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NCAA's Leadership Failure in Governing the Commercialization of College Sports

Coaching Tip

College football has never been more prosperous, with five of the major college sports conferences recently signing billion-dollar broadcast deals. Meyer said the NCAA’s punishment model is futile, with the rewards for breaking rules outweighing the risks. Source: The New York Times, August 21, 2011.

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What BMW’s Corporate VC Offers That Regular Investors Can’t

Harvard Business Review

To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer. Among the 30 top companies in seven of the largest industries, almost half had a VC-fueled accelerator in 2015, up from just 2% in 2010. Could these experiences be replicated and scaled up at BMW?