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Alex Mather is the Founder &amp; CEO @ The Athletic, the startup bringing you in-depth sports stories you won't hear anywhere else. To date, Alex has raised over $139M with The Athletic from some of the best in the business including Founders Fund, Bedrock, Y Combinator and Emerson Collective to name a few. Before founding The Athletic, Alex spent an incredible 5 years as part of the hyper-growth @ Strava serving Vice President of Product Management and Product Design. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn:  1.) How Alex made his way into the world of tech and startups with Strava? How did his time at Strava lead to his founding The Athletic?  2.) With the scaling of The Athletic to over 500 people, how has Alex seen his leadership style change and adapt? What does he need to improve? How did having children impact how he thinks about management? What lessons did he take from Strava on what worked for community building?  3.) What was it like raising money for a subscription media business back in 2016? Who was the first person to really take a bet on Alex and The Athletic? What value adds does Alex think are the most important for VCs to provide? What are the biggest investor misconceptions around media?  4.) How does Alex see the future structure of the media landscape? What elements of media is Alex most concerned about right now? Does Alex view Substack as competition? What does Alex believe will be the 2 ways to succeed in media moving forward?  5.) What have been the biggest customer acquisition learnings for Alex from The Athletic? How does Alex feel about platform reliance for customer acquisition with Facebook? What does it take to successfully acquire customers on Facebook at scale? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show:  Alex’s Fave Book: The Kingdom of God is Within You  As always you can follow Harry and The Twenty Minute VC on Twitter here!  Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.

<a href="https://twitter.com/amather" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alex Mather</a> is the Founder &amp; CEO @ <a href="https://theathletic.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Athletic</a>, the startup bringing you in-depth sports stories you won't hear anywhere else. To date, Alex has raised over $139M with The Athletic from some of the best in the business including Founders Fund, Bedrock, Y Combinator and Emerson Collective to name a few. Before founding The Athletic, Alex spent an incredible 5 years as part of the hyper-growth @ Strava serving Vice President of Product Management and Product Design. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Alex made his way into the world of tech and startups with Strava? How did his time at Strava lead to his founding The Athletic? 2.) With the scaling of The Athletic to over 500 people, how has Alex seen his leadership style change and adapt? What does he need to improve? How did having children impact how he thinks about management? What lessons did he take from Strava on what worked for community building? 3.) What was it like raising money for a subscription media business back in 2016? Who was the first person to really take a bet on Alex and The Athletic? What value adds does Alex think are the most important for VCs to provide? What are the biggest investor misconceptions around media? 4.) How does Alex see the future structure of the media landscape? What elements of media is Alex most concerned about right now? Does Alex view Substack as competition? What does Alex believe will be the 2 ways to succeed in media moving forward? 5.) What have been the biggest customer acquisition learnings for Alex from The Athletic? How does Alex feel about platform reliance for customer acquisition with Facebook? What does it take to successfully acquire customers on Facebook at scale? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Alex’s Fave Book: <a href="https://amzn.to/2VXsZbq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Kingdom of God is Within You</a> As always you can follow <a href="https://twitter.com/HarryStebbings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harry</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/twentyminutevc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Twenty Minute VC</a> on Twitter here! <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hstebbings1996/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.</a>

20VC: The Future of Subscription Media, Why Startups Need To Stop Blaming Facebook and Google & How Founders Should Think Through Customer Acquisition Channel Dependencies with Alex Mather, Founder & CEO @ The Athletic

In this episode of the Athlete CEO Podcast, Erik sits down with Alex Mather, the co-founder of The Athletic.Valued at roughly $500 million The Athletic has disrupted the sports media world.They dive into the vision, strategy and tactics that led to the quick rise of dominance for the Athletic in a saturated market that seemed impenetrable.Alex offers advice and lessons learned from the founding of The Athletic covering topics like:The characteristics he learned growing up that helped give him tenacity, resolve, and a positive outlookHow Alex and his co-founder Adam built The Athletic to be differentHow to understand and work to refine your brandPutting people first and using analytics to optimizeThe burdens of leadership and the importance of caring for and supporting your teamWhat leadership looks likeWhy helping your team to win is more important than being rightThe 4 daily actions he encourages his team to take to stay focused and support others during tumultuous times

In this episode of the Athlete CEO Podcast, Erik sits down with Alex Mather, the co-founder of The Athletic.Valued at roughly $500 million The Athletic has disrupted the sports media world.They dive into the vision, strategy and tactics that led to the quick rise of dominance for the Athletic in a saturated market that seemed impenetrable.Alex offers advice and lessons learned from the founding of The Athletic covering topics like:<ul><li>The characteristics he learned growing up that helped give him tenacity, resolve, and a positive outlook</li><li>How Alex and his co-founder Adam built The Athletic to be different</li><li>How to understand and work to refine your brand</li><li>Putting people first and using analytics to optimize</li><li>The burdens of leadership and the importance of caring for and supporting your team</li><li>What leadership looks like</li><li>Why helping your team to win is more important than being right</li><li>The 4 daily actions he encourages his team to take to stay focused and support others during tumultuous times</li></ul>

Athlete CEO #029: The Athletic Co-Founder, Alex Mather, On Disrupting The Sports Media World

