The CUSP Show

Joe and Tom are joined by industry legend Dr. Harvey Schiller for a conversation on everything sportsbiz. Dr. Harvey has been a vice president of Turner Sports, chief executive of YankeeNets, vice chair of the America's Cup 2013 Advisory Board[1] and president of the IBF In August 2014 he was appointed to the newly created post of commercial commissioner of the America's Cup In 20 December 2013 th...

Joe and Tom are joined by Jeff Eisenband for a conversation on sports journalism. Jeff is the senior editor at ThePostGame where he writes, edits, produces video/podcasts. He graduated from the Northwestern Medill School of Journalism in 2015. he has interviewed, Stephen Curry, Shaquille O'Neal, Jerry Rice, Bryce Harper, Andre Agassi, Dustin Johnson, among others. Jeff talks about how he got into...

Tom, Joe and producer Maurice discuss some of the key sportsbiz news of 2017 and talk about what they consider to be the trends to look out for in 2018! Topics include: esports, sports gambling, AR and much much more! Be sure to follow Maurice @MREisenmann The Facts   The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at Columbia University. You can get in touch with the program on...

Ginny Gilder joins Joe and Tom to talk about owning a professional sports franchise. Ginny has started several entrepreneurial ventures, both businesses and non-profits, whose founding dreams range from the practical to the transformational. Today she is the co-owner of the Seattle Storm, a professional WNBA franchise, is CEO of the Gilder family investment office (which she founded in 2004) and p...

Pamela Wheerler joins Joe and Tom to talk about leadership and her experiences leading the WNBA. Pamela is the first woman ever to lead a professional sports union in the United States and, as director of operations for the Women’s National Basketball Players Association, she has negotiated the first four collective-bargaining agreements for WNBA players. Pamela talks about her experiences at the...

Jay Kapoor, an investor at MSG ventures joins Joe and Tom for a conversation on sports investing. Jay is a VC Investor at MSG Ventures, Madison Square Garden’s corporate venture group, where he focuses on sourcing and investing in innovative companies and visionary founders driving the future of live entertainment. He has worked closely with many digital media and consumer technology companies ove...

Steve Delay, Author of The Ultimate Toolkit to Sell the Last Seat in the House and Owner of Macon Bacon joins Joe and Tom for a conversation about selling. Steve has More than 20 years of experience in team and college sports, focusing on ticket sales consulting, ticket sales training, sponsorship sales consulting and sponsorship sales training. His experience also includes naming rights deals, sp...

Josh George, World Champion Paralympic runner and motivational speaker, joins Joe and Tom for a conversation on his groundbreaking athletic work. At the age of four Josh traded in walking for rolling and then turned those wheels into wings, constantly striving to move faster. Josh has won five Paralympic medals, is a six-time world champion, world record holder, and has won multiple major marathon...

Jaret Simms, CEO of Monsterfull VR joins Joe to talk about how his company is creating VR experiences in sports. A Full stack web developer, UI designer, and big vision thinker. Jarett's unique combination of skills, in addition to 5+ years of Product Management experience, has led him to excel at crafting and launching standout products. Jarett has led product and/or developed everything from Mas...

Brisa Trinchero joins Joe and Tom this week for a conversation about sports ticket sales disruption. Brisa is a two-time Tony Award winning entertainment, sports and tech entrepreneur. She is the founder of ShooWin, which empowers real fans to lock in direct access to face value tickets for the hottest events like sports playoffs and championships. Brisa has built a multi million-dollar entertainm...

Markus Kuhn joins Joe and Tom this week for a conversation on his work to grow the NFL in Germany. Markus is a former German, American football defensive tackle who played for the Giants and the NFL. He was selected by the New York Giants in the seventh round of the 2012 NFL Draft. In December 2014 he became the first German citizen to score an NFL touchdown; returning a fumble against the Tenness...

Rich Routman joins Joe and Tom this week for a conversation about sports content disruption. Rich is the President and Chief Revenue Officer of Minute Media, where he is responsible for all commercial activities and partnerships and for oversight of 12up. A seasoned digital and sports media executive, he most recently served as Chief Revenue Officer at Perform Media, the world’s largest digital sp...

Jim Van Stone joins Joe this week for a conversation on Monumental Sports and Entertainment. Jim Van Stone is the president of business operations and chief commercial officer overseeing ticket sales and services, corporate partnerships, executive suites, marketing and retail business. Previously Van Stone was Monumental Sports & Entertainment’s chief revenue officer. He joined the Capitals as vic...

