On Campus Sports Network, Inc.

Very high growth, very low cost New Media publisher of college sports coverage reaching 175M fans in a $32 Billion digital media industry.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Media and Entertainment
  • Location Cincinnati, OH, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded October 2011
  • Employees 4
  • Website OnCampusSports.com

Company Summary

OCS is a high-growth, high-margin New Media publisher featuring the media’s largest team of unpaid sports journalism interns. These credentialed campus-based journalists publish original college sports content at a very low cost, affording us the luxury to expand without incurring added expenses. Revenue is generated by selling premium advertising and corporate sponsorship space to businesses who target our highly coveted demographic.

Team

  • Rayo Nulsen
    President

    Mr. Nulsen has held leadership roles with privately-held technology firms and international publishing companies. Responsible for business development, branding and sales strategy, he has contributed to substantial revenue growth at every level. Mr. Nulsen is also a published journalist and a member of SPJ. He is currently serving as a mentor with the University of Michigan Center for Entrepreneurship.

  • Fred Reeder
    Executive Editor

    The Advanced Placement composition teacher for 12 years at a National Blue Ribbon high school has been featured in Time magazine for his creation and management of a major journalism project. Mr. Reeder has also won national awards from the prestigious Columbia University Scholastic Press Association for his yearbook staff’s content, photography and layout design.

  • Tarek Kamil
    Board Member

    Mr. Kamil successfully built WhatIfSports.com from an idea to 500K members, beating out ESPN.com as the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences “Sports Site of the Year” in 2005. He orchestrated partnerships with ESPN, Fox Sports, MLB, NBA, and the NHL, ultimately serving as VP of Fox Interactive Media. Mr. Kamil is currently the Executive Director of InfoMotion Sports and serves on advisory boards that assist and mentor local startups.

  • Michael Dittelman
    Manager of Partnerships and Ad Networks

    Mostly concentrated to selling, promoting and marketing sports properties (league, teams, venues) and sports media brands, Michael's professional experience has taken him from a direct response customer acquisition and brand marketing role at Sports Illustrated to a media sales position at USA Today's Baseball Weekly magazine, to the job of Marketing Director for Sporting News. Specialties: Sports marketing, advertising, and branding.

  • Ryan Kanzeg
    SEO and Technology Expert

    Responsibilities:
    1. Website coding (HTML/CSS/Javascript, any server side language PHP, .Net)
    2. SEO/SEM coding of website to make it more SEO friendly
    3. Web/App Server configuration
    4. Technical recommendations on which technologies, platforms, etc to be used by On Campus Sports
    5. Finding and vetting any other technology professionals On Campus Sports decides necessary to outsource if desired.
    6. Database development and maintenance.
    7.

Advisors

  • James Zimmerman: Taft, Stettinius, & Hollister
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • Friends & Family
    Unconfirmed

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