Porter Grieve is building Mercury, a university fan experience platform that uses athlete-driven media to push the product forward.
Prior to Mercury, Grieve spent several years at the soccer club, AS Roma.
Chapters:
(00:00) Introduction
(03:20) Creating fan experiences and Mercury’s agenda
(07:10) Merging the worlds of Web2 and Web3
(09:30) Where is blockchain technology headed?
(13:10) Communicating innovative tech to athletic departments
(15:00) Building a media company first, paid products second
(17:25) The power of owned media and AS Roma’s tricks
(22:30) Where is NIL headed over the next 5 years?
(25:30) How Porter raised $7.5M in a bad market
(28:35) Sports Tech trends over the next year
(07:15) Are sports stagnant or innovating?