work-life BALANCE & how to be a great LEADER w/ Spotify's Pat Muldowney.

The Found Generation with Troy Farkas

Patrick Muldowney is the Senior Partner Manager, Sports Publisher Lead for Spotify. What does that mean? I don't know. But ... he's a really big deal.

After spending six years at ESPN in various production roles, Pat moved to Los Angeles to become a social media manager for FOX Sports. He then parlayed his four years of experience at FOX into a managerial role at The Ringer (where I currently work) in 2017. Not long after Spotify acquired The Ringer in 2020, Pat moved over to the sports content team at Spotify, where he finds himself today.

Pat is someone I look up to in this business. And even if you're not in the sports media field like me, I promise this conversation will resonate with you. Because it's not really a conversation about his journey. It's really about your journey, my journey ... all of ours.

With that said, here's what you can expect on today's episode:

• His experiences working at world-renowned sports media outlets like ESPN, FOX Sports, and The Ringer (0:00)
• How do you know when you're ready to work in management? (3:20)
• How to be a great leader in the workplace (9:16)
• The rise of influencers and why personalities like Spotify's Emma Chamberlain resonate so much with people (11:26)
• The keys to creating great content in 2023 (18:40)
• The biggest strengths and weaknesses of millennials and Gen Z at work today (22:15)
• What is the role of work in our lives? And how do you balance it in a healthy way? (28:40)

And more!

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