I’ve recently stepped into a more active management role at Sportsvite. It’s completely different than the challenges I’ve faced so far in my career and it’s starting to change my entire view of business. I know just enough to know that I’m insecure by own inexperience in management and leadership (which I’ll [...]
During my senior year of college, I created a college basketball website called Littyhoops.com. This was back in the dark ages before blogs were popular so it took a considerable amount of effort to get the website up and running and then maintain it. I learned a ton about the web from the [...]
I’m spending more time thinking and writing about the intersection of sports, digital media and business. It seems like a no-brainer as these are probably my three favorite things to think about in this world (who knows what I’m up to in my flash-purgatory).
I do realize that all you Littyhoopsters are not necessarily as [...]
I’m pursuing an opportunity to join a unique and successful organization that is doing some amazing stuff in the world right now. As part of the application process, I was asked to share some of my accomplishments and personal interests especially as it relates to my academic and work successes, leadership roles and other [...]
One of the most interesting business opportunities on the L-Hoops radar is the ability for small businesses to leverage digital to locally market to their customers. Put more plainly, how can the pizza place, neighborhood bar, barber shop, arcade, bowling alley or Japanese massage parlor use the web as a marketing tool to drive [...]
People in my network sometimes hit me up to learn more about what it’s really like to work at a startup company. They are intrigued with the idea of having more control of their career path, a bigger stake in the success of their company, and a more passionate work environment. Then again, [...]
I fell in love with the internet for the same reasons I love college basketball, literature, travel and New York City. They are all vast, endless worlds in which you can seemingly discover something new every single time you visit. It’s almost impossible to get bored. A new website/book/city/bar or ESPN Big Monday [...]
This October will mark three full years that I have been working at Sportsvite. Not only is it the longest that I’ve been at one place, but I’m pretty sure I’ve spent more time working on Sportsvite than I have for any other project, goal or situation in my life (with the one obvious [...]
I’ve been aimlessly chirping away on Twitter for awhile now. Make no mistake, my random tweets are extraordinarily unexceptional as I ponder man vs. mosquito or the physical beauty of brothers Van Gundy.
But I certainly have been learning firsthand about the Twitter platform and how people are interacting and communicating in interesting new ways. [...]
Sportsvite is looking for a dynamic, brilliant, tireless, creative, passionate digital marketing manager. Below is the actual job description but here are the real requirements
1) Loves sports and actively plays/participates in sports activities
2) Digital and social media wiz – I’ll first check out all their online profiles and presence (facebook, twitter, blogs, sportsvite [...]
