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Maria Sharapova: Serving Up Knowledge and Inspiring Female Entrepreneurs Sharapova discusses what she's learned building and scaling her company, Sugarpova.

By David Meltzer

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Maria Sharapova, one of the highest earning athletes in history, shares the business knowledge that she has accrued through her career, and how she positioned herself to learn from "heavy-hitters" outside of tennis, including NBA commissioner Adam Silver. Maria discusses what she's learned building and scaling her company, Sugarpova, as well as the role of trust for entrepreneurial success.

David Meltzer

Co-Founder of Sports 1 Marketing, Speaker, Author and Business Coach

David Meltzer, co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing and host of Entrepreneur's podcast, “The Playbook”, is a Top 100 Business Coach, global public speaker and three-time international best-selling author who has been honored by Variety as “Sports Humanitarian of the Year”.

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