Ryan Ripken
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Podcast Appearances
But I was committed to this thing.
And so Ryan Ripken Media started because I needed to work on my skills.
And I was at Jonathan Ogden.
I don't know if you know the football player who played for the Baltimore Ravens.
Arguably best left tackle of all time, if not one of the best.
And I'm at his golf event.
And I was talking, got paired up with a group and then was talking with this guy, Brad, who's now become a partner with me in this media operation.
And push came to shove then.
He just goes, hey, you know, you're working on media.
I got a space.
Let's do it.
And so I go, okay, that would be a great place for me to work on my skills.
Let's call it a project, Rob.
So I'm talking a project.
And in the process, the project became a business.
And in the process of this, people have said, oh, you are really committed to this.
Hey, you're not that bad either.
And so in a short amount of time, it's been really gratifying for that.
But that's how it started.
I was hoping to work with some of these companies, and maybe I will down the road.