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This past week there was a great New York Times editorial piece by Higo Lindgren on the value of starting a band. While maybe it’s not a “musical” band, which the piece was focused on, but the value of banding together like minded people to break silos, share ideas and interact to stimulate creativity and …
This past weekend we made the trip to our new accountant to get things aligned for the past year and what lies ahead. He looked at all the 1099’s we had for the year and smiled a bit. “At least it looks like you don’t have to worry about a job cut with so many …
We have a lot of issues on this big blue marble we call home, whether they are global or personal in scope. However as we turn to spring today we have gotten constant reminders of the joy sports and live, communal shared experiences can bring and why, in challenging times thy are more important than …
In an attention starved, get it done yesterday world it’s sometimes nice to find consistency. Your friends you have known, the right slice of pizza or cup of coffee, a musical artist who knows just the right notes to play, Opening Day in Baseball etc. etc. Things can adjust, but the core thoughts…the core sounds, …
I have always felt that the wandering the halls and listening to topics away from the main stages at the annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference unveils an interesting look ahead to both the fun and the unusual. It’s where young people are talking, smaller conversations take place, and the fun and sometimes unusual reside. …
Wayyy back in 1980 as the U.S. Men’s hockey team pulled off “Miracle on Ice” the buzz around the sport of hockey was palpable, and anecdotally it was measurable as you saw sales and interest in the sport…and in the NHL which was struggling to find its balance at the time in many markets and …
There are some who say that the entity known as Media Row on Super Bowl week has become a messy mix. Well, if you go in unprepared, if you don’t pick your spots, if you aren;t open minded to absorb and listen and learn or if your expectations are now what they were ten years …
I will do a summary of our learnings and experiences from Media Row later this week, but first some thoughts on curious learning and the dangers of not doing so. There is so much back and forth about Bad Bunny and the halftime show and on and on. I got to chime in here before …
A while ago Dr. Harvey Schiller was talking about how the most successful business grow. The people at the top do drive culture and results, but sometimes even more important was the ability to be selfless and let the success speak for itself. There is a big difference between ROI…what we know as Return on …
Just some quick notes on the week…actually 10 days…that was as we work through MLK Weekend. My buddy Dave Siroty and I squeezed a heck of a lot of learnings into what was essentially a three mile radius of Upper Manhattan on Saturday, but before that, I should mention that our idea for our Saturday …
