In 2021, Ben Reynolds and Spalk raised a $3M Series A round which included several notable athlete investors and was headed by Greg Normanās venture arm.Ā
Spalk has developed a unique commentary software that allows you to listen to alternative sportscasters with options in over 50 different languages.Ā
A native of New Zealand, it was fun to talk with Ben about turning a side project into a full-time business, scaling globally, and a bunch of other insightful topics around entrepreneurship, the future of sports, and Spalk.Ā
Chapters:
(01:00) Global expansion of sports (and Netflixās impact)
(03:15) Where the idea for Spalk stemmed fromĀ
(06:25) Scaling a company globallyĀ
(13:40) Differences in sports leagues around the world
(15:45) Artificial Intelligenceās influenceĀ
(22:00) Challenges + learnings of building a companyĀ
(24:00) Importance of athlete investors
(28:45) Spalkās ultimate vision + sports trends to watch
.
Ben Reynolds links:
Website: https://www.spalk.tv/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/benreynoldsnz
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benreynoldsnz/
.
Andrew Petcash links:
š Website: https://profluence.com
āļø Newsletter: https://www.petcashpost.com
š Podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrewpetcash
š£ Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrewpetcash
šŗ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewpetcash
šø Instagram: https://instagram.com/andrewpetcash
š¼ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewpetcash/
š„ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3q5jhAuCVT2FZCkLW5xBiQ/
.
Thanks for listening!
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In 2021, Ben Reynolds and Spalk raised a $3M Series A round which included several notable athlete investors and was headed by Greg Normanās venture arm.Ā
Spalk has developed a unique commentary software that allows you to listen to alternative sportscasters with options in over 50 different languages.Ā
A native of New Zealand, it was fun to talk with Ben about turning a side project into a full-time business, scaling globally, and a bunch of other insightful topics around entrepreneurship, the future of sports, and Spalk.Ā
Chapters:
(01:00) Global expansion of sports (and Netflixās impact)
(03:15) Where the idea for Spalk stemmed fromĀ
(06:25) Scaling a company globallyĀ
(13:40) Differences in sports leagues around the world
(15:45) Artificial Intelligenceās influenceĀ
(22:00) Challenges + learnings of building a companyĀ
(24:00) Importance of athlete investors
(28:45) Spalkās ultimate vision + sports trends to watch
.
Ben Reynolds links:
Website: https://www.spalk.tv/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/benreynoldsnz
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benreynoldsnz/
.
Andrew Petcash links:
š Website: https://profluence.com
āļø Newsletter: https://www.petcashpost.com
š Podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrewpetcash
š£ Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrewpetcash
šŗ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewpetcash
šø Instagram: https://instagram.com/andrewpetcash
š¼ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewpetcash/
š„ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3q5jhAuCVT2FZCkLW5xBiQ/
.
Thanks for listening!
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