Betting on product to win in fantasy sports, with Underdog’s Jeremy Levine
Masters of Scale
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🗓️ 4 September 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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As the NFL season kicks off this week, host Jeff Berman talks with a serial entrepreneur known for innovating in fantasy sports. Jeremy Levine is the founder and CEO of Underdog, a rapidly scaling unicorn. Levine reveals how a relentless focus on product helps his company break through entrenched competition.
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| 1:09.4 | So they weren't even supposed to be in session. |
| 1:11.6 | We had the whole company there watching the live stream from the Senate, as we were hoping |
| 1:15.4 | they would take up the fantasy sports case. |
| 1:16.8 | We didn't even know if they would. |
| 1:19.3 | And it ended up going into the night. |
| 1:22.4 | For Jeremy Levine, everything was riding on this late night legislative session. |
| 1:27.8 | He's a serial entrepreneur in the fantasy sports space, |
| 1:31.4 | a category where I've spent a lot of time, both personally and professionally. |
| 1:36.1 | And he's learned to be nimble as he navigates evolving regulation and fierce competition. |
| 1:43.6 | If you do the same things as market leaders, |
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