#25 From Passion Project to Pressure Cooker
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#25 From Passion Project to Pressure Cooker
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About this listen
What starts as a passion doesn’t always come with a business plan.
In this episode, we sit down with Crystalrae States, founder of Boilermakers Softball and longtime operator in the youth sports world, to talk about what it really looks like when love for the game turns into a business… and then into something bigger than you expected.
Crystalrae shares her journey from phys ed teacher to youth sports leader, the moment she realized she had accidentally built a business, and the hard lessons that came with scaling too fast. We talk identity crises, leadership loneliness, letting people down, rebuilding trust, and learning when to pull back instead of push harder.
This conversation dives deep into:
If you’ve ever built something from the heart and then questioned everything along the way, this episode will hit home.
Real talk. No fluff. Just honest insight on building something that actually matters.