Esports Roundtable Podcast: Past, Present and Future of Business in Esports

This week Nicola Piggott and Anna Rozwandowicz, two of the three co-founders of The Story Mob, join the show to discuss their journey towards entrepreneurialism, experiences as women in esports business and how our industry can better tell it's story on a local and globally level. Reach Nicola and Anna @ thestorymob on Twitter. -- Find and rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. For more content, follow "esroundtablepod" and "BearlyKoalified" on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

Flame has tied together one of the most successful team brands in Overwatch where the deep rooted brotherhood between players, coaches and management is palpable. We twist and turn through early life inspiration towards performance, lessons learned from Season 1 and how management balances enabling players to build the brands whilst maintaining team morale and performance. Reach Matt @flameirl and LinkedIn on "Matt Rodriguez". -- Find and rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. For more content, follow "esroundtablepod" and "BearlyKoalified" on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

Markel Lee, Creative Director for Infinite, is the leader behind the hugely successful launches of Houston Outlaws, OpTic Global and much more across the Infinite portfolio. He joins us on the show to tell his story, take us through the recent Spec Ops OpTic Gaming rebrand and his approach to pursuing success for himself and his team. Check out the rebrand on Vision Season 5: Episode 9 "Prestige" from 7,55 onwards! https://youtu.be/4pCSRM-Z1go Reach Markel - mlee@infinite.gg or @markel_lee on Twitter. -- Find and rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. For more content, follow "esroundtablepod" and "BearlyKoalified" on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

Bryce Blum, one of the leading esports general counsels on retainer for Cloud9, Immortals, Team Liquid, TSM and OpTic Gaming, joins us to lift the veil on the rapid evolution of the legal standard in esports. We explore the state of player contracts, league infrastructures, player associations and unions as well as the difficult landscape of esports immigration; for athletes and business professionals alike. Reach out to Bryce @esportslaw on twitter and esglaw.com -- Find and rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. For more content, follow "esroundtablepod" on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook

This week we are joined by Nicole Pike, Managing Director of Nielsen and Johannes Waldstein, CEO of FanAI to take an analytical review of how successful Season One of the OWL was, how we measure that and the overall state of business analytics in esports. We also dive into the business philosophies, life lessons and mottoes picked up by these two esports leaders. Reach out to our guests on nicole.pike@nielsen.com and johannes@fanai.com -- Find and rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. For more content, follow esroundtablepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook