Expert Interview with Jeffrey Dobin: Pursue Your Passion

It feels good to be back in action with expert interviews. My conversation with Jeffrey Dobin this week will be the first of a two-part mini agent interview series. Jeff actually reached out to me in July after having come across my blog on LinkedIn. He showed a great deal of empathy towards me by [...]

Expert Interview with Todd Crannell: Life in the Fast Lane

I worked with NFL sports agent Todd Crannell at Q2 Sports & Entertainment for over a year. After seeing an internship posting for his company on SportsAgentBlog.com, I reached out to him via email. By early summer 2010, I began as an out of office intern. Over my time at Q2, I learned a lot [...]

Expert Interview with Nicola Murphy: Hard Work Pays Off

                                        It’s been a little over one month since my last Expert Interview with Rachel Mech: Taking Chances with No Regrets, but I am excited for my latest Q & A session with Nicola Murphy from Octagon. [...]

Expert Interview with Rachel Mech: Taking Chances with No Regrets

                                         There is no better way to follow up my latest sports industry Expert Interview with Harrie Bakst: Overcoming the Odds through Hard work and Sincerity than with the person responsible for introducing me to Harrie. [...]

Expert Interview with Harrie Bakst: Overcoming the Odds through Hard Work and Sincerity

After a glimpse of the legal and international side of sports with last week’s Expert Interview with David Francis: Be Flexible in Your Approach, I turned back to the sports marketing aspect of the business. I reached out to Harrie Bakst of Carnegie Sports & Entertainment, a boutique agency whose focus is cause marketing and corporate [...]

Expert Interview with David Francis: Be Flexible in Your Approach

                                             For my third sports industry expert interview, I wanted to give you a glimpse of what it’s like to work in sports at the international level on a daily basis. Therefore, I reached [...]

Expert Interview with Kelty Carpenter: A Good Attitude Goes a Long Way

                                                   After tapping into the sports marketing side of the business with my first interviewee, Ben Sturner, I wanted to change things up a bit by going corporate. I decided to [...]

Expert Interview with Ben Sturner: An Entrepreneur to Emulate

Ben Sturner                                      I wanted to start off my sports industry expert interviews with a bang, so I reached out to Ben Sturner of Leverage Agency, a leader in sports sponsorship and branded entertainment. My relationship with Ben [...]

The Philosophy behind Expert Interviews

Besides sharing my own insights with you about how to break into sports, I thought it would be a great idea to interview as many industry experts as I could to increase our chances of a landing a sports job. I came up with a standard set of 12 questions to ask my interviewees in [...]