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The Betting Startups Podcast — 232 episodes
Ep. 210: Building DFS 3.0 to prioritize "less spreadsheets and more friends" w/ Matt Kelley from Fast Draft
Ep. 209: Building the "aspirin" for casino game distribution headaches w/ David & Kavin from Hydrastack
Ep. 208: Digitizing the Super Bowl squares concept w/ Nathan & Brett from GridGorilla
Ep. 207: Transforming traditional raffles into a B2B retention tool w/ Yaniv Spielberg from LuckyDraw
Ep. 206: The journey scaling to 250 million games played w/ Jason White from TallyUp
Ep. 205: Restoring the winning edge for recreational poker w/ John Caldwell from i3soft
Ep. 204: Fixing the blind spots in sports betting marketing w/ Allan Stone from Intelitics
Ep. 203: Bringing the 'Swipe Right' mechanic to fantasy sports w/ Toby Bucsescu from Blitz:Draft
Ep. 202: Breaking: Gambly and Unabated merge to create a new powerhouse w/ Cal Spears
Ep. 201: Bootstrapping a niche content empire on quality alone w/ Taylor Caby from Establish the Run
Ep. 200: Announcing the launch of BettingStartups Capital w/ Paris Smith
Ep. 199: Turning crypto volatility into a pocket prediction game w/ Michael, Evan & Chris from FEEN
Ep. 198: The long road to a breakthrough inflection point w/ Pierre Lindh from Next.io
Ep. 197: Automating savings through betting w/ Benson & Daniel from Regen
Ep. 196: Enabling operator success using AI agents w/ Javier & Cristian from InsightPlay.ai
Ep. 195: Powering the live betting watch-along w/ Jonathan and Gavin from Bettortainment
Ep. 194: Building skill-based wagering infrastructure w/ Noah Fulk from EWagers
Ep. 193: Poker-as-a-service w/ Scott Wilson & Warren Dombowsky from PokerLab
Ep. 192: Ask Me Anything w/ Jesse from BettingStartups
Ep. 191: Why web betting is dead w/ Joshua Swerdlow from ChatBet AI
Ep. 190: Inside the Retention Shift w/ Irakli “Marcus” Davarashvili from Promofy
Ep. 189: Bringing the fun back to sports betting w/ Artie, Ben & Ryan from Golden Camel
Ep. 188: Building 'Zapier for iGaming' w/ James King from Flows
Special Episode: The future of racing w/ Daniel O' Sullivan & Sebastian Butterworth
The Gamble & The Glory: S2 E2 - John Levy from theScore
Ep. 187: Finding a forever home as a prediction market w/ Jake Benzaquen from ProphetX
Ep. 186: The esports betting infrastructure layer w/ Marek Suchar from Oddin.gg
Ep. 185: Productizing a passion for baseball w/ Adam Rosenberg
Ep. 184: Fantasy football puzzles for the masses w/ Brian Birt from Griddy
Ep. 183: Bringing gamified avatars to iGaming w/ Tom Lemke of Savage Tech
Ep. 182: Tracking over $10 billion in verified bets w/ Pranav Tadikonda from Pikkit
Ep. 181: Creating the ultimate sports remote w/ Tony Ryan from Bet Caddy
The Gamble & The Glory: S2 E1 - Einar Knobel from TXODDS
Ep. 180: Infrastructure for sports betting creators w/ Zach Wick from BtrBet
Ep. 179: Just merged: Pine Sports and SharpSports join forces w/ Vijay Dewan & Ryan Murphy
Ep. 178: The convergence of financial trading and sports betting w/ Trent Hoerr from BullRush
Ep. 177: Announcing the SBC Summit First Pitch Finalists!
