Paul Leyland: DraftKing's Q4 2021 Report Analysis
🎙 Podcast #88 with Pierre Lindh and Paul Leyland, Partner at Regulus Partners On Friday 18/02/22, DraftKings released their Q4 report for 2021. Paul Leyland joined Pierre Lindh in a livestream to analyse the report. If you missed it, you can catch it again now ABOUT PAUL LEYLAND: Paul advises on economic, financial and business models in gambling and related sectors, with a focus on regulatory change. He has considerable financial analysis and M&A experience in financial services, industry and as a consultant. Prior to co-founding Regulus in 2013, Paul was Corporate Development Director at William Hill, where he as active in developing an omnichannel strategy, building more effective stakeholder relations and advising on M&A. Between 2000 and 2011, Paul was one of the first Equity Analysts to cover the online gambling sector pre-UIGEA and went on to specialise in the online, retail and supply-chain sectors with global coverage. _____ This episode of the iGaming NEXT Podcast is brought to you by: Pragmatic Solutions – Leading iGaming platform technology For more info, click here: http://pragmatic.solutions Sponsored by: Pragmatic Play - https://www.pragmaticplay.com Fast Track: https://www.fasttrack-solutions.com Yolo Group: https://yolo.com
23 Helmi 202233min
Karl Grech: Driving motivation and optimizing "wasted time"
🎙 Podcast with Heidi Lofthus and Karl Grech Karl Grech talks to our Heidi Lofthus about what drives motivation and how you can use “wasted time” for something good. Emotional Intelligence focus is on the agenda in many organizations and one way to highlight the various mindsets in a team is by introducing the Lego Serious Play design to optimize brainstorming. ABOUT KARL GRECH: As a performance coach, Karl helps mid to senior leaders enhance how they inspire, motivate and engage their team. He thrives by supporting individuals to gain confidence in their leadership role, develop habits to manage stress and bounce back from challenging situations, to achieve professional and personal success! Karl’s coaching style can be described as collaborative, practical, challenging and genuine. He has earned an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) award with the International Coaching Federation (ICF), certified in PRISM brain-mapping, and Genos Emotional Intelligence assessments. Graduated with a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in Management Consulting with the Grenoble Graduate School of Business. Karl has also achieved a diploma in Coaching & Mentoring. When he is not working, Karl can be found enjoying spending time with his family, running, circuit training, and embracing traffic as an opportunity to listen to podcasts. _____ This episode of the iGaming NEXT Podcast is brought to you by: Pragmatic Solutions – Leading iGaming platform technology For more info, click here: http://pragmatic.solutions Sponsored by: Pragmatic Play - https://www.pragmaticplay.com Fast Track: https://www.fasttrack-solutions.com Yolo Group: https://yolo.com
22 Helmi 202245min
Introducing iGaming NEXT’s new Event Director, Sam Milliken
🎙 Podcast #89 with Pierre Lindh, Rory Credland and Sam Milliken We are thrilled to welcome our new Event Director, Sam Milliken who is joining iGaming NEXT. In this podcast, we explore how our habits have changed forever due to the pandemic, and how that has affected the conference industry. We also talk about what the future holds for iGaming NEXT! _____ This episode of the iGaming NEXT Podcast is brought to you by: Pragmatic Solutions – Leading iGaming platform technology For more info, click here: http://pragmatic.solutions Sponsored by: Pragmatic Play - https://www.pragmaticplay.com Fast Track: https://www.fasttrack-solutions.com Yolo Group: https://yolo.com
21 Helmi 202248min
Michael Brady: Technology driving operational excellence
🎙In this episode Karolina talks to Michael Brady, Founder Director of Eyas Gaming about his journey in gaming over the past 22 years, on founding and scaling Bede Gaming and the recent sale of a majority stake to the Gauselmann Group. They discuss the key factors for success for a company with ambitions to become the First Choice Platform to enable Operators to maximise their offering. _____ This episode of the iGaming NEXT Podcast is hosted by Karolina Pelc, Founder and CEO at BeyondPlay and brought to you by: Pragmatic Solutions – Leading iGaming platform technology For more info, click here: http://pragmatic.solutions Sponsored by: Pragmatic Play - https://www.pragmaticplay.com Fast Track: https://www.fasttrack-solutions.com Yolo Group: https://yolo.com
17 Helmi 202235min
Alex Pratt: ICE 2022 - What to expect
