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As senior vice president and chief information officer of the San Francisco Giants baseball team, Bill Schlough “keeps the lights on” for all the team’s technical needs. He recently spoke to Knowledge@Wharton High School about how he came to work in his high school dream job – even though he wasn’t a great athlete – and why it’s important to be geographically flexible if you want a job in the sports business.…

San Fran Giants CIO Bill Schlough: ‘The Business Side Can Be Just as Exciting’

During the 2011 Ivy Sports Symposium at Wharton, experts and sports executives involved with international athletics discussed the future of the globalization of sports and the business possibilities it can create. Young people, the panelists said, are key to the expansion of global sports – and are not afraid to embrace the global game.…

Basketball, Football and Ballroom Dancing: Sports on the World Stage

Evan Reynolds is the 20-year-old manager of OCD: Moosh and Twist, a teen hip-hop duo from Philadelphia, Pa. The one-time Wharton student took a leave of absence in 2011 to promote and handle the group full-time. Reynolds spoke to Knowledge@Wharton High School editor Diana Drake about his decision to leave school to manage a rap duo and why the music industry is like junior high all over again.…

Hip Hop on the Go: Evan Reynolds Is a Young Manager in an Industry of Colorful Characters

DeQuincy “Moosh” Coleman McRae and Oliver “Twist” Feighan are better known as the hip-hop duo OCD: Moosh and Twist. The Philadelphia natives graduated from high school in the spring of 2011 and are now pursuing a music career full time. Their goal in hip hop, they have said, is to spread positivity and prove that hard work can get you anywhere. They talked with Knowledge@Wharton High School about being teens in the rap industry, their lyrical inspirations (“To be or not to be…”) and the importance of believing in yourself. …

Moosh and Twist: ‘City Kids’ in a Hip Hop World

If you are a fan of the animated TV show The Simpsons, be sure to look for Brian Kelley’s name as it rolls by in the credits. The Harvard grad thought he would be a scientist until he discovered his passion for comedy writing. Kelley loves a good laugh and a sentence that is put together correctly – in fact, he has built a career on both.…

You Must Be Joking? From Physics at Harvard to Comedy Writing for The Simpsons

On November 14, 2011, Google India announced the winner of its third annual Doodle 4 Google competition for students ages 7 to 15. While few businesses would readily let customers tinker with their corporate logos, Google sees the contest as an extension of its young, fun, quirky brand.…

The Google Doodle Reflects a Fun, Quirky Brand

If you crave shows with originality, creativity and even a little cheese factor, chances are you have discovered web TV. The process of creating a web TV series is very different from that of network production. Here’s a look behind the scenes of shows made exclusively for online distribution.…

The Battle of the Alamo, an ‘Awkward Black Girl’ and the Rise of Web TV

Pandora.com allows listeners to create their own online radio stations based on personal musical tastes. The company, which recently started trading its stock on Wall Street, is busy navigating the market and the often-challenging virtual music industry. Can it survive the stream of competitive and fiscal pressures?…

Pandora: The Building Blocks of an Innovative Internet Radio Station

You know how everyone advises you to do what you love when it comes to a career? Lots of people with a passion for sports have figured out ways to channel that energy into game-related endeavors off the field. A group of high school students from around the world spent a month in July 2011 learning about the sports business industry and developing their own company concepts to score big with fans and players online and off. …

ChilLAX, SparkHub and Other Innovations from Tomorrow’s Sports Business Leaders