Three Things I Learned In Saas, Sports, Tech & Live Events
Three Things I Learned In SaaS, Sports, Tech & Live Events Podcast
Three Things: Why we take sides - How to exaggerate when doing deals - Great leaders repeat themselves
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Three Things: Why we take sides - How to exaggerate when doing deals - Great leaders repeat themselves

Three Things I Learned in Saas, Sports Tech & Live Events 1. Take some time…in the middle. The human brain can only process so much. When we're overloaded, as we all are now, we default to binary decision making. The either/or logical fallacy. It leads to Red/Blue, Vaccine/Never, With/Against us thinking. We are all guilty of it. Had a friend compliment another for "being able to change their mind." What a sad place we've found ourselves in. 2. Getting fast and loose with ARR doesn't fool anyone. It's usually just a soft bullet point to match a narrative. We all feel pressure to exaggerate, usually b/c others are doing so. Just know diligence finds everything and being dishonest loses credibility which can't be earned back 3. It takes 8 to 16 touches to get a person's attention. The same goes when leading a team. The most common mistake new leaders make is to assume everyone is hanging on their every word. They're not. Saying to do something 3 to 5 times isn't enough. Repeating isn't disrespectful, it's great leadership done right.

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Three Things I Learned In Saas, Sports, Tech & Live Events
Three Things I Learned In SaaS, Sports, Tech & Live Events Podcast
The Three Things I've Learned in sports, tech and live events is the podcast for entrepreneurs in software as a service, technology, sports business and sponsorships professionals.
My name is Tony Knopp and I've been working in Saas, tech, sports and live events for just over 20 years now where I've been surrounded by super impressive people who have taught us quite a bit and invested in us as we make mistakes and iterate in tech, sports and live events.
Each week, we share what we learned either this week or from our twenty years at the Dodgers, LA Kings, AEG, StubHub's very early days and here at TicketManager where we've exited multiple businesses.
We hope you enjoy our insights and those of our guests!