Vanessa Giolito has spent a decade in sports media at ESPN, Sports Illustrated, NBC Sports, Bleacher Report, and TikTok, and she started out clipping college hoops highlights for three hours a night. This week, she and Victoria get into the version nobody puts on LinkedIn: what a decade as the only woman in the room actually taught her, the layoff that turned out to be a blessing, the Friday of the NFL Draft when her water broke, and she filed the package anyway, and why she almost didn't hit post on her own business. She also hands over the one metric she'd give any creator with no analytics team and no time, plus the advice she gives every young woman trying to break into sports.

In the episode, we talk about Vanessa’s consulting business, which is currently on hold as she launches into her next adventure! You can keep up to date with Vanessa on LinkedIn at Vanessa Giolitto.

06:33 -- Getting Her Start at ESPN

13:14 -- Rethinking Networking

19:15 -- Imposter Syndrome That Never Goes Away

23:26 -- A Decade as a Woman in Sports Media

31:33 -- Motherhood, the NFL Draft, and Learning to Delegate

37:28 -- Vanessa's Layoff and Opening a Consulting Business

49:25 -- Turning a Creator Into a Business

1:00:18 -- Planning for Breaking News

1:14:06 -- The One Metric Worth Watching

1:16:10 -- Advice for Young Women in Sports

1:21:28 -- Rapid Fire

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