Dave's Blog

Recovery in the world of live entertainment, tickets, sports ticket sales, etc. will take courage and risk taking…and a lot more than most folks are comfortable with. I’ve been re-reading David C. Baker’s great book on expertise and entrepreneurial expertise, The Business of Expertise, the last few days to get my mind right for the […]

Trying to figure out what the future of the business of tickets, sports, and live entertainment right now is pretty much impossible. We are in the middle of a pandemic that has cases building around the world again. Until the pandemic is under control, we won’t be seeing fans come back to stadiums, theatres, or […]

I’ve gotten a bit of an education on finance this year due to the pandemic’s continued impact on businesses, especially where I focus a lot of my attention in the world of live entertainment and sports. In the US, we’ve seen a lot of coverage of ratings that have disappointed and the reality that we […]

The pandemic has been horrible for folks all over the world. In the States, who knows when we will ever get this thing under control because we have leadership that moves between there’s nothing to worry about to it will just go away to drink bleach depending on the day. (I wish I was joking.) […]

McDonald’s investor call on November 9 was filled with the usual investor talk about “growth” and “spending”, but the highlight for me was the shift to marketing psychobabble meant to convey some sort of growth-focused mindset shift due to changing consumption habits due to the pandemic. The highlight was the new strategy called “Accelerating the […]

I saw the 30 under 30 lists came out today and because it gets folks in a tizzy, I figured I’d do a 30 Awesome Folks list today. Some of these folks may or may not be 30…but that’s not the qualification. I’ll just say that these folks taught me something, did something awesome, or […]

Happy New Year! I just finished going through a process that I recommend for everyone in any business each year, revisiting their segmentation, targeting, and positioning; looking at your strategy, setting some SMART goals, and thinking about where you are going to take your business in the year ahead. 2020, obviously not a highlight year […]