887: The Fastest Growing Sport in the World with NRG Esport Co-Founder Andy Miller

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.8 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2018

⏱️ 86 minutes

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In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin speak with Andy Miller, co-founder of NRG Esports. Esports is now the fasting growing sport in the world and in this episode they go into detail about the Esport world, how it is beginning to overtake other professional sports, the digital athletes that play and how they train. Andy has a fascinating entrepreneurial background and shares his story in this episode.

Andy’s origin story and the ah-ha moment that introduced him to the world of Esports. (6:14)
When did Esports take-off? (13:00)
How do you become a professional gamer? (17:28)
How being a part of an Esports team is the same as being on a professional sports team. The path to becoming a pro gamer. (19:22)
The secret sauce to the success of gaming: Live Events. (26:40)
The evolution of sports and how does Esports play a part. (29:50)
Are there different styles of play depending on culture/race? (32:42)
A young man’s sport: The importance of correctional exercise and movement to stay optimized. (36:20)
Does he see a backlash from these kids making so much money so fast? (39:50)
Is there a starting 5 in gaming? (42:30)
How often are players tweaking their style of play? (44:38)
Are there rivalries in gaming? (45:45)
What do the analytics show when it comes to gender in gaming? (47:28)
Are there markets/brands that are popping up from the growth of Esports? (49:45)
Who are the superstars in Esports? (53:03)
As an investor, what are the biggest challenges he sees with gaming in terms of growth? Opportunities? (55:00)
How to optimize these players bodies to play at their highest level. (59:00)
How big will this thing get? (1:04:00)
Will virtual reality play a part in gaming? (1:06:20)
What was his experience like working under Steve Jobs? (1:08:55)
The moment he decided to sell his company to Apple and his selling pitch to Steve Jobs. (1:11:50)
Does he have his hands in multiple businesses? (1:19:02)
Mind Pump: The exclusive fitness programmers for Esports? (1:22:47)

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0:00.0	If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go.
0:06.0	Mind, hop, mind, hop with your hosts.
0:09.0	Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.
0:13.0	Man, what a what a surprising treat that was to hang out with Andy Miller, man.
0:20.0	I think that that was such a great call Sal on your part.
0:24.0	I know that we had a great interview with Mark Mastroff, who was a friend of ours
0:29.0	and an old boss, CEO of 24-hour fitness, who has a partner in the Sacramento Kings
0:35.0	and a business partner in this world of gaming.
0:39.0	Man, and he is really into it, which was really fun.
0:43.0	I mean, somebody that's investing, typically, you see potential in a certain direction,
0:48.0	but I mean, he is fully immersed in this world.
0:52.0	Well, what really sparked my interest is, you know, I have a 13-year-old son,
0:55.0	like most 13-year-old kids today in America.
0:58.0	He likes to play a lot of video games, and he gets real serious about his video games.
1:02.0	And this is how him and his friends connect, which is very different than when we were kids
1:07.0	where you would go outside and play football or whatever.
1:09.0	And so I was talking to my son about this one day, and my son was telling me about these professional leagues.
1:13.0	And I knew they existed, but I had no idea how big they were or how lucrative they were.
1:18.0	And so I started looking up, like, top players, and seeing these kids were making tremendous amounts of money.
1:24.0	And these leagues were, they were getting more views than football, baseball, basketball.
1:29.0	That's the most massive stadiums.
1:31.0	It's insane. And then I remembered our interview with Mark Maastroff, and when we talked to him afterwards,
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