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Sports community platform Stadium Live raises $10M to expand its digital world for Gen Z

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announced its $10 million Series A funding round to continue its mission of bringing fantasy sports to a younger generation. The Canadian startup was founded in 2020 by Kevin Kim and Paul Xu with the goal of gamifying the sports fandom and building a “digital playground” of sorts for Gen Z sports fans.

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Promoting Diversity As A Sports Business Leader Is Crucial To Moving Sport Forward

CEO Insider

Sport usually brings people, cultures, and businesses together from all walks of life. Ironically, at the heart of the global sports industry, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are often neglected by organisations who treat them as little more than keywords as part of compulsory corporate training. All rights reserved.

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How to create a culture of innovation

CIO

Here, they and others share seven ways to create and nurture a culture of innovation. Instilling an innovative culture comes down to creating an environment based on trust, which breaks down barriers and inspires people to have more open mindsets, says Keshavan. Prioritize time for experimentation.

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NFTs are changing cultural value creation

TechCrunch

Sure, we talked about visual art, but also music, tickets and sports moments. Then we talked culture. From there we riffed on use-cases more broadly, and where we might find NFTs in the wild. The NFT world has the possibility of a large remit if it plays its, ahem , tokens correctly. What could it mean that NFTs are in the market?

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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

CIO

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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How Culture Wins

CEO Insider

Since the audience members are leaders in the health and fitness industry, the sports venue was a fitting place to talk about the difference between winning and building winning […] The post How Culture Wins appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine. Copyright The CEOWORLD magazine Limited 2021. All rights reserved.

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Data Is Now a Team Sport

Cloudera

This week I participated in an informative event that Cloudera hosted with TechCrunch: Data and the Culture Transformation. The conversations focused on how company data cultures are rapidly evolving and delivering new levels of value to businesses with the emergence of data ecosystems. One is the macro story, the big picture.

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