Ep. 53 introduces you to Alex Dubin, founder of BettorOff, which is a platform for verified sports wagering tips and information. Hear Alex discuss: His past experience working in the betting space, including as co-founder of an esports data company that was acquired by SportsGrid His view of the pick-selling landscape, and “the incongruence between sports betting tips on the consumer side and on the producer side” Why he has decided to position BettorOff against Twitter, and why he thinks that ...
Dec 30, 2022•31 min•Ep. 55
Ep. 52 introduces you to the cofounders of WagerWire, the marketplace for sports bets. Zach Doctor, Guy Dotan, and Travis Geiger join to discuss: How the idea of “a marketplace for active sports bets” pulled the 3 friends away from their respective careers to co-found WagerWire Their vision for how WagerWire will change betting from something that “was once a risk class now becoming an asset class” Why they decided on a B2B2C go-to-market strategy, and how they’re driving consumer awareness of t...
Dec 22, 2022•31 min•Ep. 54
Ep. 51 introduced you to Jason Tauriello, co-founder and COO of Gambl.io, which is gaming 3.0. Hear him discuss: His 20+ year background working in the betting industry, including his first job working for a former runner of Billy Walters How he sees blockchain technology driving innovation in betting, and the specific problems with the status quo that blockchain solves His experience building a blockchain betting product during the 2017 crypto bull run, launching an ICO, and the main lessons he...
Dec 13, 2022•41 min•Ep. 53
Ep. 50 introduces you to Bo Grey from Wager Score, which puts responsible gaming in the hands of bettors. Hear him discuss: Why as a parent, he didn’t think there were sufficient consumer protections for children in a regulated US betting market, which drove him to found Wager Score His vision for creating “a uniform risk score for gaming that consumers can understand”, akin to a credit score Why he believes that the Wager Score concept is perfectly positioned to appeal to the Gen Z demographic ...
Dec 11, 2022•30 min•Ep. 52
Ep. 49 introduces you to Matt Peterson, co-founder & CEO of Tallysight, which is the all-in-one audience monetization platform for sports gaming. Hear him discuss: How he became interested in entrepreneurship and found his way into the tech industry after reading ‘Zero to One’ by Peter Thiel How Tallysight’s ‘business in a box’ is helping sports betting content creators to distribute and monetize content using its no-code tools How he validated the gap in the market through cold outreach to ...
Dec 02, 2022•24 min•Ep. 51
Ep. 48 introduces you to Jamie MItchell, co-founder & CEO of Low6, which is an award-winning free-to-play games supplier. Hear him discuss: How Low6 is differentiating in the free-to-play category, including through the use of web3 technologies His background bootstrapping his previous business, and how that experience influenced his decision to raise capital for Low6 to “grow more aggressively” How he sees the esports opportunity for operators, and why “it is not going anywhere” Pivoting pl...
Nov 24, 2022•28 min•Ep. 50
Ep. 47 introduces you to Aaron Basch and Evan Fisher from Sparket, which is the Social Betwork. Hear them discuss: Their history as high-school friends leading the math club, and how fantasy football kept them connected after high school until they reunited to start Sparket in 2019 How their parimutuel social betting platform allows operators to offer "different markets without taking exposure” Why they are trying to build experiences for "demographics that have traditionally not participated” i...
Nov 05, 2022•27 min•Ep. 49
Ep. 46 introduces you to Brian Kipp from OwnersBox, which is the home of SuperFlex DFS & Lightning Lineups. Hear him discuss: Launching a sports information product in 2012 and growing it to 50,000 users before pivoting to fantasy sports in 2018 Why he thinks that fantasy sports “produces the most loyal user base” of all categories within the wider betting and gaming ecosystem How OwnersBox is innovating within fantasy sports, including its unique ‘Lightning Lineups’ which aims to simplify t...
Oct 27, 2022•32 min•Ep. 45
Ep. 45 introduces you to Colin Davy, founder of Betscope, which provides betting intelligence for intelligent bettors. Hear him discuss: Being selected as one of 5 finalists to pitch live at the recent G2E Innovation Challenge, and what it meant to be named winner by the judging panel The story of being a contestant on Jeopardy, and how he used his data science background to prepare for it - which ultimately led to him winning The importance of “incorporating a price discovery routine” when bett...
Oct 25, 2022•30 min•Ep. 48
Ep. 44 introduces you to Alexander Kane, founder and CEO of Sporttrade, which is America’s most dynamic sports betting platform where sports betting meets stock trading. Hear him discuss: Their highly anticipated launch last month in New Jersey, and what the most surprising thing has been so far since going live Why he decided not to use traditional odds display formats on Sporttrade, and why he believes that the “Sporttrade format” are the most intuitive odds for people to understand The import...
