We've made it really authentic and localized with what our food and beverage offerings are going to be. Peter Feigin: So, it was kind of crazy. We sponsored Brook, the Lopez twins and you have Brook on your team, another great kid. Michael Red: The podcast, as you know, is all about betting on yourself and talk about what that means to you, Peter, like betting on yourself. I just wanted to get it done and kind of move the needle and kind of. You buy the Bucks, you help with that whole negotiation and you were living in New York, so you were married already and you decided. And until next time, I'm Michael Red. By the way, part of the culture here and part of the DNA is, before you come in and before you, youve got to want to be involved. We've gotten through conversations. And you immediately go into, "What does this look like? John: Just for a fun look, for our listeners sake. Michael Red: After knowing you for the last six years, personally, two qualities stand out: Extremely funny and extremely generous. "That was my dream of dreams when I was a kid: Oh, my God.. Feigin, 50, calls his game the Saturday Morning Run popularly known among its members as The Run or S.M.R. and he has a massive collection of T-shirts to prove it. Peter Feigin: And I think I kind of have this delusion that there's nothing that I can be a part of, that we can't accomplish. Michael Red: The facilities, everything that you guys have done so far is remarkable. Okay. When Carter Pewterschmidt stops by in "Fresh Heir" to announce that he has made Chris Griffin the sole heir to the Pewterschmidt fortune, the family hears a crash. In his senior season, he was named the team captain, along with his twin brother Daniel, and was named the team's most improved player. Maria Natalia Mendez, a daughter of Dr. Nena Mendez and Dr. Hermann Mendez of Manhattan, was married Friday to Peter Feigin, a son of Barbara and James Feigin of Manhattan. He perpetuates a culture that attracts like-minded people to him. Peter: Well, its having like Ive always said, people talk about their personal board of directors and what that is and I had the advantage and still have the advantage of my mother being the best consultant you could possibly have. He simplified the commodities business like, oh, I understand it now. Peter Feigin: And I think it's all how you how you go at it. What advice can you share backwards to the young people out there that want to live your journey or something close to it? Ive had so much fun and been in sports entertainment and aviation and in different things and its all been about every job Ive had incredibly, Ive said like, oh my God, could you imagine, like Ive died and gone to heaven. How could we keep everybody afloat as long as we possibly could? So, whole different world kind of came around with COVID. And maybe 15 years ago, when I was working in Madison Square Garden, my brother was in a parent conference with Mark Lasry and Mark might have mentioned that he wants to look at some teams. And this is how cities evolve. This was the Milwaukee Bucks at the time had lost the most games in the NBA, had the least revenue, had the least season ticket holders, any metric you could measure. Absolutely. Peter: Which people gave. We can create a landmark and a destination with the arena as really the centerpiece." And we sat down as organization with the players, with the owners, with the executives and just said like, "Oh, we're going to double down." Players, for 50 nights a year, land at 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning to get home and kind of do what the time balance is. Peter: Oh, my goodness. Be sure and try our new SNOWCAST APP! Talk about that as far as the league and the individual teams. How do we continue to not only understand it, but monetize it in a very big way? Peter Feigin is riding his Peloton bike. "Scott Walker was just at the beginning of a presidential campaign. What would you be doing if you just couldnt be doing this? That is like what you live for. His is a story of grit, will, and great humor. Now youre on the journey. A lot of storytelling and symbolic, and its been 50 years between championships. I dont know if thats a word, but I would attach myself. He wanted to keep the team, which was a big catalyst for the whole movement.". This is why you go to Parents' Night, folks. "As we got further along, one of my jobs was to staff up that operation and have a business plan," Feigin remembers. Team president Peter Feigin and his wife each contributed $2,900, while Feigin's brother Daniel contributed $600. Peter: But one of the incredible things, alignment we have with myself, John Horst, whos our GM and coach Bud is like, weve got this undercurrent of constant improvement and kind of like never, pleased but never satisfied. Feigin's twin brother emphasized his brother's role in reshaping downtown. If I become that guy, I dont need to play anymore. But it was one of these kind of diversion life lessons that you don't know where life takes you and just take total opportunity for it. 