Dave Harris chats with Sean Callanan to discuss his journey into esports from investing in Dire Wolves to setting up in new esports high performance centre. Dave discusses how high performance has been the key to success and how it can be replicated to lift the standard of play in Australia and around the world.
On this podcast you'll learn about:
- How Dave's career transcended from physio to esports
- The driving forces that led him to build Guinevere Capital
- The challenges of transitioning from traditional sports to esports
- Investing in League of Legends LG Dire Wolves team
- How sponsors are valuing esports
- How the Esports High Performance Centre leverage the league and the players
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Dave Harris on traditional sports transitioning to esports
Esports can learn a lot of stuff from traditional sports at the same time esports are at the forefront of a lot of things that traditional sports are also going to have to follow. Traditional sport still in the exclusive deals for the content. They're gonna have to pivot their model at some stage.
Dave Harris
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Resources from the podcast
- Thanks again to Dave Harris from Dire Wolves for being this week's guest.
- Connect with Dave Harris on Twitter @daveharrisaus, Instagram and LinkedIn
- Follow LG Dire Wolves on Twitter @DireWolves, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn
- Check out the Melbourne Esports Open as discussed on the podcast
- Some related articles you might want to read more about Guinevere Capital and Dire Wolves:
- Some Sports Geek episodes you might be interested in:
- Daniel Ringland on esports growth
- What you need to know about esports from Tom Halls
- Nigel Smart on entering sports business and esports
Highlights from podcast with Dave Harris
4:02 Dave Harris’ background to sports business from physio to esports
5:33 Starting Guinevere Capital
10:09 Transitioning from traditional sports to esports
10:58 Investing in League of Legends team LG Dire Wolves
13:45 Building the Esports High Performance Centre in Sydney sports precinct
15:16 How the Esports High Performance Centre helps leverage esports players and coaches
19:34 How Dire Wolves fans have responded to the membership programs
23:05 Why sponsors are entering esports
26:17 Melbourne esports open
27:35 The opportunities for esports and League of Legends in international market
30:47 Dave’s future plans for LG Dire Wolves and esports
40:27 Sports Geek Closing Five
47:40 Sports Geek Nation is now LIVE
52:09 Sean goes on another #SportsGeekTrip in the US – Dallas, Philadelphia, New York, Washington, LA
Some tweets/posts you may have missed
Congratulations to the winning team!
Family Photo 👪 🌊#GOOCE l #RiftRivals2018 pic.twitter.com/1qZa8EpjSz
— LG Dire Wolves (@DireWolves) July 4, 2018
Awesome trophy to bring home
Time to take the trophy home 🏆✨#RiftRivals2018 #GOOCE 🌊 pic.twitter.com/AP0Bg7SCgb
— LG Dire Wolves (@DireWolves) July 3, 2018
The cool guys behind the success
Smile😉 #RiftRivals2018 #GOOCE pic.twitter.com/hR9AKLvcqv
— LG Dire Wolves (@DireWolves) July 5, 2018
Nice feature on The Project
Friday’s #TheProjectTV segment on @DireWolves & #Esports more broadly https://t.co/c7EeDkcJN6
— Dave Harris (@daveharrisAUS) July 15, 2018
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