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!
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 4 minutes
- Episodes
- 156
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Three Things I Learned In SaaS, Sports, Tech & Live Events: Trey Lance and the cold business of business
This week, I discuss Trey Lance and the cold business of business.
Getting cut, getting our opportunity, and some great one-liners
00:04:25 |
Fri 01 Sep 2023
Three Things I Learned In SaaS, Sports, Tech & Live Events: Techstars Sports Week
- "Oh, that's your guy?" - The worst thing you can hear in the industry, according to NBA Champion turned investor Brandon Williams. Williams espoused the importance of taking time to nurse relationshi…
00:05:20 |
Fri 25 Aug 2023
Three Things I Learned In SaaS, Sports Tech, & Live Events 7.28.23
Three Things I Learned This Week In SaaS, Sports, Tech & Live Events
World Ticket Conference Edition
1. The Empire Strikes Back
Just a few years ago, the Viagogo purchase of StubHub was publi…
00:03:25 |
Fri 28 Jul 2023
Three Things I Learned In SaaS, Sports Tech & Live Events 7.21.23 - The Three Laws of Sales
This week I talk about the Three Immutable Laws Of Sales
1) Sell Something Great
2) Be Yourself
3) Do No Harm
00:04:10 |
Fri 21 Jul 2023
Three Things I Learned In SaaS, Sports, Tech & Live Events 7-17-23
We talk about kissing frogs along the way, the audacity of those who will ask for jobs after hurting you, and yetis. Enjoy!
00:04:49 |
Mon 17 Jul 2023
Three Things I Learned In SaaS, Sports, Tech & Live Events - What I learned from 5 days at the AAU Championships
Three Things I Learned In SaaS, Sports, Tech and Live Events
Spent last week at my son's Junior National Volleyball tournament in Orlando (3rd place!). What I learned about business (and life) from…
00:05:44 |
Fri 07 Jul 2023
Three Things I Learned In SaaS, Sports, Tech & Live Events 6.23.23
Three Things I Learned In SaaS, Sports, Tech and Live Events
1. Selling out is bad advice. There are a number of gurus out there, led recently by one I admire a lot, Scott Galloway, offering the ad…
00:05:29 |
Fri 23 Jun 2023
Six Things I Learned In High School Which Changed My Life In Business
High school's coming to and end for a lot of our friends kids.
I spend a lot of time with junior high and high school students as I've been volunteering with them through the church and sports for …
00:10:06 |
Tue 30 May 2023
Three Things I Learned In SaaS, Sports Tech & Live Events 5.22.23
1) Don't do bad deals. I know, I know, it sounds so simple - as most advice is. But it's one of the hardest disciplines to stay true to - as Learfield, and many others, are learning first hand. When …
00:03:36 |
Mon 22 May 2023
Three Things I Learned In SaaS, Sports, Tech & Live Events 5.15.23
Three Things I Learned In SaaS, Sports, Tech & Live Events
1) "Do not let yourself be deceitful, arrogant, or resentful." We don't get anywhere tearing people down. In fact, what we'll get are frie…
00:04:56 |
Mon 15 May 2023
Three Things I Learned In SaaS, Sports, Tech & Live Events 5.1.23
Three Things I Learned In SaaS, Sports, Tech & Live Events
1. It's great to be a vampire in a bloodbath. But you gotta stick to your vampire roots.
Applications at TicketManager are up 10x. Our b…
00:02:53 |
Mon 01 May 2023
Three Things I Learned In SaaS, Sports, Tech & Live Events 4.17.23
Three Things I Learned In SaaS, Sports, Tech & Live Events
1. Fate and a George Foreman grill. Did you know Hulk Hogan was offered what would eventually become the George Foreman grill? Hogan had t…
00:04:38 |
Mon 17 Apr 2023
Three Things 4.10.23 - Jobs and The New Normal
Three Things I Learned in SaaS, Sports, Tech & Live Events:
Talking jobs today.
It's rough out there. Feels a bit like 2001/2. There are a LOT more people unemployed in the white collar jobs - es…
00:05:27 |
Mon 10 Apr 2023
Three Things I Learned In SaaS, Sports, Tech & Live Events - January 27th, 2023
This week we discuss Ticketmaster's most recent trip to Washington DC and why it is much ado about nothing
00:04:31 |
Mon 30 Jan 2023
Three Things I Learned in SaaS, Sports, Tech & Live Events 1.23.23
This week we talk the 2023 Super Bowl market, the chaos of the last time the Super Bowl was in Phoenix, the Snake Pit shutdown at the 2008 BCS Championship and some entreprenuerial advice from John D…
00:03:50 |
Mon 23 Jan 2023
Three "Rules" for raising funding debunked
We've been doing the entrepreneur game for 15 years now. My how time flies. During that time, we've raised a number of rounds, for us and for companies we help advise, and been through a few processe…
00:09:05 |
Fri 02 Dec 2022
Three Things I Learned in Saas, Sports, Tech & Live Events 11-19-22
1. Cash comp + Stock comp + Applause = Total Comp. We all have a finite amount of money, stock, and applause we can spread out on our team. And applause is just as, if not more, important as cash and…
00:03:17 |
Fri 18 Nov 2022
Three Things 11.11.22 - 1) Why joining a start-up during a recession is a great time 2) Gettin while the getting's good 3) The FTX debacle
Three Things I Learned In SaaS, Sports, Tech & Live Events:
1. "All I'm doing it laying people off and closing down businesses." - a seed stage VC fund of mine. "We use leverage to fund deals. Leve…
00:05:13 |
Fri 11 Nov 2022
11.4.22 - The moving goalposts of entrepreneurship - The benefit, amidst the many dangers, of going first - There's always a "Jordan"
1) You live in the future - and you'll get used to it. As a career progresses, there are fewer short term wins. There's always a bigger goal down the road. The goalposts are constantly moving. And w…
00:05:13 |
Fri 04 Nov 2022
Three Things: Authenticity shattering the status quo - Be very careful how you cancel on people - Scoreboard! it works in the office too!
The Three Things I Learned In Saas, Sports, Tech & Live Events:
(Apologies for the poor sound quality on #2)
1. Authenticity has demolished the status quo. In everything. One word took over the d…
00:03:25 |
Fri 28 Oct 2022
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