Vince Thompson

CEO at MELT

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Topics: 1. Rise Like The Phoenix, how I lost my entire event business overnight during covid, almost lost my son and lost my dad. Keep The Faith, Keep Praying and Keep The Grit and Grind with Grace.. 2. "Addicted to Sports - AI-infused, technology, social media, gambling and mental health and the cliff it's headed off of. 3. The Chaos and upheaval in the multi-billion dollar world of college sports and the case of why collegiate and student-athletes always should have been paid. . 4. I learned Every thing about Business from Fishing with my Dad.

Description: Vince Thompson is one of the top sports, collegiate, NIL and event marketing and brand builders in the world. He founded and has led for 26, including representing The Coca-Cola Company for their sports sponsorships, where he and his company MELT managed billions of dollars of their sports investments. MELT also activated over 10,000 events for Coca-Cola. He created March Madness Music in 2003; activated 8 seasons of ESPN GameDay and more. He also helped create and produce the famous AFLAC Duck and Coach Nick Saban television campaign. He has also mentored 1000s of college and high school students through his world-class MELT University, based on his experience of working his way through Auburn University as a Student Assistant in The Auburn University Sports Information Department during the hey day of Bo Jackson and Charles Barkley. Vince has also started and sold a successful podcast "Crain & Cone", which he sold to The Daily Wire and Ben Shapiro, prior to the acquisition, the show was streamed on Colin Cowherd's The Volume. He is also an expert on Name, Image and Likeness, having been a forceful advocate for paying collegiate and student-athletes for many years.

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