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I said, oh, its so good to get all your support. Who negotiated in 2018 for the only NFL player to invest and buy 1% of the Bucks, Aaron Rodgers, being Aaron Rodgers, whose genius was that? Peter Feigin didn't go looking for his job as president of the Milwaukee Bucks. It really is. How do we rethink it? Michael Red: It's been wonderful to watch. But was like loved and I think Im addicted. So, people talk about business, it wasn't a slow beat. That can only come from one or two people in the entire organization. We stopped operating. I never wanted to be that guy with the goggles and the knee brace and the tucked-in shirt being like, Hey! One Saturday, they gathered with some of their other pals including dAmboise, who had been playing hoops with them for years and The Run was born. John: Talk about and want you to share a couple of thoughts about Warren Buffett and that whole deal. John: Was Sonny Werblin still around, or was that the same? Its rotating cast includes bankers, lawyers and high-powered television executives. Engage is the go-to spot for booking talent, for speeches, custom experiences, live streams, and much more. John Shegerian: This edition of the Impact podcast is brought to you by ERI. Talk about the journey to the Bucks and how did that happen and then why Milwaukee? Peter: The ice cream truck. Everythings compounded we happen to have picked Giannis in a draft, like in, as the 16th pick. Lasry and Feigin met some 20 years ago when Feigin's identical twin brother, Daniel, was coaching Lasry's sons Alex and Zach for an elementary school basketball team in New York City.. Peter Feigin, President of the NBAs Milwaukee Bucks and formerly Vice President of Marketing for the New York Knicks and Director of Marketing at Six Flags, joins me on the podcast today. But I think, those are the things that like, yes, you can always pay people. We screw around a hell of a lot, but let me tell you, if one of our guys was in trouble, if we need to circle the wagons, if they need advice on evaluating something they're doing, they know that it's extremely objective, it's immediate, and that's what we do here. Sometimes there's a house on fire and you got to focus on putting out that fire, no question. So, I'm, as you know, extremely excitable and just want to kind of attack it and love the challenge. I always joke that we could run a country, dAmboise said. And with that, Feigin became the business brains behind a team about to set NBA standards in architecture, basketball operations and technology -- only he didn't know it. I think that was a necessity. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. You're certainly allowed to have fun, because we have fun. Here's my conversation with Peter Feigin. Lee, 50, has worked to keep in shape by doing yoga and shooting hoops in his backyard. Because I hadnt worked in, Id worked in New York city. Peter: got to do what youre going to say and say what youre going to do and really be substantial. And that is one of the best ways to summarize Peter's spirit. And I think my job is kind of the overall business and operations to go is a rapport with them that again, in the best case I always think an NBA player, this is a human business. Theyre the worst. Now, he's the chair of the 2017 Greater Milwaukee Heart & Stroke Walk/5K Run, which is Sunday at Veterans Park . Hes the president of the Milwaukee Bucks and hes a native New Yorker. Thats just what a joy. He was unfamiliar with Lasry, then his friend filled him in. John: Hey, Peter. What you do is you submarine the entire process into yourself. Are you now being used as a paradigm by other team presidents, GMs owners that are looking to you and coming to you for advice or for just pearls of wisdom of how can we do it because heres where we sit in baseball or in football or in basketball because they want to follow this amazing path and journey that you guys have created there? Well, that's you. I don't know how to talk about that other than like my dad was like my hero and he was selfless and kind of quietly just did anything for anybody and kind of was like that's how I had value for him. Talk about the steps leading up to pulling off, living the dream, actually winning the championship. But no matter how skilled the player, new members are included on a probationary basis. "We were, time-wise, kind of lucky," Feigin says with a laugh. And one of the incredible things that Milwaukee did not have was kind of a meeting place. While previous owner Herb Kohl, the five-term U.S. senator from Wisconsin, stood in high regard in Milwaukee, the franchise had begun to slip. Hes with us today. Peter: We didnt finish the championship till mid-July, which meant like we didnt have long to get the rings included. That sounds like a little piece, but that's a big piece in the world. His brother and Lee were just as excited. There's got to be solutions. I've known him from a rookie to where he is now and Khris obviously. Msgr. But if Woodhouse had any qualms about digging in on defense against various titans of industry, he quickly learned that everyone was competitive. How we build our brand and how we build our awareness and likability around that, it's just kind of one of those no-brainers, too. ERI has a mission to protect people, the planet and your privacy, and is the largest fully integrated IT and electronics, asset disposition provider and cyber security focused hardware destruction company in the United States and maybe even the world for more information on how ERI can help your business properly dispose of outdated electronic hardware devices, please