E92: Tomorrowland - Angela Ruggiero

This is a podcast about sports tech and innovation with our guest Angela Ruggiero.Angela is a four-time US Olympian and Gold Medalist in Ice Hockey and has been an IOC Executive Board Member for over a decade and served as the Chief Strategy Officer for the successful Los Angeles 2028 Olympic bid. This is mentioned here because we barely reference it in the podcast, because this is a conversation about the future and sport tech, it’s potential and its limitations. Angela is CEO & Co-Founder of The Sports Innovation Lab, a tech-powered market research firm and we start by talking about what that means, where she thinks the real excitement is when it comes to innovation in sport, both from an early adopter perspective but also to ask about what the challenges are when it comes to applying technology to the sports business.Unofficial Partner is the leading podcast for the business of sport. A mix of entertaining and thought provoking conversations with a who's who of the global industry. To join our community of listeners, sign up to the weekly UP Newsletter and follow us on Twitter and TikTok at @UnofficialPartnerWe publish two podcasts each week, on Tuesday and Friday. These are deep conversations with smart people from inside and outside sport. Our entire back catalogue of 500 sports business conversations are available free of charge here. Each pod is available by searching for ‘Unofficial Partner’ on Apple, Spotify and every podcast app. If you’re interested in collaborating with Unofficial Partner to create one-off podcasts or series and live events, you can reach us via the website.