What's Next! with Bryan Finnerty

About What's Next! with Bryan Finnerty

Welcome to "What's Next! with Bryan Finnerty," the ultimate podcast for athletes turned entrepreneurs. Join us as we explore the journeys of former and current athletes who have successfully transitioned to the business world. Each episode provides invaluable insights, strategies, and inspiration to help you elevate your business and life to the next level. Whether you're just starting out or looking to break through to new heights, "What's Next! with Bryan Finnerty" is your go-to resource for entrepreneurial success. Subscribe now and let's discover what's next for you!

Publisher

Bryan Finnerty | Athletes to Entrepreneurs

Category

business · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Jul 2024

Latest episode

11 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

7 of 44 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   11 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   42: Why Athletes Are Built to Succeed After Sports

   Thinking about starting a brand? This episode will give you the reality most people skip. What if the skills that made you successful as an athlete are exactly what make you valuable in business? In this episode of What’s Next!, Bryan sits down with former professional soccer player and Pioneer Sports leader Brian Enge to talk about his own transition out of the game and why, looking back, he believes he may have walked away too soon. Brian shares the fear he felt about falling behind his pee...

2. 

   5 May 2026

   41: The Truth About Starting a Brand (No One Tells You)

   Thinking about starting a brand? This episode will give you the reality most people skip. In this episode of What’s Next!, Bryan sits down with Rachel Erickson, founder of Unmarked Street and apparel expert who has helped scale brands from startup to $50M+ . She breaks down what actually goes into building a successful brand—and why so many founders get it wrong from the very beginning. From the importance of fit and truly understanding your customer, to budgeting before you ever design a pro...

3. 

   24 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   40: From Broke at 20 to Building a Million-Dollar Business

   What happens when you hit your financial goals… and still feel like something is missing? In this episode, Bryan sits down with entrepreneur Landen Goodnight, who built a million-dollar insurance business from the ground up after starting with nothing—living in a low-income apartment, newly married, with a baby on the way and no money for diapers . Landen shares the real story behind his success, from grinding through the early years to leading a team of 40+ agents and creating a business tha...

Inside a recent episode

42: Why Athletes Are Built to Succeed After Sports

Published 11 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] into a Wichita or Detroit like you and I did? I would say a lot of the characteristics that I've already spoken about in terms of the correlation between hard work and success, the ability to be on a team, the grit to get up when things don't go well. I think especially for student athletes, it's time management. Every athlete will tell you that in season they do better academically than out of season. So true. Statistics would say that too. I've actually never seen the data, but qualitatively, we've been around enough athletes in our lives to know that's true. So that ability to executive functioning capability happens really early in a 12-year-old girl who is training three days a week, plus going to school, plus hanging out with her friends, plus doing family. […]

Who has been a guest on What's Next! with Bryan Finnerty

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Alex Lubyansky
• Matt Granados
• Marcelo Balboa
• Eric Wynalda
• Marisa Massana

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

60,231

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

21 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

50

Social presence

91

YouTube

72

Engagement

51

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