visit eridirect.com. Listen, for the rest of my life, having a boycott for the game in the bubble where we put a pause in the world. Peter: its not the biggest, but it just talks about how special when you talk about in a small market, and we try to coalesce with the Brewers and the Packers as much as we can to be like the strength of these three pro teams and their players and their coaches and our coaches and GM spend a lot of time with the coaches and GMs at the Packers, which is just great. Peter Feigin: So, I mean, this is talk about, "You never know what's going to happen and where." Twin brothers Peter and David Paul are best known for their role in The Barbarians (1987). His rise from recruiter's president, handing out parking tickets in the Buck's lot, working for social justice in the epicenter of the global movement, and his unique leadership style. "Peter has completely re-imagined the Milwaukee Bucks business operation and grown in sales, ticket revenue, retail and global recognition which is very important," Colbert explained. Peter: is youve got to have so many opportunities and different variations to really, to really acquire different types of fans. Michael Red: So, the league, obviously, is halted with COVID and then in the middle of all of that, you have the George Floyd issue. I answer that by saying like we were successful because at the time the Brooklyn Nets, the Orlando Magic, and a bunch of other teams were selfless with their help with us on how to have best practices on how to build an arena and how to build an infrastructure on how to form. Right? Peter Feigin: Yeah, I think it's like I take everything from athletics. Peter: it worked in such a great way for me and with a magic wand really evolved into one of the most incredible jobs ever. If you have a partner in life, they'd better be a teammate. You talk about your operating board committee, youve got these Masters of the Universe, and really you start with the answer. "We really want it to be a model around the world. But he worries about the physical effects of another extended layoff. Peter Feigin: Khris Middleton, as you can imagine, nobody understands that players have been having to get COVID tested twice a day and you got to come into our training center and we have parking spaces. How can we help each other and learn from each other? Now youve been to the top of the mountain. How do you care about it, and Jon Horst is so great on the basketball side. Nobody ever thought it would be a year shutdown, but our owners are kind of incredible people, who want to see a plan, who want to see a recommendation and want to go forward. So, thank you for being on the cast today. Talk a little bit on a fun topic, when I was reading up about you and the team and everything else, I read about this new venture you guys got going over in Wisconsin called the Cluckery and I got hungry looking at the website and looking at the menu. Founders of the Black Inventors Gallery, Peggy Hardy and Synovia Moss, spearheaded the display - a reminder of the spirit of innovation and vision Peter Feigin needed to champion a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks. "We didn't have much time," he says. You cant replicate that., https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/sports/pickup-basketball-new-york.html. And theyve got it on. Michael Red: Peter, Peter Feigin. Franklin & Marshall - Citation Recognizing Honorary Degree Recipient Peter Feigin '92 Franklin & Marshall College Admission About the College Academics Campus Life Athletics Visit Alumni Connections Give Home Academics Commencement Commencement Archive Commencement 2022 2022 Citations and Remarks Citation Recognizing Honorary Degree. Whats going on with technology whats going on, even with your experience in the arena. You sound super excited about the future. Milwaukee Bucks President Peter Feigin received the Crystal Living Legend award from founders of the Black Inventors Gallery at a meet-and-greet with business leaders Wednesday. Wednesday, June 20 7:00 AM And the Milwaukee Bucks players were the catalyst for that to happen in a big way. Let me just throw this out there. Peter: professionalized on a revenue basis, so yeah. I encourage it, and selfishly, its a fun way to network and deal with people. The Run also often doubles as a day care. Peter Feigin: They made it really simple. We've developed about 75% of it and people are living here, working here, and playing. I understood what a call to action was. They better know you, they better get you. And it became one of the greatest things ever. Peter Feigin: Listen. John: Unbelievable. Going back into the past is something I wanted to ask you about. We scaled the company up to, a little bit under a billion dollars. I think if nothing else, it changes the awareness, the sophistication, and the business operations of the way players will position themselves and the way theyll market themselves. None could have anticipated how it would grow over the years, or the motley crew of characters who would be drawn to it. So, that was my one get back to kind of surprise him because I think there were a few spies that were taking pictures of every time I parked in that spot for a second. But I'm sure [inaudible 00:30:10] the players in that process. 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