Three Things: No Show as a No-No - Paying up for the IOC Olympics - Shoot the ball grannie Ben Simmons

Three Things I Learned in Saas, Sports Tech and Live Events 1. No showing, or cancelling last minute, is the biggest networking mistake anyone can make. When I was 22 I no-showed an interview with the Clippers.* I paid for it years later. A decade ago a team exec no showed me. He met with our team last month and asked why we don't work with his firm. It's common, I get stood up often. It ain't worth it though. 2. Endeavor went big on their bid for Olympics hospitality. So did Facebook when buying Instagram, Google buying YouTube and Apple buying Next. Even Ballmer buying the Clippers for $2b doesn't seem so crazy already. Markets are efficient but they often miss transcendent value. Know your worth. 3. Pride loses. Ben Simmons can't shoot a free-throw. It changes the game. Shaq couldn't either- but he was over 80% shooting grannie style, as Gladwell points out here. My Senior year in HS club a new coach arrived wanting to introduce the back slide to our offense. Only girls hit slides. It was worse than grannies. Buried on the bench, I was the only MB to swallow my pride and try it. Changed the game, our offense, and my prospects completely. We won silver**. Pride is in the win column. Have the courage to change the game.