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Breaking Away from the Pack: Sports Entrepreneurship
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English - August 06, 2019 15:22 - 1 hour - 117 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsSports interview entrepreneurship business health leadership news comedy entrepreneur culture politics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
George Postolos – President & CEO, The Postolos Group
Kevin LaForce – Senior Vice President, Media Strategy & Business Development, NFL
Cole Gahagan – Chief Commercial Office, Fanatics
Patrick Keane – CEO, The Action Network
Jennifer Van Dijk – Executive Vice President, Marketing, Wasserman
Saj Cherian (Moderator) – Partner, Kynetic
The sports industry has experienced tremendous growth over the last ten years—but the growth hasn’t come from a single source. New companies, industries, and entire sports leagues have entered the fray, and transformed an already burgeoning industry. What does it take to succeed as an entrepreneur in sports? How can ideas attract capital in a more-competitive-than-ever environment? This panel will discuss the existing and emerging field of sports entrepreneurship, new areas of innovation, challenges entrepreneurs face, attractive areas for investments, and techniques for building successful sports businesses.