Blake Lawrence

@Opendorse Co-Founder - Helping athletes, athletic departments, and advertisers navigate the multi-billion dollar NIL industry. Follow for insights and doodles.

[Blake Lawrence @Blake_Lawrence]

Opendorse was named to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list for 2026.

Pretty surreal to see our name on a list alongside companies like Google, NVIDIA, Adidas, Nintendo, and Airbnb.

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If you have any interest in startups or entrepreneurship, read this.

You’ll find inspiration everywhere.

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This is one of the best startup publications I’ve seen.

Open Range just released Open Book, featuring 40 Nebraska startups.

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The quality is unreal. 🧵

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So many friends, partners, and companies I admire are featured.

It made me incredibly proud of our Nebraska roots and the Silicon Prairie startup community.

Opendorse is lucky to be part of it.

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@alexisohanian 100%. Proud

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@kendallbaker Baseketball is your all-time #1 sports movie, right?

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@_JDaugherty @BralyKeller @D1_Rejects Sunrise was a paid actor

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@Kunalic @opendorse *we saw this coming.

Appreciate you. #BSGWPYCA

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@FoxSportsRadio @Aaron_Torres @CollegeSportsCo @AdamBreneman81 @Accel @ProfluenceCo @AndrewPetcash @SLAMonline @PUMA @TheLinkUNIL @ElrodTheLinkU @TheMOGLApp @AydenSyal @BillJula Congratulations to Blake Lawrence of @opendorse on being selected to the 100 Most Influential People in the NIL Space list.

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New at @YahooSports: Five years into the NIL era, agencies and management companies are looking for the next @livvydunne. @Blake_Lawrence of @opendorse chimes in https://t.co/nFtehFSNd4

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We have spent years helping athletes nationwide create better content at our NIL Media Days.

But why stop there?

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After facilitating thousands of deals, one thing became clear: there had to be a better way to create content at scale.

That’s why we created NIL Media Days.

So, how does it work?

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Your favorite college team is losing recruits for a very specific reason.

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@opendorse To the moooooon

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Football makes up 65% of the $4.5 billion NIL market we projected back in June.

Our latest report “The State of College Football: The NIL Report” breaks down exactly where the money is going, position by position.

DOWNLOAD: https://t.co/jw6gnRF2kk

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Football's back. So is the data.

We broke down NIL compensation by
position, including growth from last season.

Download the full report to see the complete breakdown: https://t.co/jw6gnRF2kk

[Blake Lawrence @Blake_Lawrence]

I share the full Opendorse origin story (including never-before-told tidbits) on The Entrepreneur’s Studio podcast.

Watch here: https://t.co/bUhBAY7nor

Listen here: https://t.co/SnmiRD0uZF

[Blake Lawrence @Blake_Lawrence]

I told investors we need to break the law.

They gave me $5 million.

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In 2021, that became a reality, opening up the floodgates for college athletes to monetize their NIL — and for Opendorse to realize its full potential.