#14 Wayne Kimmel + Ian Goldberg - A Few Things - 55 Min - a podcast by James Barrood

We discussed: 

1. Growth of sports tech, eSports, betting; impact of crisis on sectors 

2. Raising funds and managing a startup during a downturn 

3. Advice for entrepreneurs in these unprecedented and challenging times 

Wayne is a sports tech venture capitalist, entrepreneur and author of Six Degrees of Wayne Kimmel. He is the Managing Partner of SeventySix Capital, the venture capital company he founded in 1999, and invests in startup consumer facing tech companies in the sports tech, esports, and sports betting industries. 

Among the Fortune 500 companies that have acquired his portfolio companies are Aramark, Intel, IBM, Walgreens and Yahoo! Wayne and his team recently launched the SeventySix Capital Athlete Venture Group, which allows professional athletes to invest, learn, and work directly with top sports tech startups and entrepreneurs. The firm aims to bridge the gap between athletes, entrepreneurs, and investors by creating opportunities for athletes to become tech investors and for entrepreneurs to access the financial and social capital that professional athletes have to offer. 

SeventySix Capital also has a partnership with Rubicon Talent, a sports marketing and talent agency based in New York City. Wayne has been named a Top Innovator by Philadelphia Magazine and is on the Philadelphia Business Journal's Power 100 list. He is on the Board of Einstein Healthcare Network and was on the Board of Jewish Federations of North America, Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, and the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. 

Wayne is a graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park and the Delaware Law School. He is passionate about sports and working to make the world a better place. 

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Ian Goldberg is the founder and CEO of iSport360. He is a sports dad, volunteer coach and CEO of a company that is keeping youth sports teams connected, active and strong during the COVID-19 crisis. Over 100,000 coaches, players and parents rely on the iSport360 virtual youth sports platform to build strong team communication, training and culture. 

Ian is a frequent speaker and thought leader on the topic of youth sports, and sits on the National Advisory Board for the National Alliance for Youth Sports. The Washington Post recently featured Ian and iSport360 in its story: "Youth sports teams take practices and locker rooms online during the pandemic”.

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