Halftime Snacks

Today's Halftime Snacks features Santosh Vuppala – expert in software and product development from India who's passionate about building solutions for people.

Santosh once led the development of a renewable energy platform that helped over 50,000 people and built a digital product that gave access to educational experiments to high school students.

Today, he's the co-founder of HomeGround – a platform that helps grassroots cricket players and coaches with instant analytics, recommendations, and expert feedback on their training sessions.

We talked about the power of code and software, the technology, value, business model, roadmap, projects, and vision of HomeGround.

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Today we’re snacking with Fernanda Rojtenberg – the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Colosseum Sport.

Fernanda has vast experiences in content creation, campaigns, and digital marketing with years of a solid background in the sports and fashion industries.

Colosseum is an innovation group based in Tel Aviv that provides technology, tools, and exposure to help grow the sports technology ecosystem in Israel and worldwide.

We talked about marketing as a strategy in sports and tech, how it is different from other industries (particularly fashion), the local and global strategy for Colosseum, and so much more.

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Today's Halftime snack features the Head of Marketing & Strategy at Mint.

Matt has two decades of digital content and marketing experience, and he has worked with many of the world's largest brands such as the NBA, the New York Mets, and more.

Mint is an end-to-end NFTs technology platform for brands, sports leagues, and teams to create and manage NFT experiences. The platform includes a customizable storefront, NFT viewer and wallet, secondary marketplace, community, and engagement features.

We talked about the transition of content & digital strategies in sports, the opportunities from NFTs as a digital strategy for brands, how and why Mint will unlock the next big thing in Web3 and Sports, and much more.

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This episode features a very spicy Halftime Snack with Fernando Mendivil.

Fernando is a Mexican entrepreneur who’s extremely passionate about sports and solutions through technology.

Today, he's the CEO & co-founder of Pitz – a platform that combines video and commentary technology to enable the soccer community to generate viral content and connect to sponsors.

I talked with Fernando about the pain and solution that Pitz addresses, different opportunities in the sponsorships and 'creator economy' markets, the potential, challenges, and roadmap for Pitz, and much more.

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Today's Halftime Snack features Konstantin Sonkin – expert in computer science, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence.

Konstantin has researched for over a decade neuroscience and artificial intelligence and has a Ph.D. in Computer Science and postdoctoral studies in AI.

He's the CEO & co-founder of i-BrainTech – an AI-powered brain-training platform that enhances the performance of athletes in sports. 

Their video game trains the athletes' minds by developing skills related to planning and executing sports actions. They currently offer the solution for soccer, began developing one for basketball, and aim to expand to other verticals.

We talked about Konstantin's transition from academia to sports, the science and logic behind i-BrainTech, the future of i-BrainTech, alternative neuro-training methods, and technology for sports and healthcare.

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Today's Halftime Snack features Michael Schneider – a serial entrepreneur and startup founder who has had two successful exits so far in his career.

Today, he's the founder of Break Stuff – an AI-driven and Blockchain-based shop for sports card collectors and investors. The platform offers a complete digital ecosystem that includes a social network, a marketplace, and an AI-grading tool for cards.

We discussed collectibles, NFTs, the behind-the-scenes of Break Stuff, and why it is the next big thing.

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Our guest of the Halftime Snacks today is Miguel Angel Leal.

Miguel has over 25 years of experience in the telecommunications and IT markets, and he's an expert in digital transformations, growth, and profitability through technology.

Today, he's the CEO of LaLiga Tech – an entity created by LaLiga that aims to build and develop the products that will push the sports industry further into a digital transformation.

Broadly, the products of LaLiga Tech focus on fan engagement, content enhancement, and competition management. LaLiga and its clubs have used this ecosystem successfully over the past five years.

We talked about the goals and plans Miguel has for LaLiga Tech, the position of sports in the digital transformation, opportunities, threats, and challenges around fan engagement, content enhancement, competition management, and so much more.

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Today's episode features Paul Astley. Paul is an expert in high-performance sports events, strategy, and venue operations.

Paul has been involved in sports as an elite athlete, instructor, and strategist all his life.

His experience includes advising Adidas, venue management for the Euro of 2020, operations for the FIFA world cup of 2022, and many more projects worldwide.

We talked about the culture and values of event planners, the process of planning and delivering macro events, challenges that emerged from COVID-19, how technology aids operations and logistics, and much more!

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Today’s Halftime Snack features Lloyd Danzig. He is one of the leaders driving the disruption and innovation of the sports industry.

Today, Lloyd is the managing partner of Sharp Alpha Advisors – a venture capital firm focused on sports betting and online gaming technologies.

He recently raised a $10 million fund through Sharp Alpha Advisors to invest in seed and Series A sports betting start-ups.

We talked about the operations & dynamics of a VC firm in sports, the purpose and plan for the latest 10 million dollar fund, and finally discussed online sports betting, fantasy sports, digital collectibles, and more.

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Joining the snack from Australia is Adam Mussa – the founder of Campaignware.

Campaignware is a free platform that helps brands and rights holders by creating highly engaging, digital interactive content that helps them grow their fanbase, gather insights, and activate their sponsors.

They help brands through different creative tools such as quizzes, trivia, polling, surveys, user-generated content, and more – everything at a low cost with no code required.

They’ve helped many brands and sponsors such as the NRL, NBL, Rugby League World Cup, A-League, Western Bulldogs, and many more.

We talked about digital marketing and social media, the fundamentals of understanding an audience, how technology empowers brands and sponsors, the journey and future of digital marketing, and more.

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