Sports are serious business.
On Under the Number, Brent Peus goes deep with the leaders driving the Sports Economy, from elite athletes and investors to visionary founders and executives.
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Quote of the Episode:
“Sports tourism — especially from the hotels — is probably even more reliable than business travel in this day and age. You can do a Zoom meeting, but you have to actually go to the tournament to play the tournament. Hotels are beginning to realize that. We have almost half a million hotel rooms under contract going into 2027 — and that’s going to continue to grow.”
Bet You Didn’t Know:
John sold his last company, a field service routing software called MapAnything, to Salesforce for a reported $250 million in 2019.
John Stewart is the CEO & Co-Founder of Fastbreak AI.
John is a serial entrepreneur who began his career by founding an engineering services firm in 2003. After successfully exiting that business in 2009, he co-founded Saber Business Solutions, which evolved into MapAnything, a geospatial mapping and scheduling software company that was acquired by Salesforce in 2019. John has co-founded or invested in multiple SaaS startups, serves on several boards, and advises CEOs on business development and strategy. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Bio via Fastbreak AI
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– Brent
