-old story of Louis Vuitton and how building a luxury brand requires time, attention, and nurturing of the brand’s equity.  Then the brothers cover a handful of Forbes’ top 100 Female Entrepreneurs. None of their success came as the result of a get-rich-quick scheme.  These are women who worked hard for a long time and in non “sexy” industries, like roofing and trucking.  And what magic is in the water in Wisconsin?  And of course, we cover sports.

Listen as Dylan talks about seeing an opportunity to fill a need and stepping up to meet that challenge with his firm, Bold Square.  Dylan shares the lessons he learned over the course of his international career and emphasizes the importance of developing relationships of trust with his clients.  Then Mike in Middle America makes an appearance and the talk turns to BYU, the Big 12 and rivalry games for both BYU and Iowa State.

The Pesci brothers talk about precious time and not wasting any of it with negativity.  Why spend your life “mining” for negativity, where is the joy in that?  Appreciate what time you have and spend that time on the things you love.  College football is back, and it feels great to see all of the fans celebrating the game and the teams they love.