Ep. 178 features Trent Hoerr from BullRush, which is a gamified platform offering multi-participant competitions using virtual currency with real cash prizes.   Hear him discuss: • His early days as a professional runner turned prop trader during the 2008 financial crisis• The legal and regulatory path to proving BullRush competitions as games of skill• Why he believes traders often overlap with sports bettors due to shared analytical skills• The significance of peer-to-peer competition and restoring the social side of betting• BullRush’s growth to 150,000 users across 170 countries since launching in 2023• How he bootstrapped BullRush using profits from his previous startup• Their current NFL Survivor contest with a $100K prize pool• Why he believes BullRush can grow to 5M+ users as more bettors get limited by sportsbooks• The long-term convergence of financial trading and sports betting platforms   Catch the video version of this episode here.   Learn more 👇 ➡️ BullRush website  ➡️ Trent Hoerr on Linkedin   📩 Get the top headlines from the industry's most promising growth-stage companies every week—totally free! Subscribe to the Betting Startups newsletter here: https://news.bettingstartups.com/   -- This podcast is presented by Optimove, the #1 CRM Marketing solution for the iGaming industry. Since 2012, Optimove has served iGaming Operators from startups to industry leaders. Today, 4 out of the Top 5 US Operators Personalize Player Experiences with Optimove. iGaming operators know their growth journey begins and continues with Optimove, the #1 CRM Marketing solution for the iGaming industry.