Ep. 176: Scaling through a multi-brand rollup strategy w/ Reid Rooney from Betsperts Group
Ep. 175: The odds feed opportunity w/ Rick Allec from OddsLogic
Ep. 174: Managing the grind of going from starting to scaling w/ Evan Fisher from Sparket
Ep. 173: Bringing innovation to instant games w/ Kenny Huang from TinyRex Games
Ep. 172: Productizing first-party sports data w/ Richard Acosta from VOR Interactive
Ep. 171: Turning winning models into a startup w/ Ben Howard from EdgeSports
Ep. 170: Solving the revenue leak problem w/ John Wright from StatsDrone
Ep. 169: The sports data platform for builders w/ Steven Kenway from Rolling Insights
Ep. 168: Launching a non-dilutive capital model w/ Davis Catlin from Discerning Capital
Ep. 167: Reduced juice for all w/ Gino Donati from BetOPENLY
Ep. 166: When a merger becomes a multiplier w/ Steve “Dakota” Happas & Sahil Patel from FantasySpin
Ep. 165: SBC First Pitch recap w/ the 2025 Finalists
Ep. 164: Life after selling for $160,000,000 w/ Alexander Monahan from OddsJam (acquired by Gambling.com)
Ep. 163: Building the Alexa of sports w/ Mark Antal from Staked AI
Ep. 162: Using prize-linked savings for parlays w/ Owen Monagan and Oisin Tiernan from Layup
Ep. 161: Unlocking new fantasy insights with AI w/ Aishik Lala from Rotobot AI
Ep. 160: Building the Gambling as a service platform w/ Sebastian Lewis from Plucky
Ep. 159: Filling a void with live multiplayer skill games w/ Aman Agarwal & Jatin Narang from Toast
Ep. 158: Bringing esports betting to the mainstream w/ Shivam Shorewala from Rimble
Ep. 157: Transparent betting on the blockchain w/ Will Martin from LiveDuel
Ep. 156: Profitable from day one w/ KB from Pick The Odds
Ep. 155: Gamifying betting education w/ Ty D'Amore & Justin Järvinen from Bankroll U
Ep. 154: 'The Starties' finalists revealed w/ Travis Geiger from WagerWire
Ep. 153: Converting sports fans into sports bettors w/ Tyler Amirault & James White from HotTakes
Ep. 152: Using charitable giving to drive player retention w/ Tiffany Santisteban Lagos
Ep. 151: Extracting data at scale using computer vision technology w/ Simon Gerszberg from ShotQuality
Ep. 150: Building iGaming’s global community w/ Pierre Lindh of NEXT.io
Ep. 149: How it pays to be a fan w/ Michael Testa from Wunderfan
Ep. 148: Using AI to create games in minutes, not months w/ Mark Flores Martin from XGENIA
Ep. 147: Building the ultimate betting research platform w/ Bridge Dudley & Sebastian Fay from Doink Sports
Ep. 146: Favorite episode moments from 2024 w/ Jesse and Thomas from BettingStartups.com
Ep. 145: Creating new metrics for the beautiful game w/ Alexey Vorobey from AIstats
Emergency Episode: A look inside OddsJam's parent Odds Holdings' nine figure exit w/ Matt Restivo
Ep. 144: 2 decades in the affiliate game with Adam Small from Third Planet Affiliates
Ep. 143: Sweepstakes operator roundtable discussion w/ Trevor Pope, Zach Bruch, and Jeff Laniado
Ep. 142: 20+ years at the forefront of innovation w/ Nigel Eccles from BetHog
Ep. 141: Building bet slips with a copilot w/ Cal Spears & Jonathan Bales from Gambly
Ep. 140: Building speed trains vs. rocket ships w/ Robert Lenzhofer from Hölle Games
Ep. 139: Acquiring customers through innovative games w/ Adam Wilson from Splash Tech
Ep. 138: Innovating the 'money in w/ money out' experience w/ Rob Rubio from Fluid
Ep. 137: Creating intelligent sports bettors w/ Jack Andrews and Justin Phan from Unabated
Ep. 136: Fueling betting model development w/ Matt Bresler from Odditt
Ep. 135: Investor Vibe Check - Q3 2024
Ep. 134: Life after product-market fit w/ Evan Kirkham from Outlier
Ep. 133: Winning the SBC First Pitch w/ Radek Psurny from Match Hype
Ep. 132: Driving golf's betting culture w/ Keith Stewart from Read the Line
Ep. 131: Breaking Barriers in Betting w/ Kelly Kehn, Paris Smith, and Sue Schneider from Defy the Odds
Ep. 130: Betting on the growth of truck and tractor pulling w/ Chase Richardson from Full Pull
Ep. 129: Meet the SBC First Pitch Finalists!
