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Masters of ScaleMasters of Scale · Inside the business of hosting the Super Bowl

“I don't think I really fully realized how visible this space was gonna be and how political it was going to be.”

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slash ready for anything.

I don't think I really fully realized how visible this space was gonna be and how political it was going to be. I I had no idea.

To say that pulling off an event as large as the Super Bowl is a massive multi year project may be the understatement of the year. So when Zaylene Jemohamed was given the opportunity to bring the big game to the Bay Area, she knew it would need some startup style energy

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