A Footwear Industry Pioneer Talks Entrepreneurship and Sustainability

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The Sports Backdrop

KazSource, Inc

150 episodes

1 month ago

Sports got us together in the first place, but in this podcast, sports are the backdrop for way bigger conversations!

This podcast is presented and produced by the SportsE Media Podcast Network. Part of KazSource, Inc and QuietLoud Studios.

SportsE Media is a digital media sports brand and a production company focused on podcasts and blogs. Originally this platform explored the intersection of sports and entrepreneurship as the brand, SportsEpreneur. While that still exists, SportsE Media is much more. Just like this podcast is conversations that are way bigger than sports.

The Sports Backdrop show features topics and difference-makers in and around the world of sports -- including sports business leaders, athletes, managers, coaches, trainers, mental health professionals, those impacting the sports market, entrepreneurs, and amazing creatives.

Sports brought us together in the first place and sports serve as a backdrop for so much.

Recent and upcoming topics include: Innovation and technology in sports, mental health, sports media, the future of MLB, the NIL movement in college sports, soccer and football including the case for soccer becoming a top 4 sport in the US, World Cup 2026, sports betting legalization and addiction concerns, TGL, football, college football, esports, fantasy sports, and much more!

This podcast and the entire SE platform constantly remind us that sports serve as a backdrop for so much including how sports bring people together -- that is why we love sports enough to talk and write about them all the time. Sports epitomize the relationships and the stories that make it all worth it in the first place.

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A Footwear Industry Pioneer Talks Entrepreneurship and Sustainability

The Sports Backdrop

54 minutes 23 seconds

10 months ago

A Footwear Industry Pioneer Talks Entrepreneurship and Sustainability

“Sneaker” Steve Patino shares his journey from sneaker enthusiast to footwear industry innovator, discussing how his passion for shoes evolved into a mission to revolutionize sustainable manufacturing. “Sneaker” Steve is the founder of Ales Gray.
Chapters:

00:00 – The future of business and creating a positive legacy
01:02 – Working for free at a sneaker store as a teenager
02:43 – Why being passionate matters for entrepreneurs
05:17 – Meeting industry leaders on their way up
07:22 – Creating footwear for essential workers
10:49 – Carbon negative products and supply chain innovation
15:18 – Rethinking how products are made
20:11 – Getting into REI and major retailers
31:13 – Learning entrepreneurship from an immigrant hustler
37:44 – From struggling student to Stanford GSB
42:15 – Parenting: Teaching values in different circumstances
50:47 – The Future of Footwear is digital connectivity and sustainable manufacturing
53:08 – Ales Gray’s mission
https://alesgrey.com/

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Credits:

Produced by the team at KazCM: https://kazcm.com/podcast-production/
* Part of QuietLoud Studios (podcast network): https://quietloudstudios.com/
* Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify
* A version of this episode published on Entrepreneur Perspectives
* Music credits: Dark Mystery Trailer (Taking Our time) by AlexGrohl | Website | Music promoted by Pixabay | Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license (“CC0 Content”) License

About A Footwear Industry Pioneer Talks Entrepreneurship and Sustainability guest “Sneaker” Steve Patiño
Steve Patiño is the Founder and CEO of AGS Labs Inc./ALES GREY™,