June 17, 2026

I have a lot of conversations with people who are waiting for the right moment to start showing up online. They wait until they have the right credentials, the polished pitch, or the TED Talk...

And then there’s Nate Fish.

Nate is the CEO and Manager of Israel Baseball, a team now ranked 21st in the world, and the author of King of Jewish Baseball, a blog he launched in 2012 that was, by his own admission, mostly a joke.

When I first met Nate, he wanted to learn more about how to continue building his thought leadership online. He showed up to our Zoom call wearing a leopard print hat, with his daughter running around in the background, completely down-to-earth and ready to learn.

I knew right away that he was building something unique and special, and doing it in a completely authentic way.

It’s not every day you meet someone who has the guts to show up completely as themselves. So often, we hear the word ‘thought leader’ and picture someone in a navy suit reading from a teleprompter.

I asked Nate to do this Q&A because he’s the kind of thought leader so many executives tell me they want to be but don’t yet believe they’re allowed to be: unfiltered and fully themselves.

He opens up about how he's building thought leadership in his own weird, wonderful way, and it’s not holding him back. In fact, it’s exactly what’s allowed him to grow from one wild idea to being in the dugout with some of the world’s top athletes.

This conversation is proof that you don’t have to wait until everything is polished to start.

Watch on Substack

If you’re not already following Nate’s work, find him at kingofjewishbaseball.com.

p.s. Know someone who's building thought leadership online in their own unique, unconventional way? I'd love to interview them next! Reply to this email and let me know who you're dying to hear from.

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