Shark Tank & Success & Motivation

With the great response to Shark Tank (fridays on ABC 8pm/7pm…shameless plug)..I wanted to repost my Success and Motivation series because it answers most of the email questions I get from the show.. Enjoy and post any comments ! Success and Motivation, Part 1 Apr 23rd 2004 9:37AM Success and Motivation I did it too….

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Whats the role of media for sports teams ?

I’m going to make this short and sweet. In the year 2011, I’m not sure I have a need for beat writers from ESPN.com, Yahoo,  or any website for that matter to ever be in our locker room before or after a game.  I think we have finally reached a point where not only can…

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Does ESPN.com have a twitter problem ?

Over the last two years things have changed. We all found twitter. We found Facebook. Not only did we find twitter and fb, but our phones got much, much smarter. Tablets popped on the scene. We were able to get everything sports we wanted in the palm of our hands. No matter where we were….

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Taking No for an Answer and other Business Mistakes

It always cracks me up when someone repeatedly peppers me with a product/service/idea and hits me with the refrain “i won’t take no for an answer” or “would you take no for an answer ?”.  Let me answer that question for you right now. Hell Yes I take no for an answer. I try to…

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Did Amazon just save Over the Top Video with Prime and E-Books ?

No. But Amazon’s new prime streaming program did keep the slim prospect of Over The Top Video impacting traditional TV’s business on life support. Netflix will be the first to tell you that streaming video is a complement to TV. You might even call it a compliment to traditional TV.  There isn’t much of anything…

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The Most Interesting Thing About This Years Super Bowl

with out question is…… drum roll please…. 3D the fact that no one asked if the game was being televised in 3D before hand. No one talked about wanting to  watch in 3D No one was upset that the game was not broadcast in 3D. There weren’t irate call ins to talk radio. In fact,…

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Wall Street’s new lie to Main Street – Asset Allocation

The greatest lie ever told used to be Wall Street telling main street to “buy and hold”.  Of course thats what they told you every chance they got. It’s not what they did.  The holding period for stocks dropped from 8 years in 1960s to 2 years in the 1990s and 8 months in the…

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TCU vs Auburn Won’t Happen and More on the BCS

A week before Auburn vs Oregon came down to the final play we made the inquiries.  Could TCU play the winner of Auburn vs Oregon ?  TCU had only played 13 games. Oregon would only have played 13 games. Auburn, 14 games.  If Oregon won , would it be possible to play TCU as their…

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CFB Playoffs – Its a Grass Roots Movement. – What We Need

As much as I appreciate all the feedback about how to perfect a playoff system, the perfect system is not what is going to create change.  The perfect system won’t be needed until we have the levers of change. The tipping point that drives the current BCS system out of business won’t come from a…

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