Sitemap - 2022 - The Upside Newsletter

🔥 Upside Chat: Isaiah Kacyvenski, Founder & Managing Partner of Will Ventures. Former NFL player (Seattle Seahawks, Oakland, St. Louis)

🎄 Happy Holidays! Most Popular Upside Podcast Interviews in 2022.

🔥Upside Chat: Dr. Jeff Konin, Clinical Professor & Director of the Doctor of Athletic Training program at FIU, on his program and post careers for Athletic Trainers

📡 🏈 How 5G will Change the Game of Sports

⭐⚽ Upside Research: Extended Match Time Exacerbates Fatigue and Impacts Physiological Responses in Male Soccer Players

🧬 The Sports DNA genomic market

⭐🏀Upside Research: Is Video-Based Analysis a Valid Method for Determining Mechanisms of Ankle Injuries During Gameplay in the NBA?

⭐🧠 Upside Analysis: This is Sports' Secret Sauce.

🔥Upside Chat: Dr Ron Dick, Duquesne University, Ex NBA/NCAA exec on the Houston Astros Winning the World Series, Kyrie Irving's suspension, the NIL, the 2022 Soccer World Cup in Qatar, and more.

🏎️ The F1 tech market: From VR, AR, wearables...to neurotech

🏉 How tech is impacting Rugby

Upside Analysis: 🏒 The Hockey Tech Market: From stick sensors to VR training

Upside: How AI is reshaping pro sports

⚾ The Baseball Tech market...

🔥Upside Guest Writer: What are Venture Studios and Why are they critical to our Future? By Norman Winarsky, General Partner at America's Frontier Fund, VC-in-Residence at Platform Venture Studio.

🔥Upside Guest Writer: Venture Capital's Tectonic Shift, By Norman Winarsky, General Partner at America's Frontier Fund, VC-in-Residence at Platform Venture Studio.

🔥Upside Chat: Christophe Mongai, CEO of USM FOOTBALL, a Leading Professional Football Player Agency (France)

🔥Upside Chat: Scott Gutterman, SVP of Digital Operations, PGA Tour.

🔥Upside Chat: Dennis Crowley, CEO of Street FC and Serial entrepreneur (Dodgeball, Foursquare, LivingCities)

🔥Upside Chat: Harrison Brown, CEO of HEADCHECK Health, a digital health company providing a concussion management platform to sports organizations.

⭐Upside NBA Research Paper: Game statistics that discriminate winning and losing at the NBA level of basketball competition.

🔥Upside Chat with Top Sports Performance Execs (MLS, NHL, Premier League) on Cryochambers, Cooling/Heating Therapy, Serena, and more.

⭐📈 Upside Startup News: Introducing the Orreco Motion Data Collective and their early research findings

🔥Upside Chat: James Murray, Chief of Staff, AC Milan (Serie A) and Non-Executive Director at the Scottish Women’s Premier League.

🔥Upside Chat: Dr Ron Dick, Duquesne University, Ex NBA/NCAA exec on Serena, Aaron Judge, KD, College playoffs' expansion to 12 teams, the LIV golf league, the MiLB's & Tom Brady's marriage situation.

⭐Upside Research Paper: Investigating Circadian Advantages in the NFL: A Case Study of West Coast Teams

⭐Upside analysis: Reflecting on Wearable Trends in Pro Sports in the Past Decade

🔥Upside Chat: Masa Kabayama, CEO of Uplift Labs (AI powered technology delivering marker less motion capture & 3D analysis to optimize movement performance and health).

⭐ ⌚ Upside: Force Assessment (Force Plates, Smart Insoles..) Solutions Ecosystem Analysis: Key Vendors, Trends & Recommendations to Teams

🔥Upside Chat: George Sun, CEO, Nextiles (Leading Material Science Company Working on Next Generation Flexible Wearables)

🔥Upside Guest Writer Series: “Impact of Time of Day on Athletic Performance”, By Arthur Weltman, PhD, Professor of Kinesiology, Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia

🔎📈 July Recap: Oura Ring Adds SpO2. Atletico Madrid, Usain Bolt Enter the Metaverse. $178M Raised From Sports Tech Startups (61% came from NFT/metaverse startups).

