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Trading One Risk for Another

The Fed is proposing new rules to allow big banks to hold billions less in capital. The reason? To keep lending from migrating to private credit. Interesting timing. Private credit is having a moment. Blue Owl halted redemptions. Western Alliance is suing Jefferies. Investors are nervous. So…the plan is to make banks safer by…letting them […]

Why I Keep Writing About Live Nation

What Talking Tickets is about for readers, old and new. Why Live Nation? Why Now? I’ve been writing a lot about Live Nation over the last few days. The trial. The secret settlement. The unsealed documents. The David Marcus reply on LinkedIn. It’s a lot. Especially since I don’t really ever write about or think […]

Judge Arun Subramanian. Live Nation. DOJ. Settlement?

This morning, rumors broke: Live Nation and the Department of Justice were about to agree to a settlement of the DOJ’s antitrust case that began last week in New York. The headlines will likely call this settlement historic. A landmark agreement. A new day in ticketing. As if?! Here’s what’s really going down: The flywheel keeps spinning. […]

Your Strategy is Probably Backwards: The Strategy Stack

Last week, I taught you about CFA: Choice. Focus. Action. The three movements of execution. Strategy expressed. Here’s the thing: there’s a series of decisions you need to make before you get to CFA. Too many organizations jump right to action. Motion feels like strategy. It’s not. Then wonder why they’re drifting. To make CFA […]

$1.7 Trillion and the Question No One Asked…

Strategy is everywhere. In the arts. Sports. Government. Even finance. The quiet decisions that make an organization thrive or drift. Most people saw Blue Owl’s recent headlines about a $1.4 billion loan sale and halted redemptions and thought…liquidity. I saw strategy. Or, the lack of one. A $1.7 trillion industry that hasn’t answered the only question […]

February 18, 2026
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Hi! This is a longer piece that I’ve been working on for a few days… Consider this my collected thoughts about tickets heading into 2026. If you like this one, share it! Share I started this piece thinking that everyone had lost. The ticket ecosystem was broken. No one was coming out ahead. I was […]

November 6, 2025
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Good morning! Last week, we talked about “The Gap”. That’s the trap that too many strategies fall into between theory and action. You might be taking a lot of actions, but you aren’t making real progress. That’s “The Gap” in action. Vague busyness, but not impact. Last week, I described it. This week, I want […]

strategy

Trading One Risk for Another

Why I Keep Writing About Live Nation

Judge Arun Subramanian. Live Nation. DOJ. Settlement?

Your Strategy is Probably Backwards: The Strategy Stack

$1.7 Trillion and the Question No One Asked…

Ticketmaster Won. Everyone Else Lost. That’s Why Tickets are Broken.

“The Gap” Exposed: Scan Your Strategy in 10 Minutes or Less.

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