One Take with Jack Hobbs

👉 The Scoop – Jack Hobbs went from Major League Baseball pitcher to a starring role pitching Univision –before it was even Univision!—to now pitching engaging stories through Revolver, his podcast company and the leading podcaster in the U.S. Hispanic market.

👉 Decisive Moment #1 – First, after getting out of baseball and trying to figure out what I was going to do Jack interviewed for SIN (NB: the predecessor of modern-day Univision), so he went from Major League Baseball into a media business that he knew nothing about.

👉 Decisive Moment #2 – The second one came with the integration of Univision and Univision Radio. Jack “couldn’t even spell ‘Radio’”, but that didn’t stop him for taking Univision Radio through the roof from zero revenues.

👉 Unexpected change or event – Two changes. First, a “degradation” of the sales process, which has turned very programmatic. Second, the digital side of the radio industry, which has not been very developed.

👉 What did he do? – Created Revolver, a podcast company. The most important podcast company in the US Hispanic Market, with big stars and along the way, created the largest “terrestrial digital broadcast group” in the country.

👉 About older workers – You get what you pay for in terms of experience, and knowledge of the business. There's a competitive advantage to having experienced people out there. I would rather have an experienced person in my organization knowing that they know the right place to go.