A LOT TO SAY PODCAST

Ep 28: HIVE-MIND with Scott Cooper

Episode Summary

A Lot To Say welcomes Scott Cooper for a chit-chat next - the COO of Versus Merch, who carries with him years of experience in scaling businesses in both Australia and the United States, including his past roles with Go1 and Drawboard. We lean into his background in the punk/hardcore/metal music realm and how that has influenced aspects of his career plus explore the remarkable situations on finds themselves in, as Coops has time and again.

Episode Notes

Scott Cooper is the COO of Versus Merch and has years of experience in scaling businesses in both Australia and the United States, including his past roles with Go1 and Drawboard. 

Coops dives into some opportunities he has created for himself over the years- from moving overseas and making a name for himself in new cities a few times over, to finding himself immersed in the NBA environment to form a pretty amazing vantage point of how professional athletes operate.

Punk/ Hardcore/Metal sub-cultures are on the agenda, as is collecting behaviour, productivity, the limitations of alcohol and the want to get the best out of yourself.

A few points in the chit-chat:

  1. Helping run a merchandise company with DIY ethos
  2. Growing and scaling businesses
  3. Parallels between running bands and running businesses
  4. Rich underground music scenes
  5. Risk Taking and getting out of comfort zones
  6. Establishing oneself in a new city in a short period
  7. A broad spectrum of projects to make your way
  8. For the love of BBall
  9. Collecting Behaviour
  10. Changes in alcohol consumption

Notes and Links:

Follow Scott on Twitter: @scottdancooper

Follow Scott on Instagram: @scottdanielcooper

Follow Versus Merch: https://www.versusmerch.com/

Follow Versus Merch on Instagram: @versusmerch

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