The 2015-2016 NBA regular season has featured both the best and worst regular season starts in league history. While the Golden State Warriors have dominated en route to a 26-1 start, the mightily struggling Philadelphia 76ers have won just one game in their first 29 contests. On pace to finish the season 3-79, this year’s 76er team is trending towards …
I read a great post the other day on DailyBlogTips.com. Daniel Scocco wrote an insightful article called 4 Tips to Maximize the Advertising Earnings of Your Website, which included four great ideas to optimize advertising revenue. It got me thinking about the metrics you should be tracking to make sure your ROI is where it needs to be. Here are the four …
Both the New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers started out the 2015 NFL regular season with 10 wins and 0 losses, marking the 15th and 16th teams that have accomplished such a start since the 1970 merger. Since then, the Patriots have dropped two games, while the Panthers are three games away from completing a perfect regular season. Both teams …
All NCAA Football conference championships concluded this past weekend, meaning the regular season has come to an end, and the sport will now transition to an array of bowl games beginning on December 19th. Prior to the commencement of college football’s postseason, the sport will crown the 2015 Heisman Trophy Winner, one of the most prestigious individual honors in all …
The lessons and inspirations of sports and the sporting life have always had a deep hold on the business psyche. Some of my favorites here include the joy of competition, the virtues of teamwork, and of reaching Peak Performance through overcoming adversity and then sharing our “Best Stuff” with the world. And these days the “Hot Lesson” that sports has …
Along with turkey, the Macy’s Day Parade in New York City, and spending time with family, football is a staple on Thanksgiving Day. The tradition of playing football on Turkey Day can be dated all the way back to the 1800’s. Nowadays, the NFL schedules three games to be played each year on Thanksgiving. Four of America’s most popular teams …
Especially this time of year – when so many of us are assembling and committing to our professional resolutions and goals, questions arise as how to best develop financial (growth, revenues, and profits) projections for our businesses. Questions including: Should projections be “realistic” – i.e. feel “doable” and in line with past results or… …should they be “aspirational,” not hot …
On Wednesday of last week, Cubs starter Jake Arrieta was awarded the 2015 National League Cy Young Award. In one of the tightest races in recent memory, Arrieta won the award over two of the Dodgers’ aces: Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw. Arrieta turned in one of the most dominating 2nd half performances by a starter in MLB history, posting …
I met this week with partners from the Newport Board – an organization of former CEOs and senior executives that “guides companies through No Man’s LandTM” – that unfortunate place where the vast majority of businesses eventually settle… …doing well enough to press on but not even close to being either a) a source of significant cash flow for its …
This past offseason the NFL implemented a rule change that required extra points following touchdowns to be snapped from the 15-yard line rather than the 2-yard line. Over time, NFL kickers became so accurate that an extra point was considered a ‘gimme’ – with kickers converting over 99% of the time. This new modification has made the historically dull extra …