🔥Upside Guest Writers: 5 Wrong Ways to Reach Out to VCs, By Norman Winarsky, & Now Is the Time to Play Offense, By Jeff Bussgang, GP & Co-Founder, Flybrid Capital Partners, Harvard Business School

⭐ Upside VC profile & Chat: Steve Quinn, CEO, Emerging Media Ventures

⭐ ⌚ Upside: HRV Ecosystems Analysis: Latest Research, Trends, Key Vendors & Where We are Heading

🔥Upside Chat: Dr Ron Dick, Duquesne University, Ex NBA/NCAA exec on Kevin Durant, Charles Barkley, Brittney Griner, Draymond Green, The Rock & the XFL, the NIL, and more.

⭐Upside: Exclusive Web 3.0 (NFT, Metaverse) Strategy survey: 9 Key Takeaways

🔥Upside Chat: Mélanie Pauli, Athletic Trainer at the Swiss Football Association on Women Soccer & the Importance of Technologies

⭐Upside: Top 12 Emerging Sports Performance Startups to Watch in 2H22

🔥Upside Chat: Matt Robinson, Professor at the University of Delaware, on Best Practices for Soccer Training, US Soccer, The 2026 FIFA World Cup, and more.

🔎📈 June Recap: Mbappe, Zidane, NBA, Puma, Wimbledon Enter The Metaverse. Rafa Nadal Vs Djoko: 22 - 21. Warriors Win 4th NBA Ring. $262M Raised From Sports Tech Startups.

🔥Upside Chat: Tim Draper, Venture Capitalist & Founder of DFJ, Draper University on the Crypto/NFT market, Entrepreneurship, Elon Musk, Twitter, and more.

🔥Upside Chat: Matt Miesnieks, CEO of Living Cities (Leading Metaverse Platform)

🔥⚽Upside Chat: Fabien Allègre, Chief Brand Officer, PSG (Ligue 1) on PSG's NFT/Metaverse & Brand Strategy.

📈 📹 Upside: Thermography Ecosystem Analysis (Key Vendors, Trends, Recommendations to teams)

🔥Upside Chat: Dr Ron Dick, Duquesne University, Ex NBA/NCAA exec on 2026 Soccer World Cup, the NHL's $5B Milestone, the Warriors, the Liv Golf League & Nadal’s 22 Grand Slam Title

🎾Analysis: Tennis Tech Ecosystem: Where we are heading

🔥 Upside Chat: Greg Bonnier, VP, Helight (Leading Red Light Therapy Device Company)

⭐ ⌚ Upside: Video Analysis Vendor Ecosystem Market (Key vendors, Trends & Recommendations to Teams)

🔥 Upside Chat: Marco Nunez, Former Head Athletic Trainer (LA Lakers/NBA), on Athletic Trainer's Role, Post Career After Elite Sports, and Entrepreneurship

⭐ 🚴Upside: The Connected Fitness Ecosystem: From Smart mirror, treadmill, Bike..to Smart Rowing

🔥 Upside Chat: Pete DeNagy, President of Acommence Advisors, Founder of IOT America, Former GM of Samsung Enterprise, on In-Stadium Experiences, 6G, NFT/Metaverse

🏈 How Tech is Transforming American Football: From AR/VR/MR, NFTs to drones, robots, holograms and more

🔎📈 May Recap: Nike Sells NFT Sneakers for $134k. LaLiga, UEFA, Rafael Nadal Academy, Valentino Rossi, Under Armour, Enter the Metaverse. $632M Raised From Sports Tech Startups.

🔥 Upside Chat: Jon Persch, Chief Commercial Officer, American Magic (US Team for the America's Cup team yacht racing competition)

🔥Upside: 12 Most Common Mistakes Made by Sports Tech Startups

🔥Upside Chat: Dr Ron Dick, Duquesne University, Ex NBA/NCAA exec, on Tom Brady's 10 Yr Analyst Contract, the NIL, the Crypto Market, the NBA Playoffs & NHL Star Sidney Crosby.

🏟 Upside: eSport Analysis: Key Trends, Vendors, Recommendations to Teams. Looking back at the past 2 years.

🔥 Upside Chat: Sebastien Audoux, Head of Digital Sports Content, Canal +, a Leading Sports Broadcaster.

🧠 Upside Analysis: Mental health Issues In Sports & How Tech Can Help.

🔥 Upside Chat: Dr Andy Barr, Consultant, Brooklyn Nets (NBA) & Quantum Performance Founder

⚡ 📽️ 🏀 Upside: Image Projection Mapping Market: Where we are heading.

🔥 Upside Chat: Jake George Schuster, CEO, Gemini Sports Analytics (New Data Science As a Service Company)

👟🏃🏻Smart Footwear Ecosystem Analysis: From smart insoles, smart socks...to smart shoes.

🔥 Upside Chat: Dr Brian Moore, CEO, Orreco (Leading Sports & Data Science Platform)

⚽ The Soccer Tech Ecosystem Analysis: From wearables, VR training, NFTs Metaverse..to DNA testing.

🔎📈 March Recap: The LA Rams (NFL), the MLS, Ronaldinho enter the Metaverse. Latest innovation? EEG Helmet. $825M Raised In Sports Tech.

⌚️ 👟 The Sports Wearables Market: Where we are heading.

🔥Upside Chat: Dr Ron Dick, Duquesne University, Ex NBA/NCAA exec, on Tom Brady's return, the NCAA College Transfer Portal, March Madness, F1 Grand Prix coming to Vegas and more.

🔥Upside Chat with Top Sports Performance Execs (NBA, NHL, MLS) on Impact of Dehydration and Biofeedback on Sports Performance, and more.

⭐⌚ NEW: Exclusive 2022 Upside AMS Vendors (Kitman Labs, Smartabase, Kinduct, etc.) Survey Report

🔥 Upside Analysis: Issues with NFT Marketplaces. Solutions & Recommendations for Pro teams.

🔥Upside Recap: The Best Wearables & Olympian Michael Phelps' Keynote at HIMSS (Orlando FL)

🔥 Upside Chat: Victorien Tixier, CEO, ScorePlay (Leading Next-Gen CMS Powering Sports Clubs digital channels)

🔥 Upside Chat: Padraig Harrington, World Class Pro Golfer & Former World #3

⭐ Upside VC profile: SOSV (HAX, IndieBio, Chinaccelerator, MOX, dlab).

🔎📈 February Recap: Apple AR contact lenses coming? Serena Raises $111M Fund. $760M Raised In Sports Tech. 26% Came from NFT Startups.

🔥Upside Chat: Dr Ron Dick, Duquesne University, Ex NBA/NCAA exec, on the MLB Lockout, the Russian/Ukraine situation, the Metaverse, Lebron James, and Tom Brady.

🔥Upside: Our key takeaways from our European trip with top clubs, coaches and national teams.

🔥Upside Chat with Serial Entrepreneurs & Investors (Siri inventor, VC...) on Best Practices for Successful Exits.

⚡ 📈 Upside: Injury Risk Assessment Solutions Ecosystem (Key Trends, Vendors, Recommendations to Teams) Analysis

🔥 Upside Chat: Dave Hancock, CEO, Apollo (Leading Athlete Management Systems (AMS) vendor)

🔥 Upside Chat: Massimo Marinelli, Executive Board Member, Aser Ventures (Leading Investment Platform In Sports and Technology)

🔥 Upside Chat: Chelsey Rushworth, SVP Sales, LiveLike (leading engagement platform for sports and entertainment)

🔥 🧠 Upside Article: Biofeedback Applications in Sports, by Len Zaichkowsky, PhD, World-Class’ Sports Biofeedback Expert

🔥Upside Chat: Eddie Jones, Head Coach of England National Rugby Team

🎮🥽 January Recap: $661M Raised In Sports Tech. 80% Came from Metaverse/NFT Startups. Adidas Bets on AR Contact Lenses. AO & Serena Bet on NFT Space.

🔥Upside Chat: Dr Ron Dick, Duquesne University, Ex NBA/NCAA exec, on the NIL, the NCAA & Sports Betting, the MLB lockout, the Djokovic Visa Saga.

🔥Upside Chat with Top Sports Performance Execs (NBA, NHL, MLS) on Load Management, Mental Health, Technologies.

🔥Upside: AMS Ecosystem Analysis: Key Trends, Vendors and Recommendations to Teams

🔥Upside Chat: Mert Ergeneci, Co-Founder, Neurocess (Leading Startup Building Sensors to Assess Injuries)

💦Upside Analysis: The sweat and heat sensing market (Key Trends, Vendors)

🔥Upside Chat: Mohammad Ali Abbaspour, CEO, Sponixtech, Leading Immersive Replay Sports and Virtual Advertising Startup

🔥Upside Video Chat: Satoshi Ochi, Head of Strength and Conditioning Coach at the USTA

🔥Upside Chat: Jesse Richman, 7 Times World Champion in Pro Kite Surfing, on Technologies & NFTs/Metaverse.