Day 36: Internship Extravaganza

Jamy Baron 2017

In my first blog post, I covered the work I’m doing at my internship and how enfranchised I feel to be working in an office culture like Foot Locker’s. However, in the last three weeks I have been able to do things very few people have done and have had memorable experiences with my interning peers; while these experiences also …

Day 35: Tour de MSBA

Brett Kornfeld 2017

Has it been five weeks already? The obvious old cliché that comes to mind is “time flies when you are having fun.” My God have I been having fun. It is foreign to me that a month-and-a-half ago I didn’t know any of the now very close friends I have made through MSBA. Which is what makes a day like …

Day 34: Trust the Process

Dayna DeBlasi 2017

Hi … me again! MSBA so far in a nutshell: five jam-packed weeks, 47 inspiring Speakers, 10 incredible Office Field Trips, seven insightful Career Workshops, two huge Mentorship events, and one hell of an internship. Yet every day I’m presented with a new, fresh perspective on what else this industry has to offer. Every day gets better than the last, and …

Day 33: You Don’t Have to Be Jerry Maguire

Sawyer Opalich 2017

Here we are, sitting in a conference room at Roc Nation and listening to Joe Branch, Managing Director of Basketball, discuss how he has been able to pave his own trail in the sports industry. This conversation was different though. Joe was different. Growing up, my perception of a sports agent was through movies and the HBO show Entourage – …

Day 32: Pivot! Pivot! Pivot!

Abby Desai 2017

“PIVOT! PIVOT! PIVOT!!!” – Ross Geller, Friends This iconic Friends scene popped into my head during our Office Field Trip to Whistle Sports tonight. Although the Whistle team is gearing up to move offices over the weekend, this is not exactly the pivoting we were discussing. The panel – consisting of Cory Bildstein, Joe Caporoso, Amanda Jesenof, and Alex Korn …