#27: Ben Reynolds - CEO, Co-Founder Spalk | Creating a global sports commentary company | Benefit of athlete investors | Expanding a brand worldwide | Trends to watch in sports media | AI and sports

In 2021, Ben Reynolds and Spalk raised a $3M Series A round which included several notable athlete investors and was headed by Greg Norman’s venture arm.  Spalk has developed a unique commentary software that allows you to listen to alternative sportscasters with options in over 50 different languages.  A native of New Zealand, it was fun to talk with Ben about turning a side project into a full-time business, scaling globally, and a bunch of other insightful topics around entrepreneurship, the future of sports, and Spalk.  Chapters: (01:00) Global expansion of sports (and Netflix’s impact) (03:15) Where the idea for Spalk stemmed from  (06:25) Scaling a company globally  (13:40) Differences in sports leagues around the world (15:45) Artificial Intelligence’s influence  (22:00) Challenges + learnings of building a company  (24:00) Importance of athlete investors (28:45) Spalk’s ultimate vision + sports trends to watch . Ben Reynolds links: Website: https://www.spalk.tv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/benreynoldsnz LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benreynoldsnz/ . Andrew Petcash links: 🏠 Website: https://profluence.com ✉️ Newsletter: https://www.petcashpost.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrewpetcash 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrewpetcash 🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewpetcash 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/andrewpetcash 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewpetcash/ 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3q5jhAuCVT2FZCkLW5xBiQ/ . Thanks for listening!