Building In E-Sports, Community And Partnerships
Nikhil Vimal is an AI Consultant, Startup/Product Advisor + Angel, and the Co-Owner of Team Meteor. He's been in the technology/startup space for over 8 years and has been focused on different projects + ventures in the world of open source, conversational ai, customer experience, and more. He is also a frequent speaker at different tech/startup-focused events around the United States, and has been featured on VentureBeat, LinkedIn, and Business Insider. He is also currently an Independent Innovation Consultant for the National Football League.Twitter: https://twitter.com/nikvimalLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhilvimal/Company Website: Chatmode.ioPersonal Website: https://nikhilvimal.com/Team Meteor: https://twitter.com/TeamMeteorGGTimestamps:00:51 - Co-owning an e-sports team04:27 - How do you build an engaging community around e-sports?06:32 - Leveraging experience gained in e-sports into other areas09:04 - Building partnerships and being scrappy11:36 - Operating in a space that’s still developing13:58 - What’s most challenging about leveling up in e-sports?16:44 - Do athletes in e-sports have to have personas outside of the sport in order to be marketable?22:02 - Biggest lever yet to be unlocked in the e-sports space?24:27 - Value of experimentation 27:23 - Partnerships and experimentation32:19 - How to implement experimentation and convert users?36:25 - Building Chatmode.io44:28 - Angel investing46:47 - What is something that you wish more people knew more about?Music by - https://twitter.com/AdiSoundsGood