Jesse Cole a.k.a. “The P.T. Barnum of Baseball”, has been a performer and showman for the past decade as the Founder of Fans First Entertainment who owns and operates the Gastonia Grizzlies and Savannah Bananas. He and his teams have welcomed more than a million fans to their ballparks and have been featured on MSNBC, CNN, Good Morning America and multiple times on ESPN.
Jesse Cole Vroom Veer Stories
- Played baseball at a high level until he blew out his shoulder
- At 23, became a GM for the Gastonia Grizzlies, it wasn't pretty
- He started reaching out the community, founds that nobody knew the team
- Started to think about being more like a circus than a baseball game
- Things started turning around, so they decided to buy the team
- Found they couldn't make payroll, Emily said we have to sell the house
- Started a new team, the Savannah Bananas, broke all the rules
- Wrote Find Your Yellow Tux to help other businesses learn how to stand out, be different, and find purpose.
Jesse Cole Connections
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Twitter: @YellowTuxJesse
Facebook: YellowTuxJesse
Podcast: Business Done Differently with Jesse Cole
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