Unlike many media moguls, Nish Patel — founder of sports media company ClutchPoints — remains a fan first.

That passion has shaped every step of his career. His path into sports media wasn’t driven by fame or fortune, but by a simple desire to stop annoying his friends. A lifelong Lakers fan, Patel would flood his Facebook feed with play-by-play updates about Kobe Bryant — from highlight reels to shooting percentages.

“Eventually, some of my friends who weren’t sports fans were like, ‘You should probably just make a page for this — most of us don’t care about that stuff,'” Patel tells Entrepreneur .

Little did they know that page would evolve into one of the biggest players in modern sports media.

As Bryant’s career neared its end, Patel started wondering who would carry the torch fo

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