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: We called our team back to the office full time a year ago - Culture: punching vs liking - Dave Roberts may not be bad, he was just cheated
The Three Things I Learned In Saas, Sports, Tech & Live Events:
1. Don't let fear make tough decisions for you. Do what you think is best for your company even if it is wildly unpopular - like goi…
00:04:28 |
Fri 21 Oct 2022
Our Big Break on CNBC: Three Things I Learned
On October 5th 2009 we got our first big break. CNBC reporter, and now friend, Darren Rovell posted an article featuring a stat we'd pulled from a number of early customers: our estimation, based on …
00:04:11 |
Fri 23 Sep 2022
Three Things: Denzel on busywork, Draymond Green on learning and a growth mindset, NFL week two have many holding their breath
Three Things I Learned In Saas, Sports, Tech, and Live Events
1. "Just because you're doing a lot more, doesn't mean you're getting a lot more done." Great quote by Denzel. Such a double edged swor…
00:02:24 |
Sat 17 Sep 2022
Quiet Quitting in your business, Serena Williams US Open ticket prices and what that means for the live events industry, Pete Carroll on pressure and problems building USC
Three Things I Learned In Saas, Sports, Tech & Live Events:
1. Quiet quitting isn't new. Been hiring staff 20+ years and there's always been the "do just enough" group. More power to them on their…
00:02:29 |
Fri 09 Sep 2022
Ticketing Week! SeatGeek's fresh $200m, NY all-in price laws, The PPC wars won't end and an oldie but repeaty
Three Things I Learned In Saas, Sports, Tech & Live Events:
Ticketing rumors and happening this week:
1. SeatGeek raised $238m from, essentially, the group that made up the cancelled SPAC. That…
00:04:01 |
Fri 02 Sep 2022
Off To College! - Four things we learned about sending kids off to college over 11 years and hundreds of kids
Three Things I Learned in Saas, Sports, Tech and Live Events:
Sending kids off to college week! Who we are in the transitions - maybe the most important crossroads of our lives.
One of the greate…
00:05:56 |
Fri 26 Aug 2022
Vacation! What I've learned about vacation as an entrepreneur over 15 years
What I learned about vacation after 15 years running a business.
Taking a vacation is different for everyone. We all have our own pressures. Taking vacation as an entrepreneur is something I'm sti…
00:05:13 |
Fri 19 Aug 2022
Three Things: Silver Medals at the AAU National Championships - What I Learned
Had quite an adventure in Orlando watching our 12 year old son win a silver medal in the Junior National Volleyball Championship in front of a surprisingly big crowd.
12 year old volley is serious …
00:05:23 |
Fri 15 Jul 2022
USC & UCLA to the B1G: What we can learn from a move we should have all seen coming
Three Things I learned in SaaS, Sports, Tech and Live Events:
The death of the modern Pac-12
We knew for years USC leaving the Pac-12 was going to happen - I said it on the radio numerous times. …
00:05:13 |
Fri 08 Jul 2022
Three Things: On Quitting
Three Things I Learned In Saas, Sports, Tech and Live Events
On Quitting
The great resignation, companies pulling offers, Gig workers and recessions are all in the news these days. Today, what I'…
00:05:56 |
Fri 10 Jun 2022
Three Things: SeatGeek Experiences What We Knew....Time Kills All Deals 2) Superstars are forced into the booth 3) It's difficult to face the music once you've played the tune
Three Things I Learned In Saas, Sports, Tech and Live Events
1. Time kills all deals. SeatGeek and Red Ball called off their $1.35b SPAC deal which looks like it will lead to the SPAC getting disso…
00:02:56 |
Fri 03 Jun 2022
Three Things: The fine line between crashing and finishing first - avoiding friends who don't have the best for us in mind - History doesn't repeat itself, people do
hree Things I Learned In Saas, Sports, Tech and Live Events
1. If you want to finish first, first you have to finish. Saw this on F1's Drive to Survive and it rings true in business. Recession and …
00:03:30 |
Fri 27 May 2022
Three Things: How To Deal With A$$holes and Bullies In Sales
The below email is real.
It was sent as a response to one of our salespeople
Three things I learned selling to (and around) a$$holes in 20+ years of enterprise selling. (and what to do to avoid b…
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Fri 20 May 2022
Three Things: 1. Start-ups are like group projects in college 2. When the big guns are aimed at you 3. Bank your time - you'll be happy you did
Three Things I Learned In Saas, Sports, Tech and Live Events
1. "Start-ups are like group projects were in college." What a terrific analogy. Think back to those days: If you had 5 people in a grou…
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Fri 13 May 2022
Three Things: Chelsea and the innovator's dilemma, a sports sponsorship golf rush, your customers aren't stupid- maybe we are
Three Things I Learned In Saas, Sports, Tech and Live Events
1. Todd Boehly's group is in the driver's seat to buy Chelsea FC for $5b+. The same Chelsea FC that was sold for one pound in 1982. Some…
00:03:43 |
Fri 06 May 2022
Most Popular Start-Up Advice After Mentor Week 2022
Three Things I Learned In Saas, Sports, Tech and Live Events
Had two mentor weeks with accelerators and funds we help with. After meeting with 16 start-ups in the past two weeks, here are the three…
00:04:33 |
Fri 29 Apr 2022
Three Things: We won our fantasy hoops league. What we learned building a business which led to our win
My middle school son and I played fantasy basketball this year for the first time as something to do together. What started as an afterthought became something we did together every day. And we ended…
00:06:48 |
Fri 15 Apr 2022
Three Things: The 5 best (out of 164) books we've read on business, psychology, and leadership
Back in 2004, a mentor convinced me reading was a life hack. They spent an entire breakfast convincing me to set aside enough time to expand my worldview while learning from those who've "done it bef…
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Fri 08 Apr 2022
Three Things: WFH Ending Sooner Than Many Believe - Life Is Too Short To Do Shitty Things - Jordan Peterson's Listening Rule
1. Companies want staff back in the office more than they're letting on- and plans are in place to bring them back. They're just afraid to say it…for now. News like the Pac-12 going "permanent wfh" i…
00:04:24 |
Fri 01 Apr 2022
Three Things - 1) Coming fallout from too much venture investing 2) Rihanna and your capital raise 3) A great show of determination
Three Things I Learned In Saas, Sports, Tech and Live Events:
1. There's a record amount of capital in startups. Means there's going to be a record number of failures too and, thought expected by i…
00:04:36 |
Fri 25 Mar 2022
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