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24 alternatives to Recode Decode: Maverick Carter, LeBron James's business manager

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Recode Decode: Maverick Carter, LeBron James's business manager launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Action Army #15 - An unexpected lesson from LeBron James▲54
Less about basketball and more about your reputation.
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
2
Ayven▲160
Carries and drives your team's agenda
Sep 2026 · ayven.ai · its alternatives →
3
Going Deep 169 - Bonin Bough▲61
CNBC host talks digital and working w/ LeBron James.
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
4
The Startup Chat 146: Stop trying to control people▲55
Managing A-Players: Don't control. Empower!
2016 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
5
How I Built This: Mark Cuban▲63
Serial Entrepreneur, Shark Tank, Investor, Dallas Mavericks.
2016 · its alternatives →
6
Mamba Out▲92
A tribute to Kobe Bryant from other NBA players
2015 · mambaout.com · its alternatives →
7
Awesome Office - How to Coach Your Company to Win Championships▲61
Jason Nazar tells us why your company is like a sports team
2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
8
The Startup Chat - Trust▲66
Trust is a fundamentally important thing in any team
2015 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
9
Boys Among Men ▲66
How the prep-to-pro generation redefined the NBA
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Boys Among Men▲67
How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things - Dave Finocchio, Co-Founder & CEO of Bleacher Report▲98
On giving sports fans what they want
2016 · its alternatives →
12
Traction.VC▲127
Weekly growth tactics for product-focused entrepreneurs
2014 · traction.vc · its alternatives →
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Business Systems Explored #022: Matt Goldman, Churn Buster▲61
How to reduce churn and retain your customers
2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
14
Growbot for Microsoft Teams▲132
A fun way to give kudos to your teammates!
2017 · growbot.io · its alternatives →
15
EconTalk with Russ Roberts: Interviewing Ryan Holiday▲66
The role of ego in biz our personal lives, and history
2016 · econtalk.org · its alternatives →
16
Slack▲128
A platform for team communication
2014 · slack.com · its alternatives →
17
Daily MVP▲66
A new day In fantasy sports
2014 · its alternatives →
18
Kangaroo▲85
Smarter teams through anonymous feedback
2014 · its alternatives →
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a16z Podcast: Teams, Trust, and Object Lessons▲89
Management books are actually military books
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
20
Awesome Office - How to Coach Your Company to Win Championships Pt. 2▲58
Pt. 2 of our Convo w/ Jason Nazar
2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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Cultivate Conversations - Putting the Past P-hind Us▲52
Recapping the NFL season and forecasting the playoffs
2016 · cultivatelabs.com · its alternatives →
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The Twenty Minute VC: Arielle Zuckerberg, Partner @ KPCB▲65
A review of my first 6 months in venture with Arielle
2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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The Twenty Minute VC: Founder's Friday: Niccolo De Masi @ Glu Mobile▲56
The End For All SF Unicorns? from a Public Markets CEO
2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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Saastr #9: Jason Lemkin & Josh Stein @ DFJ▲63
What makes a truly great SaaS CEO
2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

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