Halftime Snacks

Today's Snack features Sathish Chittibabu. Sathish is originally from India, and he lives today in Chicago.

He’s the CEO and Co-Founder of Fanisko.

At Fanisko, they aim to help sports brands increase engagement with their fans through digital activations and create new revenue opportunities.

We snacked about sports technology, fan engagement, sales, the sports business, and so much more!

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Joining today's episode is Jimmy Law.

Jimmy has tons of experience in the financial industry under different roles, including investment banking, trading, quantitative finance, and more. Additionally, he worked for three years as a data scientist for the sports streaming company DAZN.

Today, he's the co-founder of GameOn Active – a company that is looking to help everyone play more sports through digitizing the entire process of organizing grassroots sports gatherings.

We snacked about corporate finance, the future of grassroots sports, the biggest failure (and lesson) in GameOn, the COVID-19 pandemic, business strategy, and so much more.

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Today's episode features Bryan Finnerty. Bryan is an experienced real estate investor and entrepreneur who has had a very active role in the sports industry throughout the years.

Today, Bryan is the CEO of V1 Sports – the world leader in video swing analysis software to improve the performance of golfers.

V1 is used by more than 17K PGA golf professionals, and their app has over 2 million downloads.

Bryan also runs Opportunity Seed Capital – an entity that invests in sports and technology, offers consulting services, and takes an active role in society as a foundation that strives to help different communities.

We snacked about habits that make you smarter, healthier, and wealthier, the strategy to take V1 Sports from good to great, investing in sports and technology through Opportunity Seed, giving back to the community, and so much more.

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Today's Snack features Daniel Hennes.

Daniel is the CEO and co-founder of Engage (the Airbnb of events). This company digitizes the process of booking athletes and talent for anything from a speech to a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

They currently work with over 2000 athletes, speakers, and agents, including Terrell Owens, David Ortiz, Bo Jackson, and more.

In our conversation, we talked about athletes and agents, the booking industry, the challenges of coordinating events, and so much more.

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Our guest today is Quin Sandler, a serial entrepreneur who has founded companies in online learning, coaching, and digital branding.

Quin has over 12 years of experience in the wearables technology industry, and today, he's the CEO and co-founder of Plantiga – a startup looking to optimize human performance, resilience, and recovery by monitoring and analyzing biomechanics.

In our conversation, we snacked about entrepreneurship, skills and career development, Plantiga’s product, the future of human performance, and so much more.

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Today's episode features KJ Bryant. KJ is one of the co-founders of NARP Clothing — a marketplace that gives former student-athletes the opportunity to profit off their name, image, and likeness by selling their owned apparel.

They help student-athletes monetize years of hard work through their platform.

KJ is also a former NCAA baseball player from Clemson and College of Charleston.

In our snack, we talked about inspiration to start a business, applied technology, opportunities and experiences created by NARP, its business model, and so much more.

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Today’s Halftime Snack is a bit different. I invited Robert Gevertz —former guest of the show— to talk about the European Super League.

Robert is a sports consultant from the UK who worked with Manchester City, Sky Sports, and other relevant brands in the industry.

In our snack, we answer questions like:

What is the European Super League?

How was the European Super League idea triggered?

Why is the European Super League not a viable solution?

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Today’s episode features Sean Leary, also known as "the Mark Zuckerberg of sports."

Sean founded Sports Thread — the social network for athletes — when he was 22 years old.

Sports Thread started as a platform for athletes and coaches to connect, network, and find scholarships. And it has grown to add a Software-as-a-Service solution for youth sports events.

The app has a network of over half a million users, and it has disrupted the youth sports industry by monetizing its platform through advertising.

Sean is also a former Division I baseball player for Oral Roberts University and won two NCAA conference championships.

Additionally, he recently received recognition by Yahoo Finance as one of the Top 10 Entrepreneurs To Watch Out For In 2021.

In our conversation, we snacked about being a professional athlete, the story and focus of Sports Thread, recruitment, covid, technology, and more.

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Today’s Halftime Snack features Max Montrey — a former Microsoft engineer and product manager who's passionate about baseball, data, and the computer vision side of sports.

He dropped his career at Microsoft to co-found and become CEO of a massive business called SportsTrace.

SportsTrace is a company that provides data and insights to coaches and athletes in a digestible format to improve the mechanics of their movements.

In our conversation, we snacked about Microsoft, computer vision technology in sports, product management, data, and so much more.

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Today's Halftime Snack features Steve Hall. Steve is a former banker and private equity expert who worked at Goldman, Citi, and EHF Capital.

Today, he's the CEO & Commissioner of the American Ultimate Disc League, and he's also the co-owner of a team in the disc league called Atlanta Hustle.

The American Ultimate Disc League is the only professional Ultimate sports league in North America, and they currently have 21 teams.

In our chat, we snacked about private equity, Ultimate Frisbee, owning and running a professional sports team, the role of technology in developing a professional league, diversity, and so much more.

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