The TEO Podcast is an esports business discussion show. Every episode, we discuss the most game-changing developments, exciting opportunities, and pressing challenges facing the competitive video gaming ecosystem. This episode is an in-depth, extended discussion with the co-founder and CEO of NRG Esports, which competes across multiple games including Counter-Strike, Rocket League, and Apex Legends. The organization hit it big recently after the team’s Fortnite player EpikWhale placed third at the game’s World Cup, taking home $1.2M, and their Overwatch League franchise San Francisco Shock has had a monumental year competitively. The topics discussed include: - Ninja moving to Mixer - will drawing in a top influencer be enough to drive user engagement on the platform? - NRG was ahead of the game with its board of celebrity investors; Shaquille O’Neal, Alex Rodriguez, Jimmy Rolins, to name a few. What do these individuals actually bring to an organization beyond financial backing? - How has the esports industry grown, since the founding of NRG, to the introduction of franchise leagues? Our guest this time is: Any Miller, CEO and co-founder of NRG Esports. Andy is also chairman and co-owner of the Sacramento Kings, and was previously VP of mobile advertising for Apple. https://twitter.com/amiller Host: Graham Ashton, business journalist at The Esports Observer. twitter.com/Graham__Ashton Get your tickets to the Esports Forum at Leaders Week London 2019: https://leadersinsport.com/leaders-week-london/the-esports-forum/ You can email any questions or topic suggestions to podcast@esportsobserver.com Download the TEO News app: apple.co/2MfLhye Sign up for The Esports Observer newsletters: esportsobserver.com/teo-newsletter www.esportsobserver.com www.facebook.com/esportsobserver/ twitter.com/esportsobserved Music: Chill Day by Lakey Inspired: Lakeyinspired – Chill-day Artist Soundcloud: @lakeyinspired License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Cold Funk - Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100499 Artist: http://incompetech.com/