🎙 Podcast #87 by Pierre Lindh with Alex Pratt, Group MD of Clarion & the Digital Marketing Portfolio In this episode Alex Pratt joins Pierre to discuss the current status of ICE and what to expect from this years show. We’ve seen some of the biggest exhibitors pulling out from ICE 2022 as a result of the date change. Alex discusses the hardships with all the changes, gives insight on how to organize an event of such extent and shares some of his predictions for ICE 2023. ABOUT ALEX PRATT: Pratt joined Clarion Events following its acquisition of iGaming Business, since rebranded as iGB, and the iGB Affiliate event series in 2016. He served as managing director of the publishing portfolio for the business before being named Group Managing Director for Clarion Gaming & the Digital Marketing Portfolio in October of 2020. _____ This episode of the iGaming NEXT Podcast is brought to you by: Pragmatic Solutions – Leading iGaming platform technology For more info, click here: http://pragmatic.solutions Sponsored by: Pragmatic Play - https://www.pragmaticplay.com Fast Track: https://www.fasttrack-solutions.com Yolo Group: https://yolo.com
15 Helmi 202234min
Martin Nieri: Brand Building for Business Impacts
🎙 Podcast #87 by Michael Pederson with Martin Nieri, Partner at iGaming Collective "Brand building is a business strategy for growth" says Martin Nieri. On this episode, Michael Pedersen together with Martin Nieri discuss brand and brand building in the iGaming industry. Martin answers questions what is a brand and, most importantly, what it isn't. The misconceptions when it comes to the necessity of using branding tools and ways to optimize your business through various branding tools, also Martin presents his top 5 iGaming brands and his reasoning behind it. ABOUT MARTIN: Martin spent the large share of his career in and running some of London’s most prominent creative agencies helping to build brand and advertising strategies for both start-up and blue chip organisations alike. He made the leap into iGaming in 2018 when he joined The Stars Group as Global Brand and Creative Director with a key responsibility being the over-arching rebranding of the PokerStars brand. In 2020, he joined GOAT Interactive as CMO (and then CEO) to lead the Premier Bet brand to record growth levels across its 19 African markets. Today, Martin is Partner at The iGaming Collective, a strategic advisory consultancy for the global iGaming industry. _____ This episode of the iGaming NEXT #Podcast is brought to you by: Pragmatic Solutions. – Leading iGaming platform technology. For more info, click here: http://pragmatic.solutions Sponsored by: Pragmatic Play - https://www.pragmaticplay.com Fast Track: https://www.fasttrack-solutions.com Yolo Group: https://yolo.com
11 Helmi 20221h 18min
Tsachi Maimon: What's next for Aspire Global
🎙 Podcast #86 by Pierre Lindh with Tsachi Maimon, CEO of Aspire Global Aspire Global outperformed the entire iGaming industry on the stock market since the start of the pandemic, and in this podcast Pierre & Tsachi sit back to talk about what made Aspire Global so successful leading up to the recent acquisition by Neogames, and what comes next for the company. ABOUT TSACHI: Tsachi Maimon has been prevalent in the iGaming industry since 2008, having previously worked at Playtech before joining Aspire Global as a board member and CEO in 2013. Bringing with him a wealth of industry knowledge, Tsachi has played a key role in the major developments the company has seen. Some of these include listing the company on the Nasdaq stock exchange, as well as the acquisition of games aggregator Pariplay and sportsbook supplier BtoBet. His leadership largely contributed to Aspire Global’s solid positioning as one of today’s most prominent iGaming B2B suppliers. _____ This episode of the iGaming NEXT Podcast is brought to you by: Pragmatic Solutions – Leading iGaming platform technology For more info, click here: http://pragmatic.solutions Sponsored by: Pragmatic Play - https://www.pragmaticplay.com Fast Track: https://www.fasttrack-solutions.com Yolo Group: https://yolo.com
8 Helmi 202237min
James King: How to raise money as a first time start-up
🎙 Podcast #85 by Pierre Lindh with James King, CEO at Flows In this episode, Pierre Lindh & James King, CEO of Flows explore their experience of raising capital as a startup. In 2021 money is cheap, which means that investees have more leverage than ever to set demands on their prospective investors. What are the pitfalls and what should first-time investees think about when raising capital to their idea? Check out this episode to find out! ABOUT JAMES KING James King is the CEO of Flows, an integration platform that empowers your entire organisation to connect apps, innovate and drive digital automation, without code. With over 10 years of experience in the iGaming space, King joined industry entrepreneur Robin Reed to launch Flows earlier this year after previously serving as the director of sales at leading industry tech and media powerhouse Gaming Innovation Group. Flows will make innovation accessible to everyone, by delivering API-led agnostic connectivity that liberates resources, delivers freedom of choice and allows its partners to build and move quickly. _____ This episode of the iGaming NEXT Podcast is sponsored by: Pragmatic Solutions – Leading iGaming platform technology For more info, click here: http://pragmatic.solutions
1 Helmi 20221h 4min
