PROFESSIONAL
What I like …
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| MacKay doesn’t just sell kinesiology tape — he shows up at events to tape athletes.
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■ An insight: “Understanding human needs is half the job of meeting them.”
■ An influential person in my career: Leadership and productivity author Stephen R. Covey.
■ An out-of-the-box idea: Create a website where people can freely share ideas and anyone can access them and create around them.
■ A timeless idea: You can’t possibly know everything. Hire enough smart people
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around you and, collectively, you can know almost everything.
■ A sports facility: AT&T Stadium.
■ A sports event: NCAA Final Four.
■ A strategy: Success only lasts so long. You have to always be looking for the next best thing. Successful companies continue to create even when business is booming.
John MacKay
Co-founder and CEO
KT Tape
■ Where I’m from: Alpine, Utah
■ Where I Went to School: B.S. in accounting, Arizona State University
■ My First Job: Janitor
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A hire:
Hiring a CFO to bring financial discipline to a business.
■ A brand: Nike.
■ A trend: Mobility.
■ An innovation: Active lifestyle innovations that help treat injuries while allowing people to remain active.
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■ A pro league or team business initiative: KT Tape’s partnership with U.S. Soccer.
■ A story that bears watching: The Koh Panyee floating football (soccer) field built by young fans living on a little island in the south of Thailand. They challenged naysayers and became a great inspiration for new generations to the island. Dream big. Think outside the box.
■ An idea or invention I wish I had thought of: Siri.
■ A fantasy job: Running sports camps for underprivileged children.
What I like about …
■ My job: Encouraging growth and development and then seeing people succeed.
■ Sports: Competition, sportsmanship. I love how it builds character.
■ Sports business: You get to work with people who enjoy doing what they do each day.
■ Sports media: Helps bring human drama to the front lines of the story.
■ Sports technology: I love how you can watch any sport — any time.
■ Competing: Competition brings out the best in everyone.
■ The future of sports business: Sports provides us with the largest platform to connect with clients. This platform will continue to grow and its influence expand.
What I would like to …
■ See more of in sports: Better sportsmanship.
■ See less of in sports: Rancor.
■ Eliminate: Commercial breaks.
What I don’t like …
■ In general: Missing goals, objectives, deadlines, expectations.
■ Pet peeve: People who make indefensible statements.
■ In sports: Poor sportsmanship.
PERSONAL
What I like …
■ People: People who are accountable.
■ About myself: I love working in the trenches right beside the employees at KT Tape. I often go to events to tape people, and I’m right there on the ground kneeling and taping.
■ Players: Tom Brady.
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■ Teams: BYU football.
■ City: Vancouver, British Columbia.
■ Possession: My boat.
■ Memento: Basketball signed by the 2002-03 Utah Jazz basketball team, which was the last year John Stockton and Karl Malone played together.
■ Time of year: Summer for golf, tennis and boating.
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■ Music: Country.
■ Authors: John Grisham.
■ Magazines: Car and Driver.
■ Apps: TD Ameritrade, ESPN.
■ Chores: Cleaning out the garage.
■ Hobbies: Home improvement.
■ Trips: Scuba diving and going to the beach.
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■ Movies: “White House Down.”
■ TV: “Shark Tank,” home improvement shows.
■ Artist: Ansel Adams.
■ Food: Beef.
■ Dessert: Crème brûlée.
■ Drink: Root beer.
■ Scent: The smell of cows.
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Vacation spots:
The Outer Banks of North Carolina.
■ Cars: Dodge Ram truck.
■ Aftershave: Gillette.
■ Singer: Kenny Chesney.
■ Quote: “You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else,” Albert Einstein.
