Jared Bartie to Moderate Panel Discussion at the 7th Annual Ivy Sports Symposium
The Ivy Sports Symposium is an annual student-run conference that is considered one of the global sports industry’s premier events. The Symposium enables the industry’s leaders and most successful executives to share invaluable knowledge with their peers and potential successors. The event rotates being held among Ivy League institutions.
On Friday, November 16, 2012, Jared Bartie, Counsel in Arent Fox’s Sports group, will be moderating a panel at the 7th annual Ivy Sports Symposium titled “Entrepreneurship & Innovation” at Columbia University in New York, NY.
Panel Description
What lights the spark that allows a company to grow from a start-up to a potential billion-dollar enterprise: perspiration or inspiration? In an age that tells us everyone can be an entrepreneur, most people have thought of starting their own company. How can you turn your idea into a reality? What opportunities exist or innovation in sports and which areas have become saturated? Perhaps most important for young innovators, when is the right time in your career to launch a venture on your own? Hear success (and failure) stories from a panel of accomplished entrepreneurs as they share insight into what they've done to build successful companies.
Entrepreneurship & Innovation panelists include:
- Brian Bedol, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Bedrocket Media Ventures
- Jeff Fluhr, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Spreecast
- Adam Kanner, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, ScoreBig
- Len Perna, Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer, Turnkey Sports & Entertainment
- Ryan Steelberg, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Brand Affinity Technologies
To find out more about the 2012 symposium, please click here.


