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One of the great risks in Mixed Martial Arts fighting is that fact that because there are so many disciplines, even the best of fighters can get caught against a specialist and lose in surprising seconds. Often times with the loss comes a huge amount of human capital that has been built into the building …
One of the most underappreciated qualities in an attention starved, shout over everyone to get noticed world is the ability to listen, digest what you hear and learn from those around you. With so much white noise out there, channeling the good from the useless or mundane can be difficult, bit learning to be a …
The following was co-authored by Columbia student Maurice Eisenmann. You can also listen to our eSports podcast here. Also there are many links worthwhile, as part of this little eSports education… If the last couple of months have made one thing clear to us, it’s that eSports are here to stay in some growing way …
It will come as no secret to anyone in and around the sports business world to say that Ted Leonsis and the folks at Monumental Sport and Entertainment think big. In the early days of building digital assets, the Caps and their new owner, just off his days at AOL, were one of the first …
While fan engagement in North America by teams is the norm, even the elite clubs of South America are just arming to the idea. Two Columbia grad students, Gabriel Arias and Pedro Oliveira, have worked on a project to show Flamengo the huge opportunity of growth with their core and casual fans… Research project, developed …
The following was largely authored by Columbia student Maurice Eisenmann This week, Wesley Edens, co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, joined many of his colleagues and bought his way into an eSports team for $2.5 million. Over the past couple of months, the trend of traditional sports teams and their owners investing in eSports has reached …
For this edition of “Teaching Thursdays” we ask some of our colleagues at Columbia what they will be keeping their eye on for 2017. The Masters in Sports Management Program at Columbia, now just over 10 years old, is the only program in the Ivy League and is recognized as the number two program globally …
The following was compiled by Columbia student Matt Walker… “Working in sport, you learn how to delegate and surround yourself with good people. Sport truly is a team effort”. Former NBA Commissioner David Stern performed a Q&A interview with Sport’s Business Radio’s Brian Berger at The Player’s Tribune office in New York last week.. Students …
A VR recruiting experience? That’s what FusionSports, a digital marketing agency that creates virtual reality experiences for sports brands, and the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers football program are going to try and use to lure recruits to Minneapolis. FusionSports worked with the Minnesota coaching staff to capture behind-the-scenes VR footage of practices, workouts, game …
We have all seen the good and the bad that the recent elections have brought to light in the area of social media influence impacting a sometimes quick to judge consumer base. President Barack Obama, who is one of the first leaders in any field to have harnessed the power of the digital and social …