#7: Porter Grieve – CEO, Co-Founder Mercury

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?