Oct 20, 2022•39 min•Ep. 46
Ep. 43 introduces you to Todd Ballard, co-founder and CMO of ALT Sports Data, which provides proprietary trading solutions focused on alternative sports. Hear him discuss: His experience as an early employee at GoPro, and the journey of going from startup through to IPO The world of alternative sports, and what makes their billion-plus fans “a highly engaged, passionate audience group” How he and his co-founder validated the idea for ALT Sports Data, which included some brief consideration to th...
Oct 18, 2022•29 min•Ep. 44
Ep. 42 introduces you to Leigh Nissim, founder and CEO of Future Anthem, which uses data and AI to personalise the player experience for everyone. Hear him discuss: How he saw the opportunity for personalization during his time leading the digital businesses of both IGT and Scientific Games Why most companies struggle with personalization despite it being high on their agendas Raising a multi-million dollar Series A round for Future Anthem, and why he considers that milestone to be “the end of t...
Oct 05, 2022•31 min•Ep. 43
Ep. 41 introduces you to Rob Klages and Kevin Kamto from AthleteX. Hear them discuss: Some of the core ideological concepts behind crypto and blockchain technology Their philosophical principles of transparency, openness, and fairness, and why only blockchain technology could enable those within the AthleteX platform Why "tokenized fantasy sports was always an intuitive idea", and how a hackathon initially gave them the opportunity to explore it The challenges of UX in web3, and what needs to be...
Sep 29, 2022•32 min•Ep. 42
Ep. 40 is guest hosted by Lloyd Danzig from Sharp Alpha Advisors, who introduces you to Nik Bonaddio, founder and CEO of BigBrain. Hear Nik discuss: Appearing as a contestant on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, winning $100,000, and quitting his job the next day to pursue his first startup Launching Numberfire as Moneyball for fantasy sports , and scaling it to $2m in revenue before exiting to Fanduel in 2015 His experience working as Fanduel’s Chief Product Officer, and why after 4+ years he “wan...
Sep 21, 2022•32 min•Ep. 41
Ep. 39 introduces you to Rob Pizzola, co-founder of The Hammer Betting Network, which is the industry leader in providing trusted sports betting content. Hear him discuss: His journey as a longtime betting content creator, and one of “the OG’s of Gambling Twitter” The grind of betting professionally at scale over several years, and why he “would give up sports betting in a second” if he could Why he believes in being price sensitive when betting on sports, and how that belief led him to become c...
Sep 14, 2022•34 min•Ep. 40
Ep. 38 introduces you to Michael Zavagno, co-founder and CEO of TopProp Fantasy, which is the next generation of daily fantasy sports. Hear him discuss: Why he believes that TopProp’s head-to-head fantasy contests will “bring that competitiveness” back to fantasy sports The learnings from launching last NFL season as a web-only product, and how that helped shape the recently-launched TopProp mobile app The importance of intuitive UX, and how the app’s swipe-based mechanic has helped TopProp attr...
Sep 08, 2022•23 min•Ep. 39
Ep. 37 introduces you to Kenneth Giles, co-founder and CEO of SimBull, which is the stock market for sports. Hear him discuss: Leaving his “very stable nine to five job” as an actuary and why he decided to follow in his family’s path of entrepreneurship How he came up with the concept of a sports stock market, which he believes can grow into a standalone category alongside betting and fantasy Taking a contrarian approach by focusing on longer-term markets at a time when microbetting is attractin...
Sep 02, 2022•29 min•Ep. 38
Ep. 36 introduces you to Ross Fruin, co-founder and CEO of GridRival, which is the home screen for race fans. Hear him discuss: How GridRival acquired 22,000 users within the first 5 days after launching, and how product virality helped it scale it to over 180,000 users in the first year GridRival’s progression from season-long fantasy into DFS, and what he’s thinking about as the next step in his long-term plan The challenges of the quickly changing data landscape within motorsports, and why he...
Aug 26, 2022•31 min•Ep. 36
Ep. 35 introduces you to Cooper Lycan from SoBet, a sports betting media platform that publishes sports betting content from independent experts. Hear him discuss: SoBet’s origins as a peer-to-peer betting product, which he pivoted into a premium content platform after learning about the challenges of “the liquidity issue” His take on the creator economy and why it’s important to build a platform that allows creators to remain independent His experience raising money in the current environment, ...
Aug 18, 2022•26 min•Ep. 35
Ep. 34 introduces you to Dean Sisun and Jake Benzaquen from Prophet Exchange, which is the US sports betting exchange. Hear them discuss: Moving to the UK to build experience in a regulated market where betting exchanges are a mature product category Their impending product launch in New Jersey, and what it means to each of them to reach this milestone after four years of effort The need to educate US customers on the benefits of using an exchange, and their focus on “building the most simple pr...
