The Upside Newsletter

This week we had the honor to interview Mert Ergeneci, co-founder of Neurocess , a leading sports tech startup that produces sensors to assess injuries. Here is a video illustrating Neurocess’ sensor based solution to assess players’ injuries. Video: Neurocess Neurocess  offers services as a wearable technology product that increases the training performance and reduces the risk of injury. Its pro...

This week we had the honor to interview Mohammad Ali Abbaspour, CEO of Sponixtech , a leading sports-tech startup that build technologies for clubs, leagues and broadcasters, to enhance the fan experience and monetize content for right-holders. Here is a video illustrating Sponixtech’s immersive replay and virtual advertising technologies. Video: Sponixtech Picture: Sponixtech 📝Show Notes:  Throu...

This week we had the honor to interview Jesse Richman, a 7 times world champion and 2 times king of the air in pro kite surfing. Jesse lives in Maui, Hawaii. Here is a video on Jesse Richman when he won King of Air 2020. Video: Jesse Richman. 📝Show Notes:  Through this interview, we touched on how he got started in the world of pro kite surfing, his first world title, the importance of technologi...

This week we had the honor to interview again Dr. Ron Dick, associate professor of sports marketing at Duquesne University in the school of business. Ron also worked for 20 years in sports, including 15 years in the NBA with the Sixers and the Nets, and then four years in the NCAA. 📝Show Notes:  Through this interview, we touched on NIL and the NCAA new draft for student athletes’ compensation as...

This week we had the honor to interview Gagan Daga, CEO of Str8bat , a leading wearable tech startup for pro cricket teams. Show Notes:  Through this interview, we touched on his background, and his role at Str8bat. We also talked about his startup, his product, how it benefits for sports organizations. We also discussed his plans for the next 12 months, including his plan to expand into other spo...

This week we had the honor to interview Gerbert Vandenberghe, COO of Venly , a leading NFT technology enabler startup. Show Notes:  Through this interview, we touched on his background, and his role at Venly. We also talked about his startup, his product, how it benefits for sports organizations, and the impact of regulators on the NFT space. We also discussed Meta / Facebook, the metaverse space,...

This week we had the honor to interview Donato Campagnoli, Zlam CEO, a leading sports video analysis startup. Show Notes:  Through this interview, we touched on his background, and his role at Zlam. We also talked about his startup, his product, and how it benefits the tennis clubs. We also discussed his plans for the next 12 months. Video: Zlam Best Quotes:  Here’s some of the key discussion poin...

This week we had the honor to interview Sven Van de Perre, Creative Director at Tropos AR , a leading Metaverse discovery portal. Show Notes: Through this interview, we touched on his background, his role that Tropos AR. We also talked about his startup, product, how it benefits the teams and the leagues. We also discussed the NFT and Metaverse market, the killer use cases for NFT and metaverse th...

This week we had the honor to interview Marco Nunez, the former Head Athletic Trainer for the LA Lakers (NBA). Marco worked for the LA Lakers for 8 years. 📝 Show Notes: Through this interview, we touched on his background, the role that he played at the LA Lakers, the impact of COVID 19, his favorite technologies, and what made Kobe Bryant, who he worked with, so special. Best Quotes: Here’s some...

This week we had the honor to interview Sean Harrington, CEO of Notemeal , a leading online platform for nutritionists and dietitians. Notemeal currently has 215 nutritionists and 10,000+ athletes on its platform and works with 50 pro teams (NFL, NBA, NHL, NCAA, Olympic teams..). The company was recently acquired by Teamworks . Sean is now a GM at Teamworks. 📝  Show Notes: Through this interview,...

This week we had the honor to interview Jake Lush McCrum, CEO of The Rajasthan Royals , a top Indian cricket team. Show Notes: Through this interview, we touched on his background, and his role as a CEO of a top cricket team. Then we talked about how important are technologies to his organization, and which technology they use. Best Quotes: Here’s some of the key discussion points and best quotes...

This week we had the honor to interview Alex Zimmerman, VP of Personal Training, Programming & Development at Equinox , the leading operator of luxury fitness clubs. The company takes an integrative approach to high-performance living, incorporating all aspects of movement, nutrition, and regeneration, to help members maximize their potential. 📝 Show Notes: Through this interview, we touched on h...