Bil Rasmussen joins Joe and Tom this week for a conversation on the creation of ESPN in September 7, 1979, ESPN was launched. Entrepreneurial daring, irrepressible enthusiasm and a dash of good luck gave the world the first 24-hour television network. Once unleashed upon sports fans, ESPN’s impact forever changed the way we watch television. The man who had the dream, the founder of ESPN, is Bill...

Sabrina Hannam joins Joe and Tom this week for a conversation on law and sports business. Sabrina N. Hannam is Executive Partner and Chair of the Management Committee of the full-service Hannam Law Group, where Sabrina has a broad based corporate practice concentrating on professional sports leagues, owners, teams, media companies, private equity firms and venture capital transactions. Sabrina reg...

Tyler Schrodt and Jason Greenglass join Joe this week for a conversation on collegiate esports. Tyler is the Founder and CEO of the Electronic Gaming Federation. Founded in 2015, EGF works with high school and collegiate administrators across North America on varsity program development while running an intercollegiate tournament series and producing esports media. Jason is the Executive Vice Pres...

Bryant McBride joins Joe and Tom this week for a conversation on his company Burst and all things sports tech. Bryant has over 20 years of experience as an executive, entrepreneur and investor. In the past 10 years, he has focused on building and nurturing technology businesses where family and sports have been strategic growth drivers. Bryant's entrepreneurial activities have resulted in the crea...

This week we have a different type of episode. Usually we have executives and key decision makers talk about the future of sports but what does the future generation actually think? This week, Joe is joined by four high-schoolers attending the Columbia University Sports Management Summer Program to talk about their sports consumption. Alexa and Patrick from Connecticut, Marvin from San Francisco a...

Guy Fortt joins Joe this week for a conversation on his company JAKO Sports & Entertainment. Guy is a seasoned theater presence who studied at Columbia University, has been featured on Broadway in Oprah Winfrey’s The Color Purple. Film credits include David Frankel's The Devil Wears Prada starring Meryl Streep; director Sydney Pollack’s The Interpreter starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn; directo...

Tom Thirwall and Mark Horine join Tom this week for a conversation on the future of sports content. Tom is the CEO of Copa 90. He joined Bigballs Media in 2010 as CEO and has led the transformation from commercial film production company to new model sports media business. Along the way the company has won back-to-back Cannes Lions for Adidas and Nike, been nominated for 3 BAFTA’s and established...

Jon Greenberg joins Joe and Tom this week for a conversation on regional sports news. Jon Greenberg is the lead columnist for The Athletic (Chicago). Previously, Greenberg covered Chicago sports for ESPN Chicago and wrote nationally for ESPN.com . A native of Steubenville, Ohio, he has made Chicagoland his home for the last 13 years. Greenberg is a graduate of Ohio University (B.S.) and The Univer...

Jesse Lichtenberg joins Joe and Tom this week for a conversation on athlete representation. Jesse joined BDA Sports Management, a full-service athlete representation and management agency, in February 2015 where she oversees the Marketing Division. Jesse is responsible for sports and entertainment marketing, the development and execution of athlete marketing and branding strategies, contract negot...

Zack Weiner joins Joe and Tom this week for a conversation on his widely successful app Overtime. Zack is the CoFounder of Overtime, a cross-platform tech startup that's redefining high school and amateur sports through video. Overtime reaches tens of millions of athletes and fans each month. Zack runs Business Development and helped launched Overtime within WME | IMG and recently secure investmen...

Josh Hafkin joins Joe and Tom this week for a conversation on esports from the publisher side. Josh works for Bethesda Softworks where he is the Associate Brand Manager on Quake Champions. Josh found his true calling in the gaming industry and has a deep passion for esports. His relentless pursuit of gaming and esports knowledge and hands-on work for clients has propelled Josh into a field expert....

Elizabeth Mirovich joins Joe and Tom this week for a conversation on journalism in professional Hockey. Elizabeth assist the legendary Stan ?Fischler ?with day-to-day tasks as well as helping him write and edit stories for NHL.com , MSG, Hockey Journal, and Hockey News. She is a contributor to Stan's newsletter, The Fischler Report, also known as the "Wall Street Journal of hockey." She interviews...