Complexity Gaming and Team Dignitas, in conjunction with Sound Blaster, are proud to present a live show hosted by Jason Lake and Michael O`Dell: The Executives: The Business of Gaming.

Each Wednesday at 18:00 GMT (+00:00) your hosts will be joined by news anchor Patrick "Chobopeon" O`Neill to discuss the business side of recent events and interview a chosen individual who is impacting the business side of eSports or gaming in general.

The Executives' goal is to educate the next generation of business leaders and facilitate an open discussion about the opportunities and challenges facing the eSports business today.

You can tune in HERE.

Episode 1: Sponsorships 101 - Ryan Schlieper, Product Marketing Manager, Creative SoundBlaster
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Episode 2: Corporate Influence on ESports Media - Rod "Slasher" Breslau, eSports journalist
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Episode 3: Team Management 101 - Victor "Nazgul" Goossens, co-Founder, Team Liquid
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Episode 4: The Business of Being TotalBiscuit - John "TotalBiscuit" Bain, CynicalBrit.com
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Episode 5: League Management - David Ting, IGN Pro League (IPL)
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Episode 6: Ford & Gaming - Brian McClary, Ford Motor Company
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Episode 7: Video Game Streaming - Kevin Lin, COO, Twitch.tv
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Episode 8: eSports Business History - Craig Levine, ESEA, ESS & Team 3D
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Episode 9: ROI from Sponsorships - Kim Rom, Chief Marketing Officer, Steel Series
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Episode 10: Business of FGC (Fighting Game Community) - Ryan "Gootecks" Gutierrez, Cross Counter
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Episode 11: Obtaining Sponsorships - Alexander Garfield, CEO, Team EG
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Episode 12: The Business of MLG - Sundance DiGiovanni, CEO, Major League Gaming
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Episode 13: Questions & Answers
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Episode 14: The Business of NASL - Russell Pfister, President, North American Starleague
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Episode 15: The Business of Game Development- S2 Games - Brad Bower, Director of Operations
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Episode 16: Creating a Player Welcome Packet
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Episode 17: Creating a Sponsorship Deck - Curt Carter, Check-Six Gaming, Business Development
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Episode 18: Team Curse & The Business of LoL - Donovan Duncan, Curse Gaming
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Episode 19: The Business of Being HuskyStarCraft - Mike "Husky" Lamond
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Episode 20: Challenges of Founding a Professional Team - Genna Bain, Axiom eSports
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Episode 21: Corporate eSports Directors - Morgan Romine, Red5 Studios (FireFall)
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Episode 22: Advertising & New Media in Gaming - Ryan Wyatt, Machinima, Inc.
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Episode 23: Careers in eSports Journalism - Richard Lewis, Head of eSports Coverage, Heaven Media
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VOD: All VODs are hosted HERE.
MP3: iTunes
Direct MP3 RSS: Here or Here

Future Episodes & Guests:

TBA

Contacts:

Jason "1" Lake, Founder & CEO, Complexity Gaming. @coL_Lake
Michael "Odee" O`Dell, Founder & Managing Director, Team Dignitas. @dignitasODEE
Simon "Sympatico" Abitbol, Stream Producer. @SympaticoTV

aMies

United States77 Posts

February 29 2012 16:57 GMT

Going to be a great show!

NexCa

Germany954 Posts

February 29 2012 17:03 GMT

This is going to be pretty good, definitly tune in there

Broodwurst

Germany1586 Posts

February 29 2012 18:00 GMT

Nice, looks interesting

Episode 4: The Business of Being TotalBiscuit

This title made me lol though

1Focus

United States409 Posts

February 29 2012 18:01 GMT

watching it now...hopefully this will be very informative!!!

JOJOsc2news

3000 Posts

February 29 2012 18:02 GMT

Really looking forward to it!

Edit: Watching it now.

drevil

United States14 Posts

February 29 2012 18:02 GMT

sounds good, watching it now. i've been a big fan of jason lake since the cs 1.6 days haha

Future guests look pretty great also

sc2superfan101

3583 Posts

February 29 2012 18:09 GMT

SUCH a good idea. watching right now, this Lake guy sounds friggen smart as hell.

edit: the point he just made about the fighting game sexism thing was spot-on.

on a side note, this is the dryest discussion about "drama" that i've ever heard. lol

Acronysis

872 Posts

February 29 2012 18:11 GMT

Just listening to the opening comments makes me really excited for this show. Definitely a lot that many people can gain from this, even if you're not on the business side. I hope people give this show a fair shot no matter the background.

Looking forward to see how this pans out =)

Deshkar

Singapore1244 Posts

February 29 2012 18:18 GMT

#10

This is interesting, something different, would love to hear what these people have to say.

pPingu

Switzerland2892 Posts

February 29 2012 18:21 GMT

#11

Sounds interesting I will watch the vods as soon as they are available

We don't hear enough from the managers imo

Gusenbauer

Austria19 Posts

February 29 2012 18:48 GMT

#12

watching atm, very interesting to see a show which focuses on the business side of gaming.
besides that, Jason Lake is always a pleasure to listen to.

really looking forward to the VoDs

Plansix

United States60190 Posts

February 29 2012 18:52 GMT

#13

God please let them understand of tech better that One more Game TV and have this up on Itunes.

sc2superfan101

3583 Posts

February 29 2012 18:53 GMT

#14

alright, the mlg/ipl/gsl comment did it for me. this is the best thing to happen to SC since... i don't even know. i reallly hope this thing works out, cause i feel like everyone in the community should check this out.

Leth0

856 Posts

February 29 2012 18:55 GMT

#15

Nice show keep up the good work guys, cheers.

sotaporo

Finland195 Posts

February 29 2012 18:57 GMT

#16

good stuff. nice to hear opinions from differend people and i like the timeslot

Deshkar

Singapore1244 Posts

February 29 2012 19:00 GMT

#17

liking what i am watching so far, interesting insights with different prespective.

StarStruck

25339 Posts

February 29 2012 19:06 GMT

#18

I joined in fairly late, but I'm liking the direction of the show.

Buddhism101

United States59 Posts

February 29 2012 19:29 GMT

#19

Thanks for the show, will be sharing and tuning in next week

Meantime

Germany140 Posts

February 29 2012 19:30 GMT

#20

Great show!

But needs more gradients in the background to stay competitive ...
On a serious note - Jason had some variance in his sound level/quality, but besides that everyone sounded fine .. at least for me!