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Brand Activations

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£15 tickets closed Nike globally

Nov 18, 2025

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15 min read

£15 tickets closed Nike globally

The three-experience filter Baller League uses to turn down revenue and close Nike. Full framework inside.

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Fan & Audience Growth

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Team Brady: 60 days to back-to-back champion

Nov 11, 2025

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25 min read

Team Brady: 60 days to back-to-back champion

Ben King was on the phone Christmas Day building a race team. Eight weeks later, they won their first championship. Here's the build sequence that made it work

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Drivers & Talent

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Inside Parallel's Fernando Alonso deal

Nov 4, 2025

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13 min read

Inside Parallel's Fernando Alonso deal

Why they chose Fernando over Lando, and how they knew it would work.

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Commercial Strategy

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One person sold 15 partnerships

Oct 28, 2025

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18 min read

One person sold 15 partnerships

Isle of Man TT generates 7 figures despite fatal crashes and Parliamentary approvals. The consultative sales framework that made it work.

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Fan & Audience Growth

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How ROC reached 100M viewers without F1's budget

Oct 21, 2025

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19 min read

How ROC reached 100M viewers without F1's budget

Four distribution tactics any property can use to build international audiences

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Commercial Strategy

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Williams made £53M in 9th place

Oct 14, 2025

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23 min read

Williams made £53M in 9th place

They finished worse and grew revenue 41%. Here's the framework that made it work

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Sponsorship

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Bootstrapping into motorsport

Oct 7, 2025

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20 min read

Bootstrapping into motorsport

Alex Witty turned a university grant into F1 driver partnerships and sneakers made from race tires. No VC funding required.

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Commercial Strategy

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Inside IRONMAN's partnership machine

Sep 30, 2025

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6 min read

Inside IRONMAN's partnership machine

From athlete surveys to systematic deals. The actual process

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Brand Activations

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McLaren hid Smartsheet's logo

Sep 23, 2025

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6 min read

McLaren hid Smartsheet's logo

Exclusive case study: How Smartsheet built growth with McLaren F1 by doing the opposite of every other sponsor

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Brand Activations

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Oil money, fast lane

Sep 16, 2025

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12 min read

Oil money, fast lane

Why Motul returned to F1, Ferrari’s Milan sponsor spectacle, tyres turned into sneakers, and a motorsport mag you can actually hold.

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh
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