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04/04/2022

🆕🔥Back at it with Intersections by The Connect, Issue No. 12!

Let's talk about how to build an appropriate blockchain tech business strategy, focusing on the why, what & how. (Based on a true story).

Out on Monday 4/4!

08/11/2021

New installment of "Intersections", touching on some of my passion points!

“Basketball, Sneakers, and Sustainable Business: Intersections by The Connect - Issue No. 5” https://www.getrevue.co/profile/TheConnect/archive/837299

What it was a status symbol -now turned a commodity-, is rapidly turning into an asset class. Sneakers, driven by fashionable lifestyle and an accelerated digital distribution ecosystem, according to business experts will reach a US$102 billion in primary market sales by 2026.But what is even more i...

01/11/2021

🔥 Issue No. 4 of the "Intersections" newsletter talks about Brand Building, Collaboration, and Mainstream. Hop along & subscribe!

More often than not, we turn myopes thinking that what makes our sport great is only the contest itself -what happens on the track, court, or pitch-. But what makes our properties great, is hitting the stride that makes you mainstream. And to achieve that, much more than the game itself is needed.It...

16/07/2021

The 1st “The United States of Soccer” with Brad H Friedel, covering his journey & appearances w/U.S. Soccer + the impact of Alexi Lalas & Cobi Jones had in the rise of the popularity & marketability of soccer in the US.

Full: https://linktr.ee/TheConnect

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26/01/2021

Best advice from the venture capital & startup worlds, applicable to the sports & entertainment industries....

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Our guest for this “Intersections: a podcast by .co” especial episode is , Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Galdana Ventures a venture capital firm with over 1B USD invested across Silicon Valley, China, and Europe.

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A seasoned entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience, having funded or co-funded, and managed companies in the internet space, education and retail. He achieved his childhood dreams of becoming a board member for the team of his life, , being on the Board of Directors for 10 years, and heading the Club’s most ambitious business process in decades: transforming its digital output and putting in place a self sustaining content production structure, Barça Studios.

A proud Figuerenc (like Dalí and Narcís Monturiol), Dídac talked to about his origins as one of the first Catalan children of Chinese descent born in the province of Girona, and how his journey has shaped his World view, and his mission in life and in business.

12/11/2020

On the next episode, our guest is Michael Gallucci . Around the different topics we touched on, entrepreneurship, sports memorabilia and marketing, he also highlighted the importance of providing platforms for athletes to tell significant stories.
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04/11/2020

Episode 2 of Season two of “Intersections” presented by The Connect is out, and in it New Balance’s Brand Consumer Marketing chief, Pat Cassidy, dissects for us how the brand approaches athlete & brand partnerships and why.

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22/10/2020

We’re back with “Intersections: a podcast by ”, with new features and lots of interesting interviews by the Founder , and .

On your favorite platforms, tomorrow!

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27/07/2020

Season finale of “Intersections”!

, and talked about the restart in the Orlando bubble, its possible implications to the future formats of the competition as well as the influence it exerts to other major leagues, like the .

We also talk about European basketball, and what the upcoming season may look like in the back of the interrupted historical 2019-20 season.

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@ Barcelona, Spain

17/07/2020

This week on episode 8 of “Intersections”, and delved into the subject of the economics and finance of sports franchises and leagues.

On discussing sports ownership models and different financial considerations, we proceeded to breakdown key similarities and differences between traditional business franchises -think your favourite fast food joint- and those of the biggest sports leagues and properties. We explored the current financial landscape and what opportunities it affords the investment community to take part in the, as we see it, most profitable and viable product.

Listen to episode 8 here:

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@ Barcelona, Spain

14/07/2020

Basketball is arguably one of the most popular sports in the world, and thanks to its global expansion it has opened a myriad of ways for top talents to aspire to the highest play there is in the NBA.

Our founder and Chief Connection Builder, Luis Baez Tejada, explored some of these development opportunities for top talents around the world during his conversation with Luis Manuel Baez Tejada and Kusljugic, regarding The Talent Pipeline, in the latest episode of Intersections: A podcast by The Connect.

Listen to episode 7 here:

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Check Episode 7, where , and , discuss also other topics related to Makur Maker’s commitment to a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), what that means for the already shifting landscape of economics, and myriad ways a top basketball prospect could reach the , from the ’s “Professional Pathway Program”, to overseas basketball at , and its Sports Marketing relevance.

10/07/2020

Episode 7🎙 is out!

On the back of Makur Maker committing to Howard University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), for his NCAA student-athlete evolution, we diacuased what that means for the already shifting landscape of and the Sports Marketing industry.

While we were on subject, we discussed the myriad ways a top basketball prospect could reach thE NBA, from the NBA G League’s “Pathway Program” to overseas basketball at Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.

Listen to episode 7 here:

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