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Jeff Freedman

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Chief Operating Officer at Grandstand
📍 United States

Jeff is the COO at Grandstand, a platform focused on helping athletes build their brand and community. He is a commercial and growth operations executive with experience at Skillz, Ticketmaster, and CLEAR. He earned his MBA from Columbia Business School. Colleagues describe him as innovative, strategic, dependable, and a powerful thinker.

Outside of his core role, Jeff is passionate about mentoring startup founders on their go-to-market strategies at accelerators like Techstars and The Cedars-Sinai Accelerator. His interests lie at the intersection of sports, media, and entertainment, following companies like Sony Pictures and The Walt Disney Company.

Jeff was recently named one of Inc. Magazines Best in Business for 2024 in the Business Leaders category.

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Experience
4 Years
Current Role
Chief Operating Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
United States
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Athlete Empowerment
His work at Grandstand and recent focus involves helping athletes build their personal brands, tell their stories, and monetize their fandom, particularly addressing pay disparities.
Startup Mentorship
Actively mentors founders at Techstars and The Cedars-Sinai Accelerator, demonstrating a commitment to helping early-stage companies with commercial and go-to-market strategy.
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Career

Work history

Chief Operating Officer
Grandstand
Fractional CxO and Advisory Board Member
JSF Advisory
7-2022
Startup Mentor / Lead Mentor
Techstars
5-2022
Startup Mentor
The Cedars-Sinai Accelerator
11-2020 - 12-2021
VP Commercial, Global Head of Business Development & Growth Strategy
Skillz Inc.
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Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Columbia Business School
BA
University of California, Berkeley
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