Three random things I learned/heard this week in saas, sports, and live events:

1. Teams/Leagues have been stalling (understandably, what's the alternative?) but they're about to run out of time. Companies want to be "good partners" but they're starting to get pressure internally and the majority don't want to be in the building right when sports comes back

Everyone has good faith until there is a disagreement. And, per a past three things, once a disagreement arises everyone, unfortunately, devolves down to the lowest denominator....contracts.

We're running out of time before things get ugly.

"You know what I hate about f**king banking? It reduces people to numbers." - Ben Rickert. Applicable to almost anything- comes up all the time when leading a business, especially in tumultuous economies.

The rest of the quote is terrifying given today's context: "every 1% unemployment goes up, 40,000 people die"

"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end - which you can never afford to lose- with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be" - James Stockdale. Spending time with a lot of optimistic CEOs....

and though I share in their optimism, the lack of, or refusal of acceptance of a plan B, is frightening. Many have unrealistic expectations of what the market will do for/with them and it is concerning. Reminded to hope for the best, plan for the worst, then execute.