Aug 11, 2022•34 min•Ep. 34
Ep. 33 introduces you to Brent Winston, co-founder and CEO of BetSwap, which is the most efficient, fully integrated, secondary marketplace technology for sportsbooks and platform providers. Hear him discuss: His recent experience winning the First Pitch competition at the SBC Summit North America event How BetSwap’s secondary marketplace for sports bets complements existing cashout features to the benefit of both bettors and operators Being met with skepticism by trading teams during the B2B sa...
Aug 04, 2022•28 min•Ep. 33
Ep. 32 introduces you to Will Armitage and Phillip Stritzke from BestOdds.com, the destination for US bettors. Hear them discuss: The advantage it provides to build a new brand with a category-defining domain name that “is part of the vernacular” Their views on the affiliate landscape in the US market, and why the trend towards consolidation of affiliates “does make sense” The advice they have for new aspiring affiliates to best navigate the compliance path in the regulated US market The main cu...
Aug 02, 2022•28 min•Ep. 32
Ep. 31 introduces you to Ben Cary, co-founder and CEO of CapWize, which combines expert human opinion with cutting-edge simulation models to help bettors make smarter picks. Hear him discuss: His 2 key takeaways from the SBC Summit North America event, and what those might mean for the future of the North American betting and iGaming industry Being selected as one of five finalists to present at the SBC First Pitch competition, and how that platform helped him make valuable new connections How h...
Jul 20, 2022•30 min•Ep. 31
Ep. 30 introduces you to Sanjay Thakur, co-founder & CEO of Verdict MMA, which is the engagement platform for Mixed Martial Arts. Hear him discuss: How a controversial judge’s decision in a UFC fight sparked the idea for Verdict, which started as a passion project with his high school friends Why MMA as a sport is known for its passionate fans, and how Verdict was able to tap into that passion to acquire over 100k users Verdict’s recent launch of real-money fantasy sports, and why it made se...
Jul 07, 2022•29 min•Ep. 30
Ep. 29 introduces you to Brady Sharp, co-founder & CEO of BroThrow, a patent-pending, social sports betting network. Hear him discuss: The importance of establishing trust amongst users, and the need to build constraints in the product to enforce social accountability Why the peer-to-peer model used by BroThrow makes it exempt from sports betting regulations, despite the fact that users are betting real money The marketing channel that allowed BroThrow to successfully acquire its users, whic...
Jun 30, 2022•24 min•Ep. 29
Ep. 28 introduces you to Zac Litwack, partner at Savage Ventures which is a venture operator that invests in, acquires, and operates high growth digital-first businesses. Hear him discuss: Savage Ventures’ unique model being a “venture operator”, and how it is differentiated from more traditional venture investment firms The opportunity they saw to apply their growth marketing expertise to the sports betting vertical, which led to them being Fanduel’s #1 affiliate during the 2020 NFL season How ...
Jun 23, 2022•24 min•Ep. 28
Ep. 27 introduces you to Thomas Willomitzer, founder and CEO of SnapOdds, "the Shazam for sports betting" that makes it easier for people to find and place bets while watching games live. Hear him discuss: His past startup experiences as co-founder of Last.fm (acquired for $280m) and identity verification platform Jumio How he got the idea for creating 'the Shazam for sports' while watching the Superbowl with friends, which catalyzed the journey of developing the underlying computer vision techn...
Jun 17, 2022•26 min•Ep. 27
Ep. 26 introduces you to Robin MacDonald, co-founder and managing partner of Rubik Talent, which cultivates smart, diverse talent for global iGaming, PayTech & FinTech enterprises. Hear him discuss: The unique way that Rubik is developing talent with specialized skills specific to the iGaming industry, and how it is helping to deploy that talent into partner organizations Why Rubik prefers to work with industry employers that “have a long-term view of the skills” they want to develop within ...
Jun 10, 2022•30 min•Ep. 26
Ep. 25 introduces you to Pete Smaluck, founder and CEO of props.cash, which is the most comprehensive and effective player prop research tool on the market. Hear him discuss: His former career as an elementary school math teacher, and how his passion for finding intuitive ways to teach math has influenced the props.cash product How he developed math learning software using NBA data, and how he pivoted that software from education to become a props research tool that ultimately became props.cash ...
Jun 09, 2022•29 min•Ep. 25
Ep. 24 introduces you to Benjie Cherniak, principal at Avenue H Capital, which invests in some of the most promising betting industry startups. Hear him discuss: His transition from operating businesses to investing in them, and what he misses most about his days at Don Best The importance of having founder/investor alignment of vision and ensuring both are "rowing the boat in the same direction" How he's thinking about the current macroeconomic headwinds, and what downstream impact he sees for ...
May 25, 2022•32 min•Ep. 24