1:05 Jason intros Alex Mather 2:08 Why did Alex launch a paid subscription publication in a seemingly dying industry? 4:32 How &amp; where did The Athletic start? What was their thesis? 6:32 What was early feedback like from investors? 15:57 Changing approach from ad-based to subscription-based writing 21:34 Why the NHL &amp; MLB are great for The Athletic 22:43 How do they manage young writers? 26:52 What % of their spend goes to editorial? 33:00 Managing 500+ writers 36:20 What are some ways they manage engagement? 39:08 Twitter's impact on journalism 43:39 Scouting new talent &amp; capitalizing on layoffs 50:10 What has the inflated valuations of BuzzFeed &amp; Vox done to the digital media industry? 55:20 How is The Athletic handling Apple's app-store subscription explosion? 58:20 Apple's impact on the boom of incredible products in our society and how The Athletic translates that to editorial 1:01:56 Alex asks Jason: "Mayor of San Francisco or owner of the Knicks?" 1:03:47 Alex shares his thoughts on the NBA/China situation 1:12:01 How does Alex go about re-activating users who have churned? 1:12:42 What does The Athletic think about the prevalence of sports gambling in America? 1:14:55 Who is the most interesting NBA player right now? 1:16:01 Jason &amp; Alex pick who they would start an NBA franchise with today 1:17:50 Jason plays "good tweet/bad tweet" with Alex

1:05 Jason intros Alex Mather 2:08 Why did Alex launch a paid subscription publication in a seemingly dying industry? 4:32 How &amp; where did The Athletic start? What was their thesis? 6:32 What was early feedback like from investors? 15:57 Changing approach from ad-based to subscription-based writing 21:34 Why the NHL &amp; MLB are great for The Athletic 22:43 How do they manage young writers? 26:52 What % of their spend goes to editorial? 33:00 Managing 500+ writers 36:20 What are some ways they manage engagement? 39:08 Twitter's impact on journalism 43:39 Scouting new talent &amp; capitalizing on layoffs 50:10 What has the inflated valuations of BuzzFeed &amp; Vox done to the digital media industry? 55:20 How is The Athletic handling Apple's app-store subscription explosion? 58:20 Apple's impact on the boom of incredible products in our society and how The Athletic translates that to editorial 1:01:56 Alex asks Jason: "Mayor of San Francisco or owner of the Knicks?" 1:03:47 Alex shares his thoughts on the NBA/China situation 1:12:01 How does Alex go about re-activating users who have churned? 1:12:42 What does The Athletic think about the prevalence of sports gambling in America? 1:14:55 Who is the most interesting NBA player right now? 1:16:01 Jason &amp; Alex pick who they would start an NBA franchise with today 1:17:50 Jason plays "good tweet/bad tweet" with Alex

E1003: The Athletic CEO & Co-founder Alex Mather is building a paid online sports media publication, shares insights on attracting investors in a seemingly dying industry, managing 500+ remote writers, creating interesting angles through unique coverage & more

CEO of The Athletic Alex Mather chats with Recode’s Peter Kafka about his path of setting out to disrupt local sports media through hiring away top talent and building out a subscription model. But will it be profitable?Want to attend Code Media in Los Angeles, CA from November 18th-19th? Click here to register.Featuring: Alex Mather (@amather), CEO of The AthleticHost: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at RecodeMore to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape.About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CEO of The Athletic Alex Mather chats with Recode’s Peter Kafka about his path of setting out to disrupt local sports media through hiring away top talent and building out a subscription model. But will it be profitable?Want to attend Code Media in Los Angeles, CA from November 18th-19th? Click <a href="https://events.recode.net/events/code-media-2019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to register.Featuring: Alex Mather (<a href="https://twitter.com/amather" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@amather</a>), CEO of The AthleticHost: Peter Kafka (<a href="https://twitter.com/pkafka" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@pkafka</a>), Senior Editor at RecodeMore to explore: <a href="https://pod.link/1080467174" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe for free to Recode Media</a>, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape.About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

How The Athletic CEO Alex Mather convinced people to pay for sports news on the internet

In a time of massive cutbacks in local media, subscription-based website The Athletic is breathing new life into sports journalism. Co-Founder Alex Mather sits with LionTree’s Alex Michael to discuss the site’s ad-free local coverage across 47 North American cities, and the company’s commitment to providing veteran sports writers the best job they’ve ever had. Find and rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. For more content, follow KindredCast on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You can hear our radio show every Saturday and Sunday at 2PM on SiriusXM Insight, channel 121.Please read before listening: http://www.liontree.com/podcast-notices.htmlSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In a time of massive cutbacks in local media, subscription-based website The Athletic is breathing new life into sports journalism. Co-Founder Alex Mather sits with LionTree’s Alex Michael to discuss the site’s ad-free local coverage across 47 North American cities, and the company’s commitment to providing veteran sports writers the best job they’ve ever had. Find and rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. For more content, follow KindredCast on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You can hear our radio show every Saturday and Sunday at 2PM on SiriusXM Insight, channel 121.Please read before listening: <a href="http://www.liontree.com/podcast-notices.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.liontree.com/podcast-notices.html</a>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.