Mark J Burns

Mark Burns is a sports business and media free agent. He was previously a senior writer at SportTechie.com where he covered everything from eSports and virtual reality to digital media, mobile, tech innovation and entrepreneurship.

Mark is also a sports business contributor with Forbes' SportsMoney Blog where he covers the sports business beat and related topics, including sales, marketing, sponsorship, agency, social media, technology and more. At Forbes, he has written over 100 articles in two years, which have accumulated 500,000+ page views. He was recently named a Forbes '30 Under 30' for its Sports category in 2016.

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