Ep. 128: The quest to eliminate sportsbook downtime w/ Rob Urwin and Sabin Brooks from Bettormetrics
Ep. 127: Blazing the trail in "DFS 3.0" w/ Daniel Zimmerman from Verse Fantasy
The Gamble & The Glory: Ep. 09 - Jay Deuskar & Dylan Cooper, PrizePicks
Ep. 126: Elevating College Football Fandom w/ Jake Gillikin
Ep. 125: Betting on the Social Experience w/ Jon Robin from Dabble
The Gamble & The Glory: Ep. 08 - Steven Salz, Rivalry
Ep. 124: Making fantasy sports social again w/ Jay Huffman from Propellor
Ep. 123: Investor Vibe Check - Q2 2024
Ep. 122: Helping operators open new monetization channels w/ Björn Nilsson from FTDx
Ep. 121: Building with scrappiness and intentionality w/ Kelson Quan from Wager Games
Ep. 120: Curling's Next Big Move: An Inside Look with Nic Sulsky
The Gamble & The Glory: Ep. 07 - Jai Maw & Jeremy Jakary, Betting Hero
Ep. 119: Exploring the benefits of a Betting Exchange w/ Zack Panos from 4casters
Ep. 118: Thomas Coiner, BettingStartups.com
Ep. 117: Making sports predictions “easy enough for your grandmother to play” w/ John Maylam from 7Qz
Ep. 116: Enabling Bitcoin payments for betting w/ Desiree Dickerson from THNDR
Ep. 115: Personalizing the player experience w/ Matthew Gilbery & Rob Davis from Optimove
Ep. 114: Winning the 2024 SBC First Pitch competition w/ Steven Astrachan and John Goehrke from 916 Gaming
Ep. 113: Sharp Alpha Advisors announces a $25 million Fund II w/ Lloyd Danzig from Sharp Alpha Advisors
Ep. 112: Meet the SBC First Pitch Finalists!
Ep. 111: Building a sports betting masterclass w/ Andrew Pace from inplayLIVE
Ep. 110: Investor Vibe Check for Q1 2024
Ep. 109: Modeling the relationship between weather and home runs w/ John Leekley & Paul Dorian from Home Run Forecast
Ep. 108: The value of building in public w/ Chris Shreeve from Locker Room Labs
The Gamble & The Glory: Ep. 06 - Rasmus Sojmark, SBC
Ep. 107: Creating a new category of betting markets w/ Johnny Coetzer from BetLabs
Ep. 106: Building HQ Trivia for live sports w/ Noah Bernstein from Locker
Ep. 105: Building audiences before products w/ Trevis Waters from PlayerProps.ai
Ep. 104: Facilitating real-money bets for golfers w/ Matt Rum from LoopGolf
Ep. 103: Bootstrapping to 100k app downloads w/ Calvin Konya from Linemate
The Gamble & The Glory: Ep. 05 - Charles Gillespie & Kevin McCrystle, Gambling.com
Ep. 102: Building a family business investing in betting startups w/ Andrew & Ethan Ehrenberg from Eberg Capital
Ep. 101: Helping bettors win more and lose less w/ Chris Spagnuolo from Probly
Ep. 100: Celebrating 100 episodes w/ John Gordon from Incentive Games
Ep. 99: Automating risk management for in-play DFS w/ Greg Dean & Gianni Settino from HotStreak
Ep. 98: Embracing the grind w/ Pierre Lindh from Next.io
Ep. 97: Investor Vibe Check - Q4 2023
The Gamble & The Glory: Ep. 4 - Pini Yakuel, Optimove
Ep. 96: Crowdtesting for the iGaming industry w/ Kyle Wiltshire from Testa
Ep. 95: AI-based competitive gaming w/ Jonathan Strause from Invincible GG
Ep. 94: Building ‘AngelList for the gaming industry’ w/ David Isaacson from Spectrum Gaming Capital Tech Exchange
Ep. 93: Bootstrapping to profitability as full-time students w/ Shubs Kausal & Jaiden Sarai from SharpStakes
The Gamble & The Glory: Ep. 3 - Omer Sattar, Sightline Payments
Ep. 92: Innovating in season-long fantasy sports w/ Ty Masterson & Dan Gentile from Bettle Fantasy Sport
Ep. 91: Creating purpose-built betable content w/ Mike Salvaris from Pro League Network
Ep. 90: Bringing social responsibility to bookmaking w/ Malcolm & Steve from We The Bookie
Ep. 89: Modernizing the ‘office pools’ category w/ TJ Ross from Splash Sports
The Gamble & The Glory: Ep. 2 - Jason Trost, Smarkets
Ep. 88: Making a game of fantasy sports w/ Rourke Struthers from GameBlazers
Ep. 87: Adding narrative and storytelling to DFS w/ Torey Korsunsky from Units
Ep. 86: Investor vibe check for Q3!
