The Business of Sport by Sportsfinda

Dr. Steve Horwitz is a graduate of Cornell University and the National University of Health Sciences. He was selected by the USOC to be the sole chiropractor on the US Olympic Team medical staff for the XXVI Olympiad. He has traveled internationally with USATF and consulted with several Division 1 sports programs. He was chairman of the Maryland Council on Physical Fitness, the Maryland director f...

Mr. Jaime Saltos has been working in the football industry for over 10 years providing career advisement, management, coaching, mentoring and consultations for professionals footballers & football teams around the world. FIFA Agent US Soccer Federation Agent / Intermediary Ecuadorian Football Federation Agent / Intermediary US Olympic/Paralympic Athletes' Mentor US Soccer Federation Licensed C...

Jeremy is an expert mobile developer and architect specializing in iOS, Android, and hybrid mobile Apps. He is also an expert at product development and Front End technologies. At IBM he has lead development teams at Safeway, Universal Orlando and American Express. He is also part-owner of several other apps, including Golf BPM and ShoeSwipe. Since 2011 he has led over 25 App development projects...

Ken has trained hitters at all levels of baseball and softball, from beginners to Big League players, with unprecedented success. As an associate scout for the Tampa Bay Rays (2003-2014), he focused on player development rather than the traditional role of scout. One of the most sought after hitting coaches in his area, Ken built, owned and operated three batting cages and has consulted on a numbe...

After competing for the French National Team at the Sydney Olympics, Myriam retired from Synchronized Swimming to attend business school. She worked for Accorhotels in marketing and sponsorship in France, Thailand, and Australia and eventually resumed her sporting career to compete for the Australian National Team in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Following her second retirement, Myriam combin...

Fanisko is changing the future of Digital Fan Engagement. Fanisko brings sports teams & leagues into the modern digital era, creating unforgettable moments for the 21st-century fan. Fanisko technology plugs into a team’s existing platform to power Mixed Reality fan experiences, combining AR (Augmented Reality) for gamification & activation, with Artificial Intelligence for personalization,...

Jill is a leader who creates inspiration through strategic vision alignment. Her ability to raise large sums of money to fund innovation and create shareholder value is unparalleled. Ultimately, she is a collaborative coalition builder who drives results and moves her companies' forward. Her goal is to accelerate the development of exciting new technologies and generate new applications that will...

Co-Founder and COO of FanSaves Inc. a mobile app that gives sports fans discounts and deals from the sponsors of their favorite teams, helping teams increase sponsorship sales and fan engagement. > > > "We're looking for something more digital" -Business Owner "We would like to be able to track our ROI and customer analytics" -Business Owners "We want our brand to be seen on non-game days...

Jonathan has spent the past 3 years working with the SUNY Broome Hornets hockey club after completing a broadcast degree from American Broadcasting School and finishing his Bachelors Degree at Full Sail University. Jonathan has built up his sales skills, selling advertising space on his broadcasts, as well as bringing in 8 years of experience in the minor leagues working in Merchandising/Marketing...

Geekletes is a newly opened Esports Studio located in the popular southern Dallas, sports-centric city of Desoto, TX. Home of popular athletes such as Von Miller and Errol Spence Jr. , Martin chose to relocate their Geekletes headquarters from their 1500 sq ft arena initially located in Downtown Dallas, which first launched in 2015, to the newly renovated former ITT building in DeSoto which boasts...

Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the Sports and Information Technology Industries. Strong entrepreneurial attributes, with versatile skills and experience in Sports Media, Event Management, Branding, Athlete Representation, Radio, Public and Media Relations and a variety of Digital Strategies that includes but not limited to Graphic Design, App and Web...

Kratik did his undergrad in Electronics Engineering but followed his heart to pursue a career in sports. He ended up writing for the largest soccer website in the world, marketing the biggest soccer club in India, interning with the biggest sports management company in the world and becoming a national champion with one of the most prestigious college football programs in America as a sports scien...

