It’s Monday – the start of Week 6 for MSBA 2017 – and I got to MISSION at 9am to start my daily routine of reports and data analytics. Since my last blog was all about MISSION, I will not bore you with all the nerdy stuff I did during my day (like KPIs, inventory turnover and sell-through percentages). Today’s …
Day 36: Internship Extravaganza
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
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
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
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 – …