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As the school year gets deeper as the calendar turns from September to October we often are asks for tips on how we can stay in front of the curve or gain ground looking for new opportunities. One thing that we always remind people…anybody…about is how to make your narrative unique so people fully remember and …
My friend Dave Siroty is a curious learner, always asking questions and seeing what’s around him. We love to talk about the cool things you can see and learn if you are willing to engage and meet new people. Case in point from Dave this week…a niche business with a big upside…or downside depending on …
Everyone it seemed had a Pele’ story. Mine was quite random, and since it was just before great cell cameras I don’t have a picture of it, but I have a great mental image, and it’s a story I tell all the time. It was early December of 2007, and the New Jersey Ironmen, playing …
It is 2020 and we all know how traditions have been reinvented or thrown out the window, only to be restarted in the future, and that’s OK. As we have heard from health officials so many times, the Virus does not have our timeline. However, I did realize this morning, here in the gap between …
Sometimes it’s the littlest twist that gets you the biggest bang, and if it involves free food and college students, the ROI goes up even more. Whether it is a team giving away Free Chili for a milestone like 120 points in an NBA game, or free Dunkin Donuts for a home run barrage, or …
A lot of people comment that it seems like I am “everywhere,” when in reality I don’t travel as much as I used to, although being in the New York area has its advantages for quick meetings, coffees and catch ups. One skill that we are always working on, in addition to listening, is time …
Last week as we did new student orientation at Columbia, we were asked what topics we were watching closely this fall; my answer was, and continues to be STEM and healthy lifestyle and its new nosiness opportunities. In that second category is the fast growing issue of clean water, both in developing countries and in …
Say what you want about the “growth” of Mixed Martial Arts, the real brand in the sport, the experiential one, is the UFC. Bellator has done well taking the playbook that the UFC and Spike TV co-created and running with it, but the only true global business that has been successful in the sport has …
The New Jersey Devils have spent the offseason telling the world that “new” is the buzzword around their home, The Prudential Center in Newark. As their cross river rivals the Rangers continue to improve on the ice, and the upstart Islanders move into their first season at Brooklyn’ Barclays Center coming off their best season …
Thank the Michigan Wolverines in part, but thank an administration that did what it needed to do to upgrade a program and show value without giving up. On Friday the last Division I independent school, New Jersey Institute of Technology, will announce that is has found a conference home, replacing the University of Northern Kentucky …
