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A few weeks ago at the CAA World Congress of Sport in Dana Point, California, a host of speakers were asked what they had their eye on for topics, and what will we be talking about a year from now. The answers for the most part were guarded and much of the same that is …
I admit it, I love reading AARP Magazine. It has the largest circulation of any publication in North America, yet people snicker. Not an edition goes by where I am not learning something from those older: Martin Short and Billy Joel, Tom Selleck and Robin Roberts. On and on and on. Smart short, sensible points …
Here is the latest trio of Columbia University Sports Podcast (the CUSP Show) that we have had in the past few months. With NBA in full bloom, Super Bowl week here, and digital disruption always in the mix, we selected three that play to that group. These were again compiled by colleague Jessie Leeds Grant… …
With CES now in the rearview mirror (a summary coming this week on seen and experienced), we looked at another trip of podcast recaps done by colleague Jesse Leads Grant. This week, three diverse storytellers, two tied to tech, one to careers and the growth of women in sport. Here is the latest trio of …
One of the biggest paths Barstool Sports Founder Dave Portnoy mentions on their road to disruptive sports and lifestyle business success has been merchandise. “We would wear or design a tee-shirt or a sticker or a hat and our fans would ask for them,” he said at last year’s Hashtag Sports event done with NYVC …
There we were Wednesday, in what was once the Bowling Alley at Madison Square Garden, the original home of “Bowling For Dollars,” also in the space where the WNBA had one of its great initial sendoffs, with the NBA’s newest venture ready to engage new fans with its first-ever draft. With the announcement of the …
It didn’t get a great amount of fanfare this week, but the NBA, as pointed out by my colleague Tom Richardson, took a bold first step on the content side this past week, starting to offer a micropayment plan of $.99 for fans who sign up for an account where they can opt in to …
“The NBA will have franchises in Europe within 10 years.” That was David Stern at the NBA All-Star Game in Philadelphia in 2002, when talk of European expansion was the hot topic. Now of course we have leaders floating ideas like that pretty regularly (last week Ted Leonsis talked about esports overtaking the NFL, which …
There is constant talk amongst young people, and those trying to engage with young people, that content, especially user-generated content, in a mobile environment will be the future. Still, established platforms have had trouble trying to combine all that’s out there and keep it relevant and engaging for a wide audience. Enter Overtime. Aimed at …
The following was co-authored by Columbia student Matt Walker When you combine the energy and mindset of sports, technology and start-ups; an accelerator is born. Starting up a new business can be incredibly difficult. After all, it takes more than a great idea and a pocket full of dreams in order to disrupt markets and …