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Going after social commerce for sportspeople, Millions gets $10M

TechCrunch

Millions.co , a social commerce platform geared towards professional and semi-professional athletes wanting help to monetize their fanbase by selling merch and/or on-demand video, has grabbed $10 million in funding led by Boston-based Volition Capital. “We love Cameo , but we’re really different and focused on sports.”

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How 2 Australian sporting brands leverage human-centric digital innovation to drive new fan experiences in and out of the arena

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Creating new revenue streams, identifying untapped audiences and better engaging fans onsite and all year-round are just some of the wins iconic Australian sporting events are chalking up thanks to human-centric digital innovation. Here, we explore two stellar examples in the Australian Grand Prix and Australian Open.

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10 ways to ace the IT executive interview

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To help you nail the interview, I spoke to IT executives who have hired people for roles like this one, career coaches who counsel IT leaders on landing their next role, and other experts to find out what you should — and should not — do. Some of that will be in social media. How you use social media is part of that.

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Masters, an app for training with celeb athletes, closes a $2.7M seed funding round

TechCrunch

Plus there is Moxie , where coaches create their own courses. Dorffer told me: “People love to follow their sports idols on TV, social media, print and audiobooks… Masters represents a brand new publishing format, we call it ‘interactive training documentaries’. What has not quite been cracked yet is the celebrity fitness class.

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Stan Van Gundy: The Soft Stuff Is the Hard Stuff—Especially When Leading in the NBA

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Pelican team owners likely realized they needed a new coach to mentor the rising star, as well as the many other young players on the emergent Pelican’s team. Zion, and all of the other players, many of them in their early 20’s, needed a coach who could demand respect and immediately garner trust. He seemed like the perfect choice.

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The NBA’s digital transformation is a game-changer

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The third pillar of Bhagavathula’s cloud game plan includes the development of advanced applications not just for fans but for referees, players, teams, and coaches, all of whom rely more on data to improve their performance. Data in the NFL and NBA has changed the way the sports have been played,” Powers says. “In

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Daily Crunch: ??In an all-cash deal, Microsoft will buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7B

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Mustard’s sports coaching software raises more capital : After securing $1.7 The startup is expanding its “sensor-free approach to [sports] data capture” to new domains, TechCrunch reports. Let’s see how it performs in-market. million back in 2020, Mustard went back to the capital well to raise $3.75 You can sign up here.).

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