Pretend It’s The Championship
As my daughter, Chloe, gets ready for basketball camp, she looks at me and says, “Daddy, you know how I get myself to play hard? I pretend it’s the championship.” If...
09 August, 2018
Sometimes It Just Takes Two
Duos work because sometimes, it just takes two Simon needed Garfunkle. Jerry needed George. Jack needed Jill. And to finish on a sports duo, Shaq needed Kobe (and vice versa). What does...
01 August, 2018
What Coaching Little League Baseball Taught Me About Leadership
This article about coaching little league baseball is a guest post by Gino Trapani. Gino was recently a guest on our Entrepreneur Perspectives Podcast. You can find that episode here. I...
23 July, 2018
Don’t Apologize to the Audience
"Don't apologize to the audience" is a guest post from our editor, Caroline. Normally, we use sports to talk about business around here. Only problem is, I don’t play sports, don’t...
10 July, 2018
Entrepreneurs, Protect Your Downside
It's not about living in fear. It's about minimizing risk. Protect your downside. We love helping entrepreneurs build stuff. But we hate watching something someone has built fall down. And a...
08 July, 2018
World Cup Lesson #3: Bad Start
Colombia vs Japan, and it’s the first World Cup match for both teams. The long wait is over. The practice, the strategy, the buildup...
27 June, 2018
World Cup Lesson #2: Think
The mental side of the World Cup is a big deal. Sure, skill plays a major role in the success of a team, but if players do not think properly...
26 June, 2018
World Cup Lesson #1: Patience
I watch as many World Cup Soccer games I can, and the one thing that stands out more than anything else is patience. Sure, at the end of the game, urgency can...
25 June, 2018
Instagram | Sports and Entrepreneur Content
Entrepreneur content can be found in many places these days. In an email, in a book, on Facebook, in a Snapchat story, in your LinkedIn newsfeed and of course in...
19 June, 2018
Remember When Things Were Going Great?
Ah, the good old days! The Buffalo Bills in the 90’s, the Chicago Bulls in the 90’s, the New York Islanders of the 80’s…. None of those organizations are particularly notable now,...
15 June, 2018
Sustained Success is Best
A quick look back at the 2018 College Basketball National Champions, Villanova Wildcats - and their sustained success Back in 1985, the Villanova Wildcats won a championship in an upset over Georgetown. It was the...
04 June, 2018
Stop Assuming!
As Cy Wakeman says in her book, "No Ego", "Stop believing everything you think." There we were on a business call and one of our associates was acting like the deal...
29 May, 2018
The Washington Capitals Recurring Obstacle
Learning about overcoming obstacles from watching the Washington Capitals There it is again. You’ve come so far, but then there’s that familiar old obstacle in your way and the success just...
24 May, 2018
Keep Showing Up, Like Chloe
My youngest child just got her first hit of the softball season. Now, I’m not saying she’s about to join the Woman’s Softball Olympic team. In fact, she might not even...
18 May, 2018
Which Way is First Base
I love Little League baseball. You watch these five- and six-year-olds just enjoying the game as if for the first time—oh, wait, it is their first time! But we also get to watch kids picking their noses, wiggling loose...
11 May, 2018