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How to build a billion-dollar sports team

Golden State Valkyries’s Jess Smith
Creative Planning’s Jamie Battmer

Jess Smith talks about building the Golden State Valkyries from scratch, the rise of women’s professional sports, and why so many women in the C-Suite are former athletes.

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How to build a billion-dollar sports team
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