Ep. 85: Bringing old-school bookmaking to America w/ Joe Brennan & Adam Bjorn from Prime Sports
Ep. 84: Tracking over $1 billion in bets w/ Ricky Gold from Juice Reel
The Gamble & The Glory: Ep. 1 - David Briggs, GeoComply
Ep. 83: Building a modern sports talk network w/ Matt Deutsch from Bettor Sports Network
Ep. 82: Building a peer-to-peer social betting platform w/ Sim Harmon from Kutt
Ep. 81: Making predictive analytics accessible to all w/ Megan Lanham from Rithmm
Ep. 80: 20 years of launching businesses in the US online gambling industry w/ Cal Spears from RotoGrinders
Ep. 79: Building a commission-free betting exchange w/ Jacob Fortinsky from Novig
Ep. 78: Using AI to bring personalization to sports betting w/ Chris Reynolds from Epoxy.ai
Ep. 77: The matched betting opportunity w/ Jack Taylor from ProfitDuel
Ep. 76: Mastering the customer conversion funnel w/ Sam Factor from WalterPicks
Ep. 75: Investor vibe check for Q2!
Ep. 74: Innovating in pricing technology w/ Steve Gray from ZeroFlucs
Ep. 73: Streamlining the process for gambling affordability checks w/ Martin Burt from ClearStake
Ep. 72: Improving sports data feed accessibility w/ Stefano Vaccarino from FTN Network
Ep. 71: Making bets using food and drinks as currency w/ Filip & Troy from FoodFight
Ep. 70: Swinging for the fences as a third-time founder w/ Justin Park from Betty
Ep. 69: Overcoming adversity when you bomb your big pitch w/ Geoff Doyle from Bettor Vision
Betting On It, S1 E8: Drew & Sahil pitch BetsBooster to an expert investor panel (Season 1 finale!)