VFC, the first online PvP fighting game for VR.  This is Fighting Every real-world fighting & martial art move and attack is recognized in the game. The player shall perform those moves with their physical body movement: Current recognization attack types are: Jab, Cross, Hook, Cross, Uppercut, Backfist, Overhand, and more. Every movement and offensive technique is measured acco...

PJ Laferla is a sales & Marketing Executive with 19+ years of experience establishing new business partnerships and long-term relationships in the arena of sports, entertainment, broadcast media, and technology. Currently CGO at SportsInput, the web's cornerstone for sports betting statistics, data and analytics! Prior to SportsInput, was Vice President at Major League Partnerships, a start-up...

JASON CAMPBELL is a native of the Southside of Chicago who is considered by his peers as a true rose that grew from the concrete. Jason sharpened his skillset in corporate America, working in a marketing and global branding capacity for some of the world’s most prestigious Fortune 500 companies. Over the past 8 years, Jason has worked on many of your favorite athlete’s personal brands, orchestrati...

Jason moved from a technical background into the media, working for Australia's largest publishing and news companies. Then the sport bug bit while at the Seven Network. He project managed a world-first Aus Open tennis live-streaming project and the genesis of Seven's 2016 Olympics offering. He then joined the QRL, building a team that brought Queensland's premier code into the digital age. He the...

Adam Mussa is the Founder of Benchvote.com.  Australian startup Benchvote delivers innovative and proven 'fan-first' engagement solutions which captures leads, increases revenue and delivers fan insights to publishers, sports teams and their sponsors. Some of the recent sporting rights holders, brands and sponsors Benchvote has worked with include: Australia’s NBL, 2017 Rugby League World Cup...

We lead with the news that the Video Game Entertainment and New Network (VENN) raised US$17 million in seed round funding to launch a 24/7 network dedicated to esports and gaming entertainment. Rugby Australia does a partnership with Amazon where fans can use Alexa to get exclusive content, live commentary and more for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. The fourth edition of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Spor...

In a very short pod for this edition we talk: Reddit and the National Football League’s (NFL) strike a partnership. The deal will see Reddit host a monthly series of ‘Ask Me Anything’ (AMA) Q&A’s on its platform with assorted current and former players, team personnel, executives and more. Intriguingly, the NFL will also produce a digital video series featuring the guests, to be distributed on...

Melbourne are soon to open Australia’s largest, and dedicated, esports Arena at the Emporium in the city’s CBD. Set to be the largest video gaming and esports entertainment venue in the Southern Hemisphere it will be developed by Fortress Esports. Two very strong Australian sportstech companies, LIGR Systems and InteractSport, consolidate their partnership. FIFA to stream African World Cup qualifi...

Ahmad and Clint recap their time and experiences at Sports Tech Week taking in the Sports Tech Week, Startup Day and more and then ramble and argue about data, cricket and more.

 Show Notes:  Esports business Gfinity Australia is ceasing operations in November. Parent company, Here, There and Everywhere (HT&E) have cited difficulty in making this “sustainable,” profitable and getting value in the local market. We discuss if there is a problem with finding value in the esports sector in Australia? Lifting off from there, Supercars plans to keep investing in t...

 Show notes:  With the EPL kicking off this weekend, the rights in Australia are fully paywalled behind Optus. No EPL on SBS for 2019-2020 season! Then from there, Optus have said they have 700,000 active subscribing accounts watching Live & VOD football on Optus Sport. We talk about the telco’s strategy in taking on some many football rights and if it makes financial sense in our no...

 Show notes:  Fortnite World Cup is the biggest sports tech news of the week. We give shouts and ramble on about it. NBL’s new multifaceted, shared rights deal sees SBS offer the entire season via their OTT platform ‘On Demand,’ selected matches will be on free-to-air on SBS Viceland with ESPN televising 59 prime time NBL games as well under a two-year agreement. The NBL will absorb the...

Show Notes:  Cricket Australia’s participation figures have been revealed to be false according to a Fairfax investigation. The issue does speak to poor data and record keeping, and what does constitute participation? Tennis Australia and TechStars to collaborate on a sportstech accelerator and incubator in Melbourne post 2020 Australian Open. Tennis Australia is maintaining their evolution a...