152: The Amazing Story of the Savannah Bananas with Jesse Cole

<p><strong>The Business of Meetings – Episode 152 – The Amazing Story of the Savannah Bananas with Jesse Cole</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are excited to have the legendary Jesse Cole joining us today! </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In today's episode, Jesse shares the incredible story behind how he and his wife, Emily, started the famous Savannah Bananas, the year-round baseball team! He also gets into where they are today, their vision, and how he leverages the Savannah Bananas for his projects!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You will absolutely love listening to today’s super-motivating conversation with Jesse Cole!</span></p> <p><strong>Bio</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jesse Cole is the founder of Fans First Entertainment and the owner of the Savannah Bananas. He’s fanatic about fandom and launched the Savannah Bananas with one mission: to spark a fan-focused movement. Whether at the ballpark, on social media, onstage delivering keynotes, in features for ESPN and Entrepreneur, or in his first book, Find Your Yellow Tux, Jesse continues to create fans all over the world.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Bananas have sold out every game since their first season and have a waitlist for tickets in the thousands. They have entertained millions of fans in Savannah and at ballparks all over their country on their Banana Ball Tour.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jesse is the proud inventor of Banana Ball and Dolce & Banana underwear and a not-so-proud promoter of the Human Horse Race and Flatulence Fun Night. He’s a raving fan of his wife, Emily, his kids, and peerless promoters like Walt Disney, PT Barnum, and Bill Veeck. Jesse owns seven yellow tuxedos.</span></p> <p><strong>Jesse’s story</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jesse was raised by his dad, who spent hours playing baseball with him and taught him the value of putting in the effort to create something special! </span></p> <p><span style="fo