{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F8f2e8314-b536-4890-aefb-2fdac4011737","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Bryan Van Den Bosch, Minnesota Twins New Business Development Manager\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/8f2e8314-b536-4890-aefb-2fdac4011737\"></iframe>","title":"Bryan Van Den Bosch, Minnesota Twins New Business Development Manager","description":"Minnesota Twins New Business Development Manager Bryan Van Den Bosch joins Work in Sports podcast host Brian Clapp to discuss sports sales jobs, leadership and building a strong teamHey everybody, I\u2019m Brian Clapp, VP of Content and Engaged learning at <a href=\"http://workinsports.com\">WorkInSports.com</a> and this is the <a href=\"https://www.workinsports.com/blog/work-in-sports-podcast/\">Work In Sports podcast</a>.As I have admitted many times on this podcast, I am not a natural networker. It is not my comfort zone, I am not the type that will walk up to someone and engage in conversation with ease.\u00a0\u00a0I wish I was.\u00a0Oftentimes getting out of your comfort zone is essential to growth. And I like growth. I am a curious person who likes to learn and challenge myself, so last week\u2019s National Sports Forum, with 1,000 people deeply connected to the sports industry, was somewhere I needed to be.\u00a0But I was feeling both anxious and cowardly leading up to the event.\u00a0You see we all tell ourselves a story in our head that is loud. It echoes. It has power and weight.\u00a0<a href=\"https://www.workinsports.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/e246-van-den-bosch-artwork.png\"></a>We tell ourselves, \u201cthese people won\u2019t want to talk with me\u201d or \u201cthey\u2019ll find me uninteresting or I\u2019ll struggle with relevant things to say\u201dEven deeper we tell ourselves \u201cI\u2019ll never get that job\u201d or \u201cI\u2019ll never lose that weight\u201d or \u201cI\u2019ll never be able to speak in a crowd\u201dBoy, do we have a lot of voices in our head.\u00a0 So ask yourself the next time you feel this happening -- ask yourself -- is this self-doubt helping me?\u00a0I broke out of my comfort zone last week. In fact, today\u2019s guest was one of the people who helped me do it.\u00a0<a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanvandenbosch/\">Minnesota Twins New Business Development Manager Bryan Van Den Bosch</a> said hi to me in the line for food the first night of the conference\u2026 we struck up a conversation, he\u2019s an awesome guy with tons of sports career experience so we shared a few sliders at Mercedes Benz Stadium and booked a podcast interview.\u00a0So let\u2019s get to it - Bryan is an expert at building relationships in the sports industry, and he\u2019s here to share his world in baseball with the Minnesota Twins\u2026Questions for Bryan Van Den Bosch, Minnesotas Twins New Business Development Manager\u00a01: For the last 10 years since graduating from Valparaiso you\u2019ve worked for a multitude of teams in various leagues \u2013 and we\u2019ll get into all of those details \u2013 but I\u2019m curious first, your roles have been all connected to revenue generation \u2013 account executive, inside sales, premium hospitality, new business \u2013 what led you in this direction, how did you figure out this was your fit?2: Let\u2019s talk about your first two roles \u2013 we\u2019ve often talked about how jobs in the minor league or in your case independent league baseball are great training grounds \u2013 what was your experience like with the Gary SouthShore RailCats &amp; Lake County Fielders?3: After the independent league, you join the Chicago Sky of the WNBA as an Account Executive -- what was the biggest eye-opening moment for you as you grew from independent league baseball to a big city pro sports team?<a href=\"https://www.workinsports.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/wisIPOD.png\"></a>4: Account executive is a pretty broad term, explain to us what your role was like there and what you enjoyed most about it?5: You were prolific with the Sky.Multiple sales awards, beating your yearly sales goals with months to spare, in fact in one month you led the entire WNBA in new ticket revenue \u2013 so at this time what were you learning about sales and how to connect with potential buyers? What was it that was working so well for you?6: In addition to your role with the Sky, you also became part of the Premium Hospitality team with the Chicago Bears --\u00a0 you\u2019re a Chicago guy, was it hard working for your various hometown teams, or was it a dream come true?7: Would you consider yourself a competitive person?","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/67b02f29-0e47-4583-9527-d713ab986b7a/e246-van-den-bosch-artwork-300x300.png"}