TMBA355: How The Dunc’d On Basketball Podcast Became a Business in Just a Year
Summary: Podcast 45:54 | <a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/TMBAPodcastAll/TMBAPODCAST355.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> | <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-lifestyle-business-podcast/get-paid-to-travel-the-world-the-tropical-mba">Stitcher</a> | <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tropical-mba-entrepreneurship/id325757845">iTunes</a> | <a href="http://www.tropicalmba.com/Basketball#comments" target="_blank">Comment</a> This week's episode is the final instalment of our three-part series about people who have turned their passions (which just happen to be some of <a href="https://twitter.com/tropicalmba">Dan</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/anythingian">Ian</a>'s personal obsessions) into successful businesses. Today's guest is the podcaster that Dan has listened to the most in 2016: <a href="https://twitter.com/nateduncannba" target="_blank">Nate Duncan</a>, founder and host of the <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/duncdon/2016/09/19/gsw-season-outlook-w-ethan-strauss-den-season-outlook-w-adam-mares" target="_blank">Dunc'd On Basketball Podcast</a>. Nate has only been podcasting for a little over a year but has already turned it into his full-time job. On the show, you'll hear Nate share how he started his podcast, grew his audience, and made the decision to leave his job as a lawyer to concentrate on developing 'Dunc'd On Basketball'. Stay tuned after the credits for some hardcore hoop talk as well. <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GlkPttkfDSSlB0JwehyzNCJaiYpr9_2iIbl6soxG9L4/edit">Transcript</a> Listen to this week's show and learn: Why Nate decided that he was going to quit being a lawyer and create a basketball podcast. (3:56) Whether or not Nate was worried about jumping into a very saturated market of sports journalism. (11:02) What kind of preparation goes into each episode of the Dunc'd On podcast. (16:13) How Nate went about monetizing his podcast and what kind of advertisers he is working with. (19:51) What Nate would do differently if he had to start over right now. (26:14) Mentioned in the episode: <a href="http://www.tropicalmba.com/dc/" target="_blank">The Dynamite Circle</a> <a href="http://www.tropicalmba.com/DCPodcast/" target="_blank">The DC Podcast</a> <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/duncdon/2016/09/19/gsw-season-outlook-w-ethan-strauss-den-season-outlook-w-adam-mares" target="_blank">Dunc'd On</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/dannyleroux" target="_blank">Danny Leroux</a> <a href="https://theringer.com/bill-simmons-podcast-d3868264a984#.mzxda68xn" target="_blank">Bill Simmons</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hollinger" target="_blank">John Hollinger</a> <a href="http://www.espn.com/" target="_blank">ESPN</a> <a href="http://www.si.com/" target="_blank">Sports Illustrated</a> <a href="https://thecauldron.si.com/" target="_blank">The Cauldron</a> <a href="http://www.basketballinsiders.com/" target="_blank">Basketball Insiders</a> <a href="https://seatgeek.com/" target="_blank">SeatGeek</a> <a href="http://www.midroll.com/" target="_blank">Midroll</a> <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/" target="_blank">Blog Talk Radio</a> <a href="https://www.helixsleep.com/" target="_blank">Helix Sleep</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/kpelton" target="_blank">Kevin Pelton</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA" target="_blank">Zach Lowe</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jordan-Rules-Sam-Smith/dp/0671796666" target="_blank">The Jordan Rules by Sam Smith</a> <a href="http://www.espn.com/espnradio/podcast/archive/_/id/12426375" target="_blank">The TrueHoop Podcast</a> <a href="https://audioboom.com/boos/5049663-locked-on-nba-43-utah-jazz-head-coach-quin-snyder" target="_blank">Locked On NBA</a> <a href="http://weareutahjazz.com/lockedonjazz/2016/09/19/locked-on-jazz-sept-19th-point-guard-breakdown-and-get-to-know-shelvin-mack/" target="_blank">Locked On Jazz</a>
