Ep 204 - Just Getting Started with Christian Gaddis
What's Next with Eric Wood
Eric Wood
5 • 714 Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Christian Gaddis is a former NFL Center that played four years in the league, including with the Buffalo Bills in 2007. Today, Christian is an NFL Uniform Enforcer and the Director of Forge Buffalo at 43North.
43North is a Buffalo based startup accelerator with the goal of economic development. Since 2014, 43North companies have created more than 1,000 jobs in Western New York.
Today on the show, Eric and Christian talk some ball, discuss the most common uniform violations in the NFL and unveil details about the investment company that's changing lives. Other topics include:
(1:30-4:00) - Journey to the NFL. What makes Buffalo special
(4:00-10:40) - Duties of a uniform inspector. Most common rule violations on Sundays
(10:40-17:00) - How Christian started with 43North. What exactly they do and how they impact the lives of people in NY
(17:00-23:00) - Secure your tickets to "Buffalo's Biggest Night". Some of Christians biggest success stories
And much more. Rate, review and subscribe to the show today!
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| 0:00.0 | And what we look to do is we look to invest $5 million into five companies each year, so $1 million each, in exchange for 5% equity, and based on the condition that they relocate to Buffalo over the next year. |
| 0:17.0 | And really our goal with that and our mission is economic development, right? |
| 0:21.4 | We see what startups can do or what they've done for locations like Silicon Valley, Austin, |
| 0:26.8 | and all these other kind of startup and tech hubs. And understanding that this is where the |
| 0:30.1 | future is moving, we know that it's a great opportunity to kind of bring these opportunities to |
| 0:34.8 | and these career paths to Buffalo, New York. |
| 0:42.5 | Welcome back to What's Next with Eric Wood. |
| 0:45.4 | Our next guest on the podcast is Christian Gaddis. And Christian is a former NFL center, NFL uniform enforcer, and also the director at Forge |
| 0:52.3 | Buffalo at 43 North, which is a startup accelerator in Buffalo, |
| 0:56.3 | New York that we will discuss on this episode. |
| 0:59.0 | Don't forget to rate and review and subscribe to the podcast, wherever you tune in weekly. |
| 1:03.3 | And also, don't forget to pick up a copy of my book, tackle what's next if you haven't |
| 1:07.4 | already. |
| 1:08.4 | Christian, welcome to the show, brother. |
| 1:10.4 | Thank you so much for having me, Erica. |
| 1:11.5 | I appreciate it. |
| 1:12.4 | Yeah, I'm looking forward to this one. |
| 1:14.1 | And let's start here. |
| 1:14.8 | So when I joined the Bills, you were already a part of the team, and you played your |
| 1:18.9 | college ball at Villanova. |
| 1:20.5 | Villanova is where the starting quarterback for the Bills, Christian Benford, he played |
| 1:23.7 | his college ball there and not that it's a rarity in the NFL that someone would come |
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