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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Johanna Faries: Commissioner of the Call of Duty League & Jack Harari: VP of Global Partner Development at Activision Blizzard | #ThePlaybook 316

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Johanna Faries, Commissioner of the Call of Duty League & Jack Harari, VP of Global Partner Development at Activision Blizzard, chat about: [1:30] - The similarities between the Call of Duty League’s structure and traditional sports leagues [3:09] - What one business skill Johanna has leaned on to become the first female commissioner of an esports league [9:15] - How video games and esports offer people the opportunity to truly be themselves and connect with others at the same time [22:03] - How Activision Blizzard works to give back by providing veterans access to great jobs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

On this episode of the Playbook, I have the most powerful Commissioner in Sports.

0:04.0

Nope, not Roger Giddell. It's Joanna Ferris. She's the Commissioner of Call of Call of Duty

0:08.5

and I have her VP of Global Partner Development at Activision Blizzard, Jack Harare, and we're going to talk about how big

0:18.0

e-sports is and how much good it's doing.

0:21.2

Join me for all this and more on the playbook.

0:28.0

This is Entrepreneurs The Playbook,

0:30.0

where each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes, celebrities, and entrepreneurs

0:35.3

to talk about their personal and professional playbook to success and what made them champions

0:41.1

on the field and in the boardroom. I'm your host David

0:45.4

Melzer. This is Dave Melzer with entrepreneurs the playbook and I have two

0:49.7

super-pinnors because they're in a space that most people still actually don't know about

0:54.7

although it's the fastest growing and probably largest sport in the world. I have Joanna Ferris and

0:59.5

she's the Commissioner of Call of Duty and Jack Herrera, VP of Global Partner and Development at

1:06.2

Activision Blizzard, which here in Orange County, you guys are a neighbor of mine, but Jack, I know

1:10.6

you're in New York. I'm going to start at the very basics because I was on Barso Sports.

1:15.0

I'm not going to say what show because it will embarrass my friends.

1:18.0

But a really big sports show,

1:20.0

and they were asking me what I thought,

1:22.0

the hottest thing to invest in, the hottest thing to look at in sports.

1:26.0

And I said, believe it or not, beyond gambling, I think it's e-sports.

1:30.0

And both of them, one being a former NFL star,

1:33.2

and the other huge celebrity at Barstol,

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