In this episode we interview James Corcoran. James is currently the Head of Product at Mobalytics, a gaming analytics company based in Santa Monica. He previously founded stage.gg, a site that was essentially the ESPN of the gaming world that published information on everything esports. Stage.gg was acquired by Mobalytics in 2017 and has since ceased operation. We talked with James about his inspiration for starting stage.gg, how it became such a rapid success, and why he chose to go the acquisition route as opposed to raising money and continuing to work on stage.gg

If you’re interested in the esports industry, then have a listen because we really get into the nitty gritty on this one.