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Julien Blin

Data, insights, and stories from the world of sports, business, and technology. www.theupside.us

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🧠📊Upside Chat with Sean Flynn, President, Sports &...

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2023/10/31

Today we have the honor to interview Sean Flynn, President, Sports & Education at SurePeople, a leading behavioral and psychometric analytics platform.Sean will be attending our NY Summit at Citi Field on November 15, 2023, so if you want to meet Sean you can reach out to him by clicking on the button below:Founded in 2015, SurePeople is a technology innovator dedicated to unlocking human potential. They are committed to delivering positive, measurable outcomes for all stakeholders – their valued

34:38

🧠Upside Chat with Gordon Waddington & Elizabeth...

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2023/10/23

Today we have the honor to interview Gordon Waddington, Australian Institute of Sport/University of Canberra Professor of Sports Medicine Research and Co-founder, Prism Neuro; and also Elizabeth McGrath who is CEO & Co founder of Prism Neuro.Prism Neuro will be exhibiting and speaking at our NY Sports tech Summit at Citi Field on November 15, so if you want to book a meeting with the Prism Neuro team click on the link below:Prism Neuro is an early stage start-up focused on solutions to measure and

58:34

🔥Upside Chat with Female Sports Experts: Joelle Muro...

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2023/10/17

Dear colleague, We at Upside Global and Upside, believe that there needs to be more awareness about women athletes, teams, female entrepreneurs and studies towards women teams and athletes. So today as part of our continued effort to bring more awareness on female athletes, teams and associated trends related to female athletes, we have the honor to interview a group of female sports performance experts:* Dr Christy Fernandez-Cull, PhD, CEO, DaVinci Wearables, an AI wearable device for women

24:38

💧Upside Chat with James Mayo, Founder of Sm24, A...

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2023/10/16

Today we have the honor to interview James Mayo, Founder of Sm24, a non invasive real time biomarker analysis sensor company. Sm24 is a device that can give the user the ability to track: recovery, pace, glucose, carb / fat burn and further down the line other biomarkers. So in short helping them train optimally. Sm24 can be seamlessly integrated into other AI systems of teams or into Strava, Apple health, Garmin, Fitbit. It adds the extra dimension to a user’s dataSm24 is non invasive and provide

37:53

🧊Upside Chat with Bill Donovan, CCO, CoolMitt, a...

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2023/10/10

This week, we have the honor to interview Bill Donovan, Chief Commercialization Officer at CoolMitt, a pioneer manufacturer of cooling devices for people that are heat stressed. CoolMitt will be exhibiting and speaking at our NY Sports tech Summit at Citi Field on November 15, so if you want to book a meeting with the CoolMitt team please click on the link below:During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the US advance on Baghdad was frequently halted because the troops were becoming overheated and fatigued,

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⭐Upside Chat with Shavini Fernando, CEO of OxiWear,...

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2023/10/03

This week, we have the honor to interview Shavini Fernando, CEO of OxiWear, maker of the world's first wearable device for continuous real time monitoring of Oxygen during motion. OxiWear was developed in 2019 by Shavini, a VR/video game and web designer who suffers from pulmonary hypertension as a result of Eisenmenger Syndrome. OxiWear built a stylish ear-wearable device that continuously monitors oxygen levels and provides low oxygen alerting. OxiWear is committed to reducing patient

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🔥🚴🏼‍♂️Upside Chat with Rico Rogers, Founder, Box...

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2023/09/28

This week, we have the honor to interview Rico Rogers, founder of Box Altitude, a leading sports tech company that built a solution improving athletes’ performance by increasing natural EPO production. Rico Rogers is an ex-professional cyclist. Racing professionally for 10 years, Rico used altitude training & altitude sleep systems throughout his career to enhance his performance, and as a result achieved great results as a sprinter. Post retirement, and following his great success, Rico wanted to

29:36

🔥🥽Upside Chat: Upside Chat with Andy Etches, Founder...

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2023/09/26

This week, we have the honor to interview Andy Etches, Founder of Rezzil, a leading sports technology company focusing on VR, AR and data. The Rezzil platform is complementary to field work, using drills designed and tested by the world’s best players: Rezzil improves cognition, decision making and overall resilience. Rezzil drills are academically shown to identify a player’s strengths and areas to improve; with scores on accuracy under pressure, technical adaptability and their proprietary Rezzil

25:49

🔥Upside Chat: Dr Ron Dick, Duquesne University, Ex...

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2023/09/14

This week we had the honor to interview again Dr. Ron Dick, associate professor of sports marketing at Duquesne University in the school of business. Ron also worked for 20 years in sports, including 15 years in the NBA with the Sixers and the Nets, and then five years in the NCAA.📝Show Notes: Through this interview, we touched on the MLB and Ohtani’s injury. We also discussed Team USA finishing 4th at the Basketball world championships. We also touched on the 2023 NBA season, the 2023 NFL season

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🔥Upside Chat: Upside Chat with Nicole Foss and Kevin...

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2023/09/12

This week, we have the honor to interview Nicole Foss and Kevin Hyland. Nicole is the CEO of Kriva, a leading CBDA company that provides performance recovery products for all athletes at all levels. Kevin is the BD lead. CBDA is the plant’s naturally occurring phytocannabinoid and research shows much higher bioavailability compared to CBD. When captured using water, CBDA naturally occurs in a stable crystal form, allowing for its use in athletic products helping athletes prepare, perform, and

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🔥Upside Chat with Alexi Pianosi (Penguins/NHL), Len...

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2023/09/08

This week we had the honor to interview again a group of sports performance experts.* Alexi Pianosi, S&C coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins, a top NHL team.* Len Zaichkowsky, PhD, also known as Doc Z, an experienced biofeedback expert (NHL, NBA, Laliga..). Len is a retired Professor from Boston University and performance consultant who has worked with many elite pro teams (Vancouver Canucks (NHL), Penguins (NHL), Real Madrid, National Spanish soccer team…) over the years.* Karam Al-Hamdani, the Head

36:30

🔥Upside Chat: Jesse Wright, CEO, Balance the Bar, NBA...

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2023/09/05

This week, we have the honor to interview Jesse Wright, the CEO of Balance the Bar. Jesse is an NBA veteran. His career has spanned over two decades in the team sport culture, including working with organizations in the NBA (Philadelphia Sixers), NFL, NCAA, and in private sports training. He is also an Amazon best-selling author, coach, and public speaker.Jesse’s latest book is “The Intent Is To Grow”, a fictional tale about a young coach, Nathan Day, who is beginning his new role at a major

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🔥Upside Chat: Upside Chat with Phil Southerland,...

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2023/08/31

This week, we have the honor to interview Phil Southerland, CEO of Supersapiens, a company using sports as a platform to pioneer Continous Glucose Monitoring to enhance performance in all areas of the life. With biowearable technology, Supersapiens develops innovative insights around glucose data that drives lasting positive behavior change and helps unlock better performance and recovery.Here is a picture of their glucose monitoring wearable device. Here are some pictures of their mobile app which

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🔥Upside Chat with Alexi Pianosi (Penguins/NHL),...

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2023/08/24

This week we had the honor to interview again a group of sports performance experts.* Alexi Pianosi, S&C coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins, a top NHL team.* Pierre Barrieu, an experienced high performance director in the MLS (LA Galaxy, LAFC, Toronto FC, NY Red Bulls, etc.), Premier League (Leeds United FC) and FIFA expert.* Dr Derek Lawrance, Assistant Athletic Trainer, U.S. Men’s Soccer National Team.* Dr Bill Burgos, an experienced NBA Strenght &Conditioning coach. He has worked for many NBA

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🔥Upside Chat: Upside Chat with Michael Bender, CEO,...

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2023/08/22

This week, we have the honor to interview Michael Bender, CEO, Intake Health, a health tech company building health toilet technology.Intake Health is on a mission to match healthspans with lifespans. They are the leader in turning toilets into health and wellness monitoring devices that passively surface critical health and wellness data instantly. This data empowers individuals to make informed decisions, allows for proactive coaching, and can be sent directly to physicians. Intake Health’s first

29:25

🔥Upside Chat: Athanase Kollias & Christos Chalitsios,...

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2023/08/17

This week we have the honor to interview Athanase Kollias, and Christos Chalitsios, at KINVENT, a company that helps sports and rehab professionals assess progress and build engagement and motivation. Athanase is the CEO of KINVENT, and Christos is the head of science there. KINVENT is introducing the K-Myo its first EMG product measuring muscle activity so we thought it would be a good idea to bring back Athanase on our podcast along with Christos to talk about this new product. As a reminder,

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🔥Upside Chat: Upside Chat with Tal Brown, CEO, Zone7,...

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2023/08/15

This week, we have the honor to interview Tal Brown, CEO of Zone7, the Human uptime company. Zone7’s mission is to harness the power of AI to help sporting organizations better achieve their goals through the enablement of greater health and longevity. Their suite of services includes human performance data services, player resiliency reporting, schedule and travel optimizations, long-term injury risk and explainability reporting and an AI-powered injury risk forecasting platform for leagues and

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🔥Upside Chat with Derek Lawrance (USMNT), Jason Han...

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2023/08/10

This week we have the honor to interview again a group of sports performance experts focusing on rehab/return to play.* Jason Han, Head of Rehabilitation / Team Physical Therapist., LAFC (MLS team).* Dr Derek Lawrance, Assistant Athletic Trainer, U.S. Men’s Soccer National Team.* Athanase Kollias, CEO of Kinvent, a company that helps sports and rehab professionals assess progress and build engagement and motivation.* Quin Sandler, CEO of Plantiga, a smart insole system for analyzing movement in the

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🔥Upside Chat: Dr Ron Dick, Duquesne University, Ex...

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2023/07/31

This week we had the honor to interview again Dr. Ron Dick, associate professor of sports marketing at Duquesne University in the school of business. Ron also worked for 20 years in sports, including 15 years in the NBA with the Sixers and the Nets, and then five years in the NCAA.📝Show Notes: Through this interview, we touched on the new Netflix TV show called the Quarterback, the NFL training camp, Shohei Ohtani & the MLB draft. We also discussed the NBA Summer league, Wemby, and the NBA free

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🔥Upside Chat: Upside Chat with Heather Sloan and Li,...

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2023/07/27

This week, we have the honor to interview Heather Sloan, and Li , co founders of Heali Medical, a health and wellness company focusing on natural healing and recovery. Heali Medical developed HEALI Tape, which is a therapeutic kinesiology tape that is infused directly with magnesium and menthol. These two natural ingredients directly infused into the tape provide fast acting, pain relief, and faster recovery.The magnesium inside HEALI therapeutic tape can help reduce stress, cramps, spasms and

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