Business

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Every semester, our Business Team works hard on consulting projects. Listed here is a summary of what we worked on.

Bleacher Report

Summary: We are working with Bleacher Report Creator Studio (BRCS). Bleacher Report Creator Studio (BRCS), Bleacher Report's beta livestream platform, is intended to create a dedicated home for live content and creator-driven experiences. The goal of BRCS is to bridge the gap between social reach and app engagement. The goal of this project is to look at what top competitor platforms like Twitch and YouTube Live are doing well, identify gaps and opportunities in the BRCS experience, and propose concrete, buildable ways to improve user acquisition, engagement, and retention. We will conduct a detailed competitive teardown of top-performing creator-driven, sports-centric streaming platforms,based on competitive research, propose implementation-ready feature recommendations, product experiments, and growth loops for product growth roadmap.

Cal Football

Summary: This project builds a comprehensive athlete management system that integrates various sports science data streams (e.g., GPS, force plate, NordBord) and displays insights through a series of interactive dashboards. This will include connecting sports science data via APIs to cloud storage solutions like Amazon S3 or Amazon Redshift and then using visualization tools such as tableau or power BI to build dashboards providing global team, positional, and individual player views.

SwingVision

Summary: Worked to develop and implement a comprehensive marketing strategy with a focus on increasing user engagement through targeted campaigns, expanding the company's market reach to attract a broader audience, and showcasing the value of AI-driven solutions in sports training. This project involved creating compelling content, identifying key market segments, and leveraging digital marketing channels to highlight the company’s unique offerings. The strategy effectively positioned the company as a leader in the growing intersection of sports and technology.

Oklahoma City Dodgers (now Comets) Marketing

Summary: This project was focused on improving the email marketing for the Oklahoma City Dodgers (Triple-A affiliate for the Los Angeles Dodgers) and included diving into their internal data as well as analyzing demographics and other trends to maximize their email interactions.