Evil Geniuses' CEO Nicole LaPointe Jameson on how to run an esports company

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Business, Technology

4.2 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Nilay Patel talks with CEO of Evil Geniuses about how an esports team makes money, where the industry is headed, and where she sees growth. We want to hear what you think of Decoder! Please fill out this short survey: theverge.com/survey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Before we start today's episode, I want to ask you to take some time to fill out the decoder
0:04.3	audience survey. We want to hear what you think of the show or guests and any other feedback you
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0:12.9	decoder to make it even better. You can find the survey in the show notes or at theverge.com
0:18.6	slash survey. This episode is brought to you by Brex. The corporate card and spend management
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0:38.4	less time worrying about expense reports and more time working with your clients. So if you're
0:44.0	a finance leader and want to drive efficiency, innovation and empower global teams like never before,
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0:59.2	This episode is brought to you by Brex. The corporate card and spend management software teams
1:04.5	actually love. Brex is an integrated solution of corporate cards and spend management software
1:10.2	that drives 100% compliance in zero receipt chasing in over 100 countries. Meaning less time
1:17.6	worrying about expense reports and more time working with your clients. So if you're a finance
1:23.1	leader and want to drive efficiency, innovation and empower global teams like never before,
1:28.8	then Brex is a good place to start. Learn more at brex.com slash podcast.
1:37.2	Hello and welcome to decoder. I'm Neil Appetel, editor and chief of the verge.
1:41.3	And decoder is my new podcast about big ideas and other problems.
1:45.3	Today I want to talk about eSports or professional video games if you prefer. For a long time,
1:50.4	people have predicted that playing video games competitively would become a big business,
1:55.8	rivaling traditional sports leagues like the NBA or the NFL. But it has been a long process
2:02.3	with challenges and setbacks along the way. There's an audience, lots of people tune in to watch
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