This week we had the honor to interview David Hobbs, the Senior Director of Product Management at Mojo Vision , the leading startup building the world’s first AR Contact Lenses. Of note, Mojo Vision has raised $170M+ to date. 📝 Show Notes: Through this interview, we touched on his background, his role at Mojo Vision, as well as Mojo Vision’s plans for the next 12 months. 🚀 Best Quotes: Here’s so...

This week we had the honor to interview Ismael Fernandez, CEO of ThermoHuman , a leading company in the thermography space, which helps teams reduce muscle injuries and quantify internal load. 📝 Show Notes: Through this interview, we touched on his background, his company, your product and how it benefits the teams. We also discussed his plans for the next 12 months. 🚀 Best Quotes: Here’s some o...

This week we had the honor to interview Alexi Pianosi, the strengths and conditioning coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins, a leading NHL team. 📝 Show Notes: Through this conversation Great we touched on his background, his role at the Penguins, as well as the impact of COVID. We also discussed his top three favorite technologies. Lastly we touched on what he is  looking for when buying new technolo...

This week we had the honor to interview David Rose and Emma Barraclough, top executives of Chelsea Digital Ventures. David is the head of Chelsea Digital Ventures , and Emma is a Product owner for Blue Fuel , an elite sports nutrition company, developed with Chelsea FC .  📝 Show Notes: Through this interview, we touched on Chelsea Digital Ventures’ latest initiatives (Blue Fuel and C-score ), wha...

This week we had the honor to interview Mark French, CEO of X2 Performance . Mark is also a serial entrepreneur. 📝Show Notes:  Through this interview, we touched on his background as a serial entrepreneur ( NBC Universal , Court Grip , Mission , X2 Performance ), his company X2 Performance, as well as his relationship with Kawhi Leonard (LA Clippers/NBA, Saquon Barkley, as well as Lavonte David o...

This week we had the honor to interview again Dr. Ron Dick, associate professor of sports marketing at Duquesne University in the school of business. Ron also worked for 20 years in sports, including 15 years in the NBA with the Sixers and the Nets, and then four years in the NCAA. 📝Show Notes:  Through this interview, we touched on the state of COVID-19 now, as teams in college in the NFL, for e...

This week we have the honor to interview Machar Reid, the head of Innovation of Tennis Australia who owns the Australian Open Tennis, and the new tech fund Wildcard Ventures. 📝Show Notes:  Through the interview, we talked about Tennis Australia, his role in the organization including the Australian Open tennis and his new tech fund called Wildcard Ventures. We also got his thoughts  on how import...

This week we have the honor to interview Stan Larroque, CEO of Lynx , a leading AR+VR startup that built the world's first AR+VR hybrid headset which enables users to switch from an immersive, virtual world (VR) to an augmented reality (AR) world, and vice versa. 📝Show Notes:  Through this interview, we touched on his background, and his company, Lynx. We also talked about his product, as well as...

This week we had the honor to interview Luc Julia, Chief Scientific Officer at Renault Group , a leading automaker. Luc has worked for many years in the Silicon Valley for companies such as Apple, Siri, Samsung, and HP. 📝Show Notes:  Through this interview, we touched on his role at Renault, the future of AI, and the different types of AI. We also talked about enterpreneurship and his advice for...

This week we had the honor to interview again Dr. Ron Dick, associate professor of sports marketing at Duquesne University in the school of business. Ron also worked for 20 years in sports, including 15 years in the NBA with the Sixers and the Nets, and then four years in the NCAA. 📝Show Notes: Through this interview, we touched on the impact of COVID into sports after a year into the pandemic. W...

This week we had the honor to interview Pierre Barrieu, the Director of High Performance at Toronto FC, a top MLS team. Pierre is a highly experienced high performance director as he has worked in the US (Toronto FC, LA Galaxy, US Soccer Federation), Europe and Middle East throughout his career. Show Notes:  Throughout our conversation, we touched on his background, his role at the Toronto FC, his...

This week we had the honor to interview Alberto Maiorana, the head of licensing at Sorare , a leading NFT sport startup in soccer. Sorare is the world’s leader in the NFT football soccer space with hundreds of thousands of users. They have more than 140 soccer clubs under contract such as Real Madrid, Liverpool, PSG, Boca Juniors, and River Plate. They also work with five football leagues (Dutch L...

This week we had the honor to interview again Dr. Ron Dick, associate professor of sports marketing at Duquesne University in the school of business. Ron also worked for 20 years in sports, including 15 years in the NBA with the Sixers and the Nets, and then four years in the NCAA. We discussed how the major sports leagues (MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS cup, College sports) handled the COVID-19 pandemic duri...