The Global Sports Symposium (GSS) Pitch Competition gives sport start-ups crucial exposure to top agencies, teams, leagues, and entrepreneurs in the sports industry plus the chance to win up to one month’s worth of advisory services from 1010 Capital, a global merchant bank that focuses on incubating, advising and investing in consumer brands and ventures […]
Entrepreneurs from all over the world have hopes and dreams of one day of developing a product that can eventually be bought by one of the big investors in their industry.
The problem is that the large majority of these individuals aren’t able to show their ideas and products to investors and often times make critical mistakes that perhaps could have been avoided with the proper professional advice.
Last night was not only the kickoff of college football season, but also of the new DC Sports Tech Meetup group. More than 50 people attended the Meetup that had a mix and mingle format. There were a variety of attendees, from entrepreneurs and developers, to media members and those in education. “I truly enjoyed […]
Five years from now connected devices working in concert with one another will be an invariable reality.
While something like Google Glass still seems like a futuristic apparatus, the aforementioned statement reflects the projection made by Brian Dunphy, Qualcomm’s Senior Director of Business Development, at Variety’s Sports Entertainment Summit’s opening panel entitled “Fireside Chat with Qualcomm and MLB Advanced Media.”
Over the years, the sports and entertainment sectors have become one in the same. These two fields have merged as the ethos of the American pastime. Together they’ve formed big businesses that radically influence mass audiences as institutions in their own right. By 2015, the global sports market is projected to hit revenues north of $145 billion. That’s the depth and power these verticals have on society.
