Ep. 37 - Kenneth Giles, SimBull
Ep. 37 introduces you to Kenneth Giles, co-founder and CEO of SimBull, which is the stock market for sports. Hear him discuss: Leaving his “very stable nine to five job” as an actuary and why he decided to follow in his family’s path of entrepreneurship How he came up with the concept of a sports stock market, which he believes can grow into a standalone category alongside betting and fantasy Taking a contrarian approach by focusing on longer-term markets at a time when microbetting is attracting a large amount of attention and investment His experience going through the Techstars Sports Accelerator, and how “it makes you think about all aspects of your business” How he views the fundraising environment as SimBull finalizes plans to raise a $1.5m seed round this fall Learn more: ➡️ SimBull website ➡️ SimBull Twitter ➡️ SimBull in Apple app store ➡️ Kenneth Giles on Linkedin