Betting On It, S1 E7: Building a marketing blueprint w/ James McLoughlin
Ep. 68: Using gamification to drive betting customer loyalty w/ Dan Taren from Scrimmage
Betting On It, S1 E6: Financial modeling for startups w/ Kenneth Giles from Forecastr.co
Betting On It, S1 E5: Running a successful crowdfunding campaign w/ Aaron Basch from Sparket
Ep. 67: Building a free-to-play content aggregation platform w/ Hussain Naqi from Inside The Pocket
Betting On It, S1 E4: Embracing the entrepreneurial grind
Betting On It, S1 E3: A masterclass in gamification w/ Yu-Kai Chou
Ep. 66: Pivoting towards a profitable business model w/ Evan Kirkham from Outlier
Betting On It, S1 E2: Learnings from the UK market w/ John Gordon from Incentive Games
Ep. 65 (Part 2) - Disrupting the iCasino industry w/ Karolina Pelc from BeyondPlay
Betting On It, S1 E1: Exploring key assumptions
Ep. 65 (Part 1) - Disrupting the iCasino industry w/ Karolina Pelc from BeyondPlay
Ep. 64: Getting 25k organic app downloads w/ Caleb Dykema from Vault
Ep. 63: Joining the NBA Launchpad w/ Kelly Pracht and Jeremy Jones from nVenue
Ep. 62 - Jaymee Messler, The Gaming Society
Ep. 61 - Alex Monahan, OddsJam
Ep. 60 - Pierre Lindh, iGaming NEXT
Ep. 59 - Matthew Berry
Ep. 58 - Andy Westmeyer, UBetOhio
Ep. 57 - Bart Stein, Mojo
Ep. 56 - Drew Tabor, BetsBooster
Ep. 55 - Cameron Conn, OneComply
Ep. 54 - Joey Levy, Betr
Ep. 53 - Alex Dubin, BettorOff
Ep. 52 - WagerWire - Zach Doctor, Guy Dotan, and Travis Geiger
Ep. 51 - Jason Tauriello, Gambl.io
Ep. 50 - Bo Grey, Wager Score
Ep. 49 - Matt Peterson, Tallysight
Ep. 48 - Jamie Mitchell, Low6
Ep. 47 - Aaron Basch & Evan Fisher, Sparket
Ep. 46 - Brian Kipp, OwnersBox
Ep. 45 - Colin Davy, Betscope
Ep. 44 - Alexander Kane, Sporttrade
Ep. 43 - Todd Ballard, ALT Sports Data
Ep. 42 - Leigh Nissim, Future Anthem
Ep. 41 - Rob Klages & Kevin Kamto, AthleteX
Ep. 40 - Nik Bonaddio, BigBrain Games
Ep. 39 - Rob Pizzola, The Hammer Betting Network
Ep. 38 - Michael Zavagno, TopProp Fantasy
Ep. 37 - Kenneth Giles, SimBull
Ep. 36 - Ross Fruin, GridRival
Ep. 35 - Cooper Lycan, SoBet
Ep. 34 - Dean Sisun & Jake Benzaquen, Prophet Exchange
Ep. 33 - Brent Winston, BetSwap
Ep. 32 - Will Armitage & Philipp Stritzke, BestOdds.com
Ep. 31 - Ben Cary, CapWize
Ep. 30 - Sanjay Thakur, Verdict MMA
Ep. 29 - Brady Sharp, BroThrow
Ep. 28 - Zac Litwack, Savage Sports
Ep. 27 - Thomas Willomitzer, SnapOdds
Ep. 26 - Robin MacDonald, Rubik Talent
Ep. 25 - Pete Smaluck, props.cash
Ep. 24 - Benjie Cherniak, Avenue H Capital
Ep. 23 - Ted Mauze, Chalkboard
Ep. 22 - John Latella & Grady Toombs, Legacy Fantasy Sports
Ep. 21 - Dan Healy, PickUp
Ep. 20 - Ryan Murphy, SharpSports
Ep. 19 - Eric Frank, Odds on Compliance
Ep. 18 - Jason Mezrahi, Sharp App
Ep. 17 - Jonathan Bierig, Ultimate Odds
Ep. 16 - Kelly Pracht & Drew Williams, nVenue
Ep. 15 - Brandon Stakenborg, Underdog Fantasy
Ep. 14 - Greg Kajewski & James Seils, BettorEdge
Ep. 13: Tomash Devenishek, Kero Sports
Ep. 12: Marvin Sanderson, Xpoint
Ep. 11: Martina Åkerlund, Triggy
Ep. 10: Daniel Kustelski, Chalkline
Ep. 9: Kelly Brooks & Danijela Covic, Quarter4
Ep. 8: Lloyd Danzig, Sharp Alpha Advisors
Ep. 7 - Spencer Marell & David Mason, The Handle
Ep. 6 - Dan Fabrizio, Unabated Sports
Ep. 5 - Mark Silver & Steve McAllister, Parleh Media Group
Ep. 4 - Chris Adams, SharpRank
Ep. 3 - Omer Dor, Sports IQ
Ep. 2 - Adam Weinstein, ThriveFantasy
Ep. 1 - John Gordon, Incentive Games