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Content creation for today’s athletes is what owning a bar was years ago. An investment platform, hopefully managed by people who know what they are doing, which can yield a return and build a portfolio beyond the field. Colleague Tom Hoffarth had a recent piece in the Sports Business Journal detailing the vast efforts that …
I’m going to do something I rarely do…repeat myself, albeit with a little update… Below is the piece I did last year this week, 10 years into this consulting business I have been doing. The good news is I’m still going and am more excited and energized about what is ahead at 55 than I …
We should always want to be learning, and one of the people I always learn something from is Doug Verb. Like me, Doug has spent a lifetime on the edge of sports business and media, always taking a different look and zigging while many zag. As founder and president of ACTION Sports America, he has …
So what do you do exactly? In a world where consulting and multitasking is becoming more and more the norm as businesses struggle to find ROI and keep up with changing demands, that question for anyone in the workforce has become more and more fluid, and is even more important when you think of how …
In the winter of 2003, the Toronto Maple Leafs took what was an unusual step in message control, breaking a trade news report on of all places, their own website. The move was met with scorn in a world where traditional, especially for such a traditional organization as an “Original Six” NHL franchise, was the …
? @D1ticker Sub-story: 10 years from now we’ll still be remarking how @DigSportsDesk beat a laundry list of high-profile media outlets to break the UConn-Big East news. 12:37 PM – 22 Jun 2019 We always love stories of hustle, especially when it involves colleagues, and Terry Lyons falls into those categories. For several years Terry, …
We inch closer to the NBA Draft this week, so we thought it would be good to take a look at the social footprint of those who may fall into the limelight at the Barclays Center this week. In short, there is Zion and everyone else. The projected number one pick has spent years cultivating …
This is not an easy subject to address, but it is one that is extremely important to take into consideration as we look towards an exciting World Cup, the continued growth of the WNBA and just storytelling in general in sports business. We need to all work collectively to grow not “women’s sports,” but sports …
One of the great things about teaching is frankly; you never stop learning or being exposed to different, often disruptive points of view, especially from people who are coming at things from a different perspective. Keep an open mind, listen, and you will always be growing. Case in point is a recent CUSP Show podcast …
Here is the latest trio of Columbia University Sports Podcast (the CUSP Show) that we have had in the past few months. We love talking with some of the digital disruptors and first adopters changing the furniture in the room for sports business, media and tech, and these three are a great example. You can …