About this episode

Brando Babini shares his journey of building a successful soccer organization while still in college.

Brando Babini started a company at 16 because the thing he needed didn't exist. Five years later he's running it from a train seat between Brown and Brooklyn — 1,000 players, a Nike partnership, and 30 million views he shot and edited himself. This one's about how he actually does it. Brando is 21, still finishing his degree, and building Youth 4 Youth FC into one of the largest player-led soccer organizations in the country. He spotted the gap from his own playing career — no mentor, no one who'd walked the path ahead of him — and built the thing he wished he'd had. The 2026 World Cup is on U.S. soil right now and the whole country's suddenly paying attention to soccer. Strip the sport out, though, and you've still got the more interesting story: a Gen Z operator running a real company while most people his age are still picking a major. What We Get Into Spotting a gap from lived experience and building the company you wished existed at 16 Running an eight-state operation while taking the Amtrak back to class twice a week — the "drop-in," not the dropout Turning 30 million organic views into 4,000 player applications — and what to do when that engine slows down Landing a Nike…

People in this episode

Host: Eric Kasimov

Guest: Brando Babini

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• youth sports
• business growth
• mentorship
• Gen Z entrepreneurship
• soccer organization

Keywords

• soccer
• youth sports
• entrepreneurship
• Nike partnership
• Gen Z
• business
• mentorship
• 2026 World Cup

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nike, Youth 4 Youth FC

Places: Brown, Brooklyn

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