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The Upside Newsletter

Julien Blin

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

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

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2022/05/24

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 four years in the NCAA.📝Show Notes: Through this interview, we touched on Tom Brady's 10 years max contract with Fox, US soccer now giving equal pay to its men and women soccer team, NIL/NCAA, the NBA playoffs, the crash of the crypto market,

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🔥 Upside Chat: Sebastien Audoux, Head of Digital...

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2022/05/17

This week, we had the honor to interview Sebastien Audoux the head of Digital Sports Content at Canal +, a leading sports broadcaster. Canal + offers an OTT platform called myCANAL app, which allows Canal+ viewers to have near-live highlights clips, live statistics, the lineups and multi-camera angles. It also allows them to grade sports events they are watching and take live polls.Picture: myCANAL app📝Show Notes: Throughout this interview, we touched on his background, his role and

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🔥 Upside Chat: Dr Andy Barr, Consultant, Brooklyn...

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2022/05/10

This week, we had the honor to interview Dr Andy Barr, consultant for the Brooklyn Nets, a top NBA team. Andy is also the Founder of Quantum Performance and previously worked for the NY Knicks in the NBA, NYFC in the MLS, Manchester City, the Saints, Bolton in the Premier League.📝Show Notes: Throughout this interview, we touched on Andy's background, his role with the Brooklyn Nets. We also touched on the importance of load management and sleep management. Then we talked about his favorite

🔥 Upside Chat: Jake George Schuster, CEO, Gemini...

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2022/05/03

This week, we had the honor to interview Jake George Schuster, the CEO of Gemini Sports Analytics, a new data science as a service company, which is making data analytics accessible. Picture: Gemini Sports Analytics’ automated machine learning.Picture: Gemini Sports Analytics’ project export.📝Show Notes: Throughout this interview, we touched on Jake's background, his company the benefits for teams to use the software, as well as his vision of the sports science space. Then we talked about the NFT

🔥 Upside Chat: Dr Brian Moore, CEO, Orreco (Leading...

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2022/04/26

This week, we had the honor to Dr Brian Moore, the CEO of Orreco, a leading Sports & Data Science Platform, which is blending Data Science and Sports Science to generate customized indicators of injury risk, optimal training load and recovery strategies. Orreco also recently launched a new app called @thlete tailored for athletes that helps them analyze their sleep, nutrition, load and much more.Picture: Orreco’s new app.From rookie players to veteran pros, they help elite athletes tolerate the

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

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2022/04/12

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 four years in the NCAA.📝Show Notes: Through this interview, we touched on Tom Brady’s return, the beginning of the MLB season, March Madness, the NCAA College Transfer Portal, and then the fact that the F1 is coming to Las Vegas in 2023.🚀Best

🔥Upside Chat with Top Sports Performance Execs (NBA,...

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2022/04/07

This week we had the honor to interview a group of sports performance experts.* Marco Nunez, former head athletic trainer for the LA Lakers (NBA).* Karam Al-Hamdani, Head Athletic Therapist at CF Montreal (MLS).* Alexi Pianosi, Strength and conditioning coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL).📝Show Notes: Through this interview, we touched on the Djokovic saga and whether or not athletes should be vaccinated to play. And then we discussed the Chelsea FC sale, the impact of dehydration and

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🔥 Upside Chat: Victorien Tixier, CEO, ScorePlay...

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2022/03/22

This week, we had the honor to interview Victorien Tixier, CEO of ScorePlay, a leading next-gen CMS that powers sport clubs digital channels.ScorePlay is a leading startup that enables clubs to centralize distribute and monetize media photo and video content.Here is a diagram illustrating ScorePlay’s solution:Picture: ScorePlay📝Show Notes: Throughout this interview, we touched on Victorien’s background, his startup and solution, the benefits for the teams to use its platform and his plans for the

🔥 Upside Chat: Padraig Harrington, World Class Pro...

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2022/03/17

This week, we had the honor of interviewing Padraig Harrington, a world class European professional golfer and former world’s #3.Padraig Harrington is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, the PGA Tour and the PGA Champions Tour. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship, also in 2008. He spent over 300 weeks in the top-10 of the world rankings and reached a career-high ranking of third in July 2008. Harrington was a

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

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2022/03/08

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 four years in the NCAA.📝Show Notes: Through this interview, we touched on the MLB Lockout, the metaverse, the Russian/Ukraine situation, the metaverse, Aaron Rodgers, James Harden trade to the Net, Lebron James situation at the LA Lakers, and

🔥Upside Chat with Serial Entrepreneurs & Investors...

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2022/03/01

This week we had the honor to interview a group of serial entrepreneurs & investors on best practices for successful exits.* Adam Cheyer, a serial entrepreneur, co-founder and inventor of Siri (sold to Apple), and co-founder of Viv Labs (sold to Samsung).* Jay Eum, co-founder & Managing Partner at GFT Ventures, and co-founder of TransLink Capital.* Sean Harrington, a serial entrepreneur, and former exec from the New England Patriots (NFL). Sean is also the founder and GM